HORNSBY HOUSE EDUCATIONAL TRUST

Job Description and Person Specification
for
Gap Year Assistants

Teaching and Learning:

•  Working with classes in a variety of lessons, helping to develop the children’s understanding

appropriately of that subject

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Provide support for individual pupils inside and outside the classroom to enable them to participate

fully in activities

Listen to children reading and keep records of children’s progress

•  Assist P.E. staff by setting up sport drills and supervise these drills to ensure that the children are

performing them correctly

Administrative Duties and General Requirements:

•  Assist class teachers in photocopying and other tasks in order to support teaching and prepare lessons

•  Gather resources as directed by Class Teachers to guarantee the lesson operates as planned

•  Undertake other duties, as the Class Teacher requires e.g. creating displays of children’s work
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Take part in the supervision of pupils at playtime and lunchtime

•  Accompany staff and children on school outings / swimming

•  Hours of work 8am - 5.15pm (Monday to Thursday) and 8am – 4pm (Friday). You may also have the

opportunity to take on extra paid work helping with Supper Club which runs from 5.15pm – 6pm

Monday – Friday). Owls (3.45pm – 5.15pm every Friday) and/or being a chaperone on the school bus
service in the morning/evening.

•  Assist with school events and productions

Person Specification:

The successful candidate will have excellent and efficient organisation skills and be:

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Enthusiastic and hardworking

•  Have some experience of working with primary school age children (this is desirable but not essential)

•  Reliable and punctual

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Strong IT skills

•  Committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and wellbeing of pupils

•  A good sense of humour

•  Good interpersonal skills with adults and children