virtual school teaching assistant jobs

• Contract Type :Permanent
• Job ID: 1527390

Salary: Grade 1, £ 24,666 per annum, pro rata. Approximately £5,260 per annum (0.21326 FTE), 10 hours a week, 37 weeks per year.

About us and the role

Join our team and help create safe, happy and active lunchtimes for our pupils.

We are looking for two Midday Supervisors to support our children during the busy lunchtime period. In this role, you’ll help create a safe, positive and enjoyable environment. You’ll be a visible, supportive presence, engaging with pupils, encouraging cooperative play, and ensuring behaviour aligns with our values.

Your responsibilities will include supervising children at all times, promoting purposeful and friendly interactions, and taking prompt action when spills, accidents or concerns arise, report behaviour (both positive and negative), and ensure any injuries or illness are dealt with according to school policy. As a strong role model, you’ll contribute to the wellbeing, safety and happiness of every child in your care.

If you are enthusiastic, reliable and passionate about supporting children’s school experience, we would love to hear from you. This is a rewarding opportunity to make a real difference each day and be part of a warm, supportive school community.

School visits are welcomed and encouraged. Please contact the school to arrange a suitable time.

Avanti Park School is a beautiful primary and middle school (Reception – Year 8) in the heart of Frome, neighbouring Victoria Park. Our school is graded as good with outstanding in behaviour and attitudes, leadership and management, and personal development.

Avanti Park is a non-faith, community school that embraces inclusion and diversity. Staff find Avanti Park to be a wonderful place to work, with warm, friendly relationships underpinning a calm and joyful atmosphere, (OFSTED).

Our staff are inspired and passionate about their roles, the vision of the school, and providing the most fulfilling learning experience for pupils. Learning is a quest to discover each student’s unique gifts and potential, and to lay the foundation for their lifelong journey of learning

“When I stepped into Avanti Park, the first thing I noticed was that they don’t just talk about valuing the whole child. It’s evidenced by discussions around spirituality within lessons and PSHE, its lived through assemblies, conversations with children and yoga lessons that help children focus on what’s important to them. All of this tied together showed me it’s not just a sound bite that we care about the whole child; it’s about giving them the tools to embody that daily,” - Simon Goldsworthy, Key Stage 2 Lead.

What will you do?

• Supervise the children at all times during lunchtime on the school premises.
• Engage with the children and ensure that they are active in purposeful and co-operative behaviour throughout the lunchtime period.
• Ensure that the children are behaving appropriately in line with the schools’ behaviour policy at all times including the dining room, playground and during wet lunch times.
• Take reasonable precautions whilst in charge of the children to see that they do nothing that is likely to injure themselves or others.

Why should you apply

Avanti exists to help each person become a well-rounded human being through intellectual, moral and spiritual growth, and so make the world a better place.

You will be working in a fantastic environment, with:

• Great opportunities for professional development
• NEST pension scheme (subject to eligibility)
• O2 discounts, Specsavers corporate eye test vouchers
• Flexible working opportunities
• Eligible for NUS Card and CSSC membership
• Well-being programs (retreats, yoga, wellness apps)
• Cycle-to-work Scheme

What are we looking for?

• Ability to work as part of a team, form good relationships with other colleagues to ensure effective lunchtime supervision
• To be able to take charge of groups of children setting and maintaining acceptable behavioural standards
• Appropriate knowledge of first aid
• Commitment to professional development, learning and development

Please view the full Job Description for more information on the responsibilities and essential criteria required for this role..

Further information

Pre-employment checks

Avanti Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful candidates are required to have an Enhanced DBS check unless internally appointed and still within the cycle of DBS re-checks.

Any appointment subsequently made will be subject to the receipt of satisfactory references and other pre-employment checks.

Diversity and Inclusion

We want to make sure we are attracting the widest possible range of people and ensure that they are accepted, understood and treated equally when they work here. This means we will work hard to understand that each employee is unique and ensuring that individuals or groups are not treated differently or less favourably on the basis of specific characteristics.

Such characteristics include (but are not limited to) age, disability, gender including transgender, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status, and how the school supports pregnant women and new parents.