KS2 Teaching Assistant

Occupational group
School support
Working pattern
Part time
Term time
Contract type
Permanent
Salary
Grade 3 SCP 5-6 FTE £24,790 - £25,183 (Actual Annual Salary £17,705 - £17,996)
Hours
31.67 hours per week Monday to Friday – 8:30am to 3:20pm
Location
The Coombes CE Primary School RG2 9NX
Application closing date
Job advert

KS2 Teaching Assistant 

In class support and Read, Write, Inc Phonics Delivery 

A love of learning grows here 

The Coombes Church of England Primary School are seeking a creative, passionate and enthusiastic Teaching Assistant who loves supporting children to learn and flourish and has experience teaching Read, Write, Inc phonics and reading comprehension. This will be a class based KS2 TA role each morning then each afternoon spend time working 1:1 and with small groups across KS2 to provide targeted tuition based on the Read Write Inc (including Fresh Start) phonics approach. 

Main purpose: 

The TA will be deployed across the school to support the child or class in line with the National Curriculum, codes of practice and school policies and procedures and to deliver targeted tuition to KS2 children based on the Read Write Inc. Phonics Approach. 

Duties include: 
 

  • Establishing positive relationships with pupils
  • Supporting pupils with activities which support literacy and numeracy skills
  • Facilitating phonics sessions and Fast Track reading tuition using the Freshstart scheme
  • Promoting positive behaviour and helping keep pupils on tack
  • Assisting with displaying and presenting pupils’ work
  • Assisting with taking pupils on educations visits 

 
General requirements: 

  • An awareness of commitment to equality
  • Basic understanding of health and safety
  • Understanding and implementing child protection procedures 

 
We welcome and encourage visits to our school, to arrange a visit please email the Operations Manager, Joanna Hardy, on operations@coombes.wokingham.sch.uk  

Application forms can be found in the work for us section on the school website:  https://www.thecoombes.com/ Applications must be submitted by email with a letter of application to operations@coombes.wokingham.sch.uk (No CVs will be accepted) 

Applications will be considered upon receipt with final submission date of 28th March 2025. 

Contact
Joanna Hardy, Operations Manager. Email: operations@coombes.wokingham.sch.uk Telephone: 0118 976 0751
Application form MS Word version

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