Pre-Prep Teaching Assistant - Fixed Term (Summer Term 2024)
36/37 hours per week | Fixed Term Contract - Summer Term 2024
Required: April 2024
The Post
We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic Teaching Assistant from April - July 2024 to assist the Pre-Prep/Early Years Teachers in creating a stimulating learning environment within which our younger pupils can grow and develop. Working in small class sizes with access to outstanding facilities and resources, you will be joining a dynamic team of experienced Teachers and Teaching Assistants. The successful candidate will be able to encourage the children to explore, and question, the world around them and to learn from their stimulating environment.
The successful candidate will possess a Level 3 Early Education and/or Childcare qualification and have experience of working within an Educational/Early Years setting. Caring and enthusiastic, they will be energetic and possess the ability to enthuse our younger pupils to imagine, explore and develop. Friendly and approachable, they will be able to build outstanding relations with children, staff and the wider school community.
The School
Ashfold is an established co-educational Preparatory School for around 300 children aged 3 - 13 set in a beautiful Jacobean mansion with its own thirty-acre estate in the heart of the Buckinghamshire countryside just twenty minutes from Oxford, Thame and Aylesbury.
The school has expanded significantly over the last fifteen years and invested heavily in its infrastructure and support systems. We aim to give every child the firmest possible grounding in the core academic subjects, within a small caring family community where children both know each other and all of the staff.
Application Closing Date: We reserve the right to close the application process earlier if we receive a sufficient number of suitable applications from candidates.
Ashfold is committed to the protections and safety of its children and the successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check. We welcome applications regardless of age, gender, ethnicity or religion. Charity Number 272663.