Part Time Teaching Assistant and MDSA - Bathwick St Mary Church School

Bath & Wells Multi Academy Trust; Bath; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

Bath & Wells Multi Academy Trust seeks a passionate part-time Teaching Assistant and MDSA for Bathwick St Mary Church School. Emphasizing a team approach, applicants must possess strong IT skills, record-keeping ability, and a commitment to supporting each child to excel academically in a caring school environment.

Benefits

Generous pension scheme

Enhanced parental leave benefits

Supportive working environment

Qualifications

• Experience working with children desirable.
• Commitment to a Christian ethos.
• Desire to learn and develop understanding.

Responsibilities

• Support children with additional needs as part of a team.
• Deliver quality learning experiences.
• Support the Christian ethos of the school.

Skills

Good IT skills

Record keeping

Passion for supporting learning

Job description

Part Time Teaching Assistant and MDSA - Bathwick St Mary Church School

Overview

Part Time Teaching Assistant and MDSA

Teaching Assistant - 16hrs 15mins per week (8.45-12.00 Mon to Fri)

Term time only plus 2 inset days, paid for 44.2 weeks per year

Actual salary £9085 pa

MDSA - 5 hours per week (12.00 to 13.00 Mon to Fri)

Term time only, paid for 43.8 weeks per year

Actual salary £2727 pa

What we are looking for

The children, staff and governors are looking to appoint a passionate and committed Teaching Assistant and MDSA to work at Bathwick St. Mary Church School. A team approach is one of our strengths at Bathwick and you will be working as part of a supportive and positive team with different children from the same year group during the day. Each child is valued and important and responding to their individual needs is essential so all children are well supported to be the best they can be.

This is a great opportunity for talented individuals to make a real difference in a very supportive, caring and high achieving school. You will need to have a passion to work with the class teacher and additional adults in supporting children to excel in the classroom and wider school. The successful applicants will be committed to learning about the children in order to best meet their educational and any other needs. We seek to appoint a proactive individual who will fully support the Christian ethos of this Church School.

Can you offer?

• High expectations of all children
• Passion in achieving the very best for each child
• A desire to learn and develop your understanding and knowledge in supporting learning.
• Delivering quality learning experiences
• Good IT skills, good record keeping and a willingness to learn
• Commitment to work closely with all members of the school community
• Full support of the Christian ethos of this Church School

What we offer

We can offer you:

• The opportunity to work with children with additional needs across a class, as part of a team approach.
• A caring, warm and dedicated team of staff, striving for excellence in all we do within an inclusive environment
• A focussed and supportive senior leadership team
• Committed governors and parents
• A school that takes pride in developing the whole child
• A school that values all staff and seeks to encourage continuous personal development
• A school that looks forward; accentuates the positive; and is a happy place to be

Benefits of working for the Bath & Wells Multi Academy Trust include; a generous pension scheme, enhanced sickness and parental benefits and a supportive working environment. The Bath & Wells Multi Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS and all relevant pre-employment checks.

Salary, hours and pay scale

Teaching Assistant - 16hrs 15mins per week (8.45-12.00 Mon to Fri)

Term time only plus 2 inset days, paid for 44.2 weeks per year

Actual salary £9085 pa

MDSA - 5 hours per week (12.00 to 13.00 Mon to Fri)

Term time only, paid for 43.8 weeks per year

Actual salary £2727 pa

Location

Bathwick St Mary Church School
Darlington Road
Bath
Somerset
BA2 6NN

We warmly encourage visits by prior arrangement to the school. For a tour of the school please contact the Headteacher, Mr. Kevin Purkiss, via phone on 01225 465654 or email [e-mail] .

Application forms should be accompanied by a letter of application and sent to the school office by post or email to the Headteacher, Kevin Purkiss, via: [e-mail] .

Closing date: 9.00 a.m. on Friday 20 th June 2025.

Interview date: To be confirmed with candidates. We reserve the right to close adverts early.

Equal opportunities

The Bath & Wells Multi-Academy Trust supports equal opportunities in employment and opposes all forms of unlawful and unfair discrimination. Our aim is to ensure that job applicants and employees are treated equally and fairly and are recruited, selected, trained and promoted on the basis of job requirements, skills, abilities and other objective and job related criteria. We will also ensure that individuals are not disadvantaged by conditions or requirements, which cannot be shown to be justified as being necessary for the safe and effective performance of the job.

The Bath & Wells Multi Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS and all relevant pre-employment checks.