Teaching Assistant

We are looking for a teaching assistant to join our fantastic team. The successful candidate will provide support for children in our wonderful school from April 2026 .

This is an exciting opportunity to join a happy school, rated ‘Good’ in September 2021 with opportunities for subject leadership.

• A passionate and motivated practitioner with experience in supporting pupils across EYFS and KS1.
• A team player with good communication skills.
• A dedication to ongoing professional development.
• A caring practitioner with an awareness of the importance of holistic development.
• Experience in supporting pupils in Early Years or Key Stage 1
• A practitioner with good organisational skills, able to work with initiative.

This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment.

The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including: enhanced DBS;
Prohibition check;
Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications

An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.

Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016). Therefore, the ability to speak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.