Teaching Assistant

Do you want to join an amazing team and work with incredible children? We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Teaching Assistant. We are looking for someone with experience, or maybe a person who is looking to challenge themselves and further develop their skills. We are looking to enhance our team with an enthusiastic individual who is passionate about children and our school, bringing ideas and energy to ensure that all of our pupils flourish.

The role will involve supporting children across the year groups, to enjoy their time at school and make good progress in their learning. We expect everyone to be totally committed and willing to go the extra mile every day to make our pupils successful and be actively involved in all aspects of school life. You will be joining a fantastic team who enjoy working in a superb school with an inspiring learning environment. Supporting class teachers, the successful applicant will ensure that our children experience excellent learning and have high expectations of what they can achieve.

We are looking for someone with experience of working with children in an education setting. If we sound perfect for you and you think you could join our team and make an impact, we’d love to hear from you to arrange a visit to our school. Stanton Cross is a new school in the heart of the Stanton Cross development in Wellingborough. We deliver an enriched, relevant and engaging curriculum which enables children to become knowledgeable, adaptable and confident to reach their own academic potential. Eventually, we will educate 420 children in our state‑of‑the‑art building but as we grow, we are opening one year group at a time. We currently have two classes in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 and one class in Year 3. We are a very diverse school with a third of our children speaking more than one language which makes our school a vibrant place to be.

Stanton Cross is part of Northampton Primary Academy Trust (NPAT). NPAT aims to ‘Achieve Extraordinary Things’ through providing educational excellence; creating opportunities and enriching lives. This applies to our fabulous staff as well as our children. NPAT schools prioritise staff well‑being and commit to the NPAT Employee Pledge, informed by recommendations within the DfE Workload Review, which means that we are committed to:

• A fair and reasonable workload.
• High quality training and professional development opportunities including secondments, leadership support and mentoring.
• A Pay and Reward package at least equal to the national agreement for teachers, and the Local Authority pay scale for support staff.
• Regular network opportunities with teachers in similar roles across other NPAT schools.
• Higher priority placement in the school that you work at for the admission of staff children.

In addition, we offer innovative schools which are committed to the development of sport and the arts through our links to the Royal Shakespeare Company, the National Gallery, Microsoft and the Northampton School Sports Association.

The ideal candidate will embody the NPAT values and will:

• Be passionate about supporting children to achieve their best in everything that they do.
• Understand the needs of our community that we serve.
• Be committed to the principles of equality, diversity and inclusion.
• Establish positive and supportive relationships with children and parents.
• Be patient, calm and resilient with a positive attitude and a sense of humour.

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and safer recruitment practice. An enhanced DBS check is required for all successful applicants and references will be requested for shortlisted applicants prior to interview and will form part of the interview process. The successful applicant will be expected to have two satisfactory references and undertake a medical questionnaire.