Teaching Assistant

Hill Farm Academy; Daimler Green; On-site; GBP 23,114 - 24,294; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Cycle to work

Free parking

LGPS

Employee discount

Generous holiday entitlement

Wellbeing initiatives

Job summary

Castle Phoenix Multi‑Academy Trust is seeking a Teaching Assistant to support pupils in a busy primary setting. The role is part-time, term-time only with teacher training days, and involves 8:20 am to 4:00 pm across three days, with a half-hour unpaid break.

The successful candidate will work under teaching staff, supporting reading and curriculum activities to help children progress academically and socially, while maintaining high standards of progress and well-being.

Qualifications

• Experience of working with children across the primary age range.
• Experience of working with SEN pupils.
• Knowledge and understanding of child development.
• A desire to further develop their skills.
• Strong numeracy and literacy skills.
• An approachable and resilient attitude.
• A passion for supporting children to be the best they can be.
• Motivation to work with children and young people.
• Ability to form and maintain appropriate relationships and personal boundaries with children and young people.
• Emotional resilience in working with challenging behaviours.
• Attitudes to use of authority and maintaining discipline.

Responsibilities

• Work with designated pupils, small groups and 1:1 to prepare resources and deliver high quality interventions.
• Support individual reading and other curriculum activities to help children blossom and grow.

Skills

Experience with children

SEN pupils

Child development

Numeracy & literacy

Approachable & resilient

Passion for helping children

Motivation to work with children

Boundaries with children

Emotional resilience with challenging

Job description

Teaching Assistant- Part Time

Grade 3 Point 4 - £23,114 - £24,294 FTE (£19,423 - £20,414) pro rata to 21.49 hours and 39 weeks worked

Term Time only plus teacher training days (39 weeks)

Permanent

8.20 am to 4.00 pm, 3 days across Monday to Friday (with half an hour unpaid break), term time only plus Teacher Training Days

Required to start October 2026

Are you motivated by knowing the things you do well will make a difference to young people? If so, come and visit us to find out more.

We are looking to appoint a Teaching Assistant as part of our friendly and hardworking team. Our support staff team is integral to the school’s vision to ensure that all children achieve their full potential in all aspects of school life and you would be part of our drive to achieve an outstanding quality of education for every child.

Our successful candidate will be a motivated professional who will inspire and enthuse our children and support them in making good progress in their learning and social/emotional development.

Responsibilities

Under the direction of teaching staff, you would work with designated pupils, small groups and 1:1 preparing resources, delivering high quality interventions, supporting individual reading and other curriculum support activities to enable the children to blossom and grow into confident, capable, independent and successful learners.

Qualifications

• Experience of working with children across the primary age range
• Experience of working with SEN pupils
• Knowledge and understanding of child development
• A desire to further develop their skills
• Strong numeracy and literacy skills
• An approachable and resilient attitude
• A passion for supporting children to be the best they can be
• Motivation to work with children and young people
• Ability to form and maintain appropriate relationships and personal boundaries with children and young people
• Emotional resilience in working with challenging behaviours
• Attitudes to use of authority and maintaining discipline

Benefits

• High quality, ongoing professional development as part of the Castle Phoenix Multi‑Academy Trust
• A supportive, friendly and hardworking staff team who are united in their drive to achieve the very best outcomes for every child
• Friendly, happy and well‑behaved children who are keen and eager to learn
• An excellent support network through our hardworking, committed staff including fortnightly training related to your role in school
• A range of benefits which includes cycle to work, free parking, the local government pension scheme and an employee discount scheme, generous holiday entitlement and a commitment to staff wellbeing and recognition initiatives through our wellbeing committee and people strategy

This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The Trust is committed to safeguarding, promoting the welfare of children and young people and creating a culture of vigilance and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and vigilance.