General Teaching Assistant: Middleton Tyas C E Primary School

Salary: £23,656- £24,404 pro rata per annum

Contract: Permanent

Hours: 21.25 hours per week

Location: Middleton Tyas Primary School

'Together for Excellence'

Dales Academies Trust (Dales) was established in 2017 as a Multi Academy Trust (MAT), with sponsor status, for the northern church schools of the Church of England dioceses of Leeds and York.

As with the other church MATs across both dioceses, the Trust is open to church and non-church schools with a core purpose of providing an inclusive education for children of any ability, culture, gender, sexuality, faith, or no faith. The ethos is derived from, and informed by, the Church of England's commitment to education and schooling over more than 200 years.

Dales welcomed its first community school into the Trust in 2020 when Carnagill Community Primary School became the fourteenth setting to join our family of schools.

Job Purpose

To work with teachers to support teaching and learning by working with individuals or small groups of pupils under the direction of teaching staff and may be responsible for some learning activities within the overall teaching plan. May work in the classroom or appropriate location within the school, with access to support and guidance as required.

Key Documents:

Recruitment Pack

Application Pack

Job Description

Key Dates:

Closing Date: 25th February 2025

Interview Date: 07th March 2025

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