Teaching Assistant - Elangeni School

About us

At Elangeni, we are committed to helping every child reach their full potential. We provide an engaging and stimulating learning environment that promotes lifelong learning, where each child feels valued, heard, and supported.

Our friendly and inclusive community sets high yet realistic expectations, ensuring that individual learning needs are met through carefully planned programmes and differentiated teaching.

We are proud to have respectful, motivated pupils, a well‑resourced school, a beautiful and spacious site, and a highly supportive staff team. The successful candidates will ideally take up their post at the start of the autumn term in September.

We are seeking to appoint dedicated Teaching Assistants who are passionate about fostering a love of learning and believe that every child can succeed. The role involves supporting pupils both individually (1:1) and in small groups, working in classrooms, during break and lunchtime supervision, and alongside teaching staff.

We are seeking staff to work 30 hours per week, typically 6 hours per day, over 5 days each week, usually 8.30am to 3pm (includes ½-hour unpaid lunch break). Contracts will be permanent contracts of employment, term time only (38 weeks per year plus 5 weeks paid holiday, taken during school holidays).

This role is paid on the Bucks Pay (Schools) pay scale at Range 2 between ISN 11 to 15, depending on experience.

Term time only:
Yes

Salary type:
Bucks Pay

Salary Details: R2 ISN 11-15

Contract type:
Permanent

Hours:

Part‑time

• A supportive and dedicated staff team
• A strong commitment to personalised professional development
• A shared focus on pupil wellbeing and achievement
• Enthusiastic and motivated pupils
• A welcoming, supportive parent and community network
• A whole‑school focus on maintaining positive physical and mental wellbeing

Our Teaching Assistants are primarily based within one year group but may at times support across different classes and year groups, placing staff appropriately to draw on and make best use of their areas of strength and expertise.

• Supporting pupils with an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP)
• Ensuring pupils' safety and adhering to safeguarding procedures
• Assisting with the delivery of the planned curriculum
• Using resources effectively to enhance learning
• Delivering support in small groups or on a 1:1 basis, including leading interventions
• Supervising pupils at break and lunchtime (playground or dining hall)
• Helping to create a positive, welcoming classroom environment that promotes independence
• Working closely with the class teacher to plan and address any concerns
• Monitoring and tracking pupil progress in line with school procedures
• Undertaking additional duties as directed by the Deputy Head Teacher, SENDCo, or Head Teacher within the scope of the role
• Using technology (e.g. computers and iPads) to support administration, training, and learning activities

• Commitment to delivering high‑quality, inclusive education
• Strong English and Maths skills
• Act as a positive and professional role model
• Excellent interpersonal skills with pupils, staff, and external professionals
• Enthusiastic, motivated, and committed
• Work effectively as part of a team and support others
• Flexible, resilient, and adaptable
• Inspire and engage children in their learning
• Strong organisational and time management skills
• Confident in managing behaviour when required

• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
• Speech, language and communication needs

At Elangeni we believe that a policy on child protection is founded on the right of all children to be safe and feel safe, and that it is the fundamental obligation on all schools to robustly secure this right.

• All unspent convictions and conditional cautions.
• All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).

For further information on filtering, please refer to Nacro guidance and the guidance issued by the Ministry of Justice (see, in particular, the section titled ‘Exceptions Order’).

It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All shortlisted applicants will be required to complete self‑disclosure form and return prior to interview.