Job Vacancy at Cornerstone Academy Trust
EYFS Teaching Assistant based in a Reception Class
Term Time Only
Exeter based
We are seeking a Early Years Teaching Assistant to join the Early Years team in our innovative and technology rich reception classes in Exeter. We are looking for someone with relevant experience of working with young children, who is enthusiastic about supporting and educating reception aged children. Our Early Years Team work flexibly to support within the Early Years across the schools including our school based nurseries.
You will benefit from a generous pension scheme, a health scheme, a cycle to work scheme and subsidised meals in our staff café with food cooked and served by our own chefs. Successful candidates will be provided with state-of-the-art IT equipment to help them fulfil their duties and we support all staff with an investment in their professional development through training and a good performance management process, where a bonus is payable to those who achieve highly.
You will collaborate as part of a large EYFS team across the schools in our trust and must be open to delivering a high quality Early Years Provision which you will support in the planning and resourcing of. You will assist each day in the preparation of the learning environment inside and outside. The Trust uses the ReadWrite Inc scheme to teach Early Reading and Phonics and we train all our Early Years staff to implement this approach within our settings. Early Years staff are often responsible for overseeing the progress of a group of children and may be required to meet with parents regularly to report to them on the progress their child is making, through both online and in-person meetings. You will be required to maintain pupil records and carry out a range of administrative tasks to support the teaching staff.
Relevant experience of working with children and qualifications are required. You will need to have a willingness to attend CPD and familiarise yourself with the latest developments in the EYFS curriculum that the Trust is implementing.
The position is permanent, term time only, 9.00am to 3.30pm. The full-time equivalent salary for this role starts in the region of £22,100 pro rata depending on age and experience. However, the actual salary based on the hours and weeks worked will be less.
We look forward to receiving your application and hopefully meeting you as part of the recruitment process.