Thesuccessfulcandidatewill have:

• NVQ 2 for Teaching Assistants or equivalent qualification or experience

• Literacy and Numeracy skills equivalent to Level 1 of the National Qualification & Credit Framework

• Completion of Department for Education Teacher Assistant Induction Programme (orto complete within first term)

• Awareness of the requirements of children with special needs

• Experience of working with learning resources and helping with their preparation to support learning programmes

• Experience ofWorking with or caring for children of a relevant age to those in the school

• Communication skills to liaise sensitively and effectively with parents and carers

• Basic understanding of a child’s development and learning.