Primary Teaching Assistant

Philosophy Education; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading education provider is seeking Primary Teaching Assistants to support children in South West London primary schools. Full-time contracts and part-time supply opportunities are available. Responsibilities include assisting in early years learning, supporting structured classroom activities, and working with children who have special educational needs. Candidates should have experience with children and a caring, dedicated approach. The role requires an enhanced DBS certificate and two references. Immediate and flexible work options are available.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting children is required.
• Understanding of special educational needs is helpful but not necessary.
• Caring, dedicated, and professional approach needed.

Responsibilities

• Support children with play-based learning in early years.
• Assist with learning activities across various subjects.
• Work with children with special educational needs (SEND).

Skills

Experience working with children

Caring approach

Ability to build relationships

Job description

Primary Teaching Assistant

Full‑time contracts and part‑time supply work. Primary Schools. South West London.

We are looking for teaching assistants across London to work on a full‑time and supply basis in a range of South West London primary schools.

We have teaching assistant opportunities across all primary age groups (EYFS/KS1/KS2). As a teaching assistant you will be supporting children and teachers in a variety of ways.

In the early years (3–5) you will support children with play‑based learning, early reading and phonics, and learning numbers and letters.

In the primary age groups (KS1/KS2) you will be based in a more structured classroom supporting children to access learning activities across English, Maths and various other subjects.

Many of the roles we have are for teaching assistants to work with a specific child or children with special educational needs (SEND). This will involve building relationships with them, adjusting activities and helping them to focus in class and work with other children. Whilst an understanding of SEND is helpful, many of our teaching assistants gain experience on the job and with training and guidance from teachers and school leaders in their placements.

Teaching assistants are required for the full school day – 8.30 am to 4.00 pm (approx).

We have full‑time contracts starting from after the Easter holidays available in primary schools across London. We are also looking for primary teaching assistants to work on a more flexible cover basis with immediate starts. This is ideal if you just want to work a few days in local primary schools, or want to build experience across various year groups. Supply teaching assistant work can be provided in advance and first thing in the morning to cover absences.

Requirements

You do not need any formal qualifications to be a teaching assistant, but we do require you to have some experience working with children. Teaching assistant work is ideal for:

• Graduates who are considering becoming teachers
• Nursery staff or nannies who are looking for term‑time work
• Sports coaches / play leaders / Sunday school teachers / care workers

We need an enhanced DBS certificate and two references covering the past two years.

Most importantly, you need a caring, dedicated and professional approach to working with young children.

How to Apply

Once you have completed our online registration, we will get all your paperwork sorted so you can start work as soon as possible. This normally takes around 7 days.

Just press “Apply Now” and our friendly team will be in contact in the new year. We have a policy to respond to all applications within three working days, but due to volume we may not reply to individual enquiries.