Teaching and Learning Assistant - Level 4

The St Bart's Multi Academy Trust, in partnership with Governors, staff and children of Kingsland CofE Academy are seeking to appoint a highly motivated and enthusiastic individual to join our hard working and committed team. At Kingsland CofE Academy our children come first. High expectations, mutual trust and respect are underpinned by a warm, supportive ethos. In the best interests of our children we work very closely with our partner Academies. The successful candidate will be working alongside a team of caring, enthusiastic, dedicated staff, who are well-supported by their Senior Leadership Team. Kingsland Academy is a welcoming and inclusive Church of England primary academy where our Christian vision underpins all aspects of school life. We are a school community committed to ensuring that every child is known, valued and enabled to flourish academically, socially, emotionally and spiritually. As a Church of England school within St Bart’s Multi‑Academy Trust, we believe our Christian ethos strengthens our work in promoting behaviour, personal development, wellbeing and community responsibility. St Bart’s Multi Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This position is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure check under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Further details regarding this check are available from schools. More information on St Bart’s Multi Academy Trust including our Prospectus and Safeguarding Policy can be found on our website https://sbmat.org. Job Purpose To provide classroom cover of up to 3 days during any short-term absence. To work with teachers to support teaching and learning, providing specialist support to the teacher in an aspectof the curriculum, age range or additional needs. Key Duties / Responsibilities 1. Provide learning activities for individuals and groups of pupils under the professional direction andsupervision of a qualified teacher, differentiating and adapting learning programmes to suit theneeds of allocated pupils 2. Assess, record and report on development, progress and attainment as agreed with the teacher 3. Monitor and record pupil responses and learning achievements, drawing any problems whichcannot be resolved to the attention of the teacher 4. Plan and evaluate specialist learning activities with the teacher, writing reports and records asrequired 5. Select and adapt appropriate resources/methods to facilitate agreed learning activities 6. Support pupils in social and emotional well-being, reporting problems to the teacher as appropriate 7. Teaching Assistants in this role are expected to undertake at least one of the following: a. Provide specialist support to pupils with special educational needs, for example, learningbehavioural, communication, social, sensory or physical difficulties b. Provide specialist support to pupils where English is not