Parkland Primary School South Wigston · Wigston, East Midlands
Extended Services Education Assistant Parkland Primary School Grade 5 Pay Point 7-8 (£25,191 - £25,590, approx. starting salary £ 2,912.51) 5 hours a week, 39 weeks per year Permanent Monday to Friday, 07:15am - 08:15am (mornings only) If you are a positive, dynamic person, committed to providing children with caring, high quality and fun activities, and would like to work with us to develop our new model of Extended Services excites you, then we want to hear from you! Why choose Parkland Primary School? At Parkland Primary we are incredibly passionate about our pupils and believe that every child should have the opportunity to succeed. Our intake is mixed in socio-economic terms with nearly a quarter of the children on free meals. Parents are supportive with regular volunteer helpers in school. Children are always at the heart of every decision we make; we have high expectations of them. We pride ourselves on providing a high-quality education and in our strong pastoral support. We aim to instil values in our pupils that provide them with the skills they need to be successful in life. Our Achievements to date Rated Ofsted ‘Good’ September 2023 Microsoft Showcase School 360 Safe online safety award School Games gold award PE Quality Mark Route to Resilience and Happy Lunch Time accredited Renaissance Partner School “Pupils enjoy their learning and focus well in lessons. They are polite and interact with each other and adults with respect.” - OFSTED Key Responsibilities To help prepare, monitor and maintain a safe and secure learning environment in line with the teacher’s lesson plans. To work under the direct supervision of a teacher to carry out planned learning activities with small groups or individual pupils, providing feedback on their engagement in activities and their achievement of the desired learning objectives. Encouraging a high standard of behaviour, develop relationship with others and recognize and deal with emotions in an appropriate way To prepare and utilise ICT resources to support pupils learning. To prepare and support the use of learning materials and create visual displays, in accordance with the requirements of the teacher, in order to facilitate a relevant physical learning environment. Main Duties and responsibilities: To maintain a duty of care for all children that attend the Extended Services Wraparound Care To establish and maintain positive relationships with children and Extended Services provision teams. To maintain communication with the Extended Services Support Lead, and Deputy Lead. To provide care and encouragement to children and young people with disabilities or special educational needs, supporting them to participate in activities and liaising, if required, with parents / carers / other professionals as appropriate. We are looking for someone who has: Ideal candidates will have experience of wo