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Headteacher: Mrs T Wright
NOR: 437
Teaching Assistant
Required - Summer Term 2019
KS2 (Year 3) - Temporary - 22 hours per week
Essex Pay Band April 2019 - Band 2
Mersea Island School is a large, friendly and well-respected primary school with a strong ethos of team work. It occupies a special position at the heart of a unique island community.
This is a great opportunity to join our 2-form entry primary school as we continue to build on our very positive OFSTED inspection. Your role will be to work with individual pupils and groups to support the learning in class, under the direction of the class teacher.
The successful candidate will:
- Be able to enthuse and inspire children
- Have high expectations for all children's academic achievement
- Be able to work as part of a team, sharing excellent practice and learning from others
- Have good written, verbal and numeracy skills
- Be committed to working in partnership with staff, parents and children
Visits to the school are strongly encouraged by appointment.
For details and an application form, please contact Sharon Jay at the above address or e-mail office@merseaschool.org
Information about the School
Mersea Island School currently has 380 pupils aged 2-11, this includes a nursery with capacity for up to 48 children. It is the only school on the island, serving a closely knit community. The school is located on Mersea Island, off the coast of Essex and close to Colchester. The area surrounding the school in the town of West Mersea is semi-rural. The island is famous for its oyster cultivation and traditional fishing boats, and has a history of sailing. Pupils derive from a very mixed social background, and many of the pupils have parents and grandparents who attended the school.