Teaching Assistant Level 1 reference: ERYC005738

The job itself

Sutton upon Derwent Church of England Primary School is a loving school family. We are federated with Bugthorpe Church of England Primary School and have staff that work across both sites. We share our Executive Headteacher, SENCo, Business Manager, ELSA and Environmental Tutor (Gardening and Forest Schools Teacher). We work together as one to deliver a creative curriculum that inspires our pupils to 'follow their pathways and grow with confidence'.

Both schools received a 'Good' Ofsted Inspection in 2022. Sutton upon Derwent received a very positive SIAMS inspection report in February 2025. Both documents are available to read on our school website.

Our Federation: follow a shared curriculum, have staff meetings together on Microsoft Teams to share planning, resources and best practice, work in Subject Leadership Teams together across the Federation, share a school minibus which we utilise for educational visits and to visit each other's class in the sister school and share policies and procedures. All of this collaborative work enables both pupils and adults to flourish in our small rural schools.

Our Class system: Class 1 (Nursery and Reception) Class 2 (Years 1 and 2) Class 3 (Years 3 and 4) and Class 4 (Years 5 and 6). This job is to be the General Teaching Assistant, supporting the delivery of Phonics, in our Class 2 setting at Sutton upon Derwent.

We are delighted to offer the following role in our school for September 2025.

We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and passionate General Teaching Assistant, who will support the Class Teacher with the delivery of Maths and English on a morning.

This will be based at Sutton upon Derwent CE Primary School on a fixed term contract, initially for 1 year. This will be for 5 mornings per week, term time only, from 9am through to 12pm.

There will also be the option/availability to work additional hours as a Midday Supervisor on the days you will work. This will be to help supervise the child during the midday break. Required to work 5 hours per week, 12pm -1pm lunchtimes, term time only.

We can offer:

Enthusiastic children who love learning.A vibrant, hardworking and supportive staff team.Smaller than average class sizes. Our PAN is 15.High quality teaching resources and a superb learning environment in a beautiful village location.

Interested candidates are encouraged to visit our website for further information, including our virtual and drone tours. There is also the option of looking around our school; please contact the School Office to arrange a time.

Applicants are asked to include the following information in their supporting statements:

Your experience and background.Why you have chosen to apply for this post - and specifically at Sutton upon Derwent.Your curriculum strengths, talents, interests and expertise.