Teaching Assistant

Teaching Personnel; Horsham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated Teaching Assistant to support primary education. This role involves working across various year groups, providing essential support where needed, particularly for children with Additional Learning Needs. The position offers a flexible working environment in a supportive school setting, ensuring that every child has the opportunity to thrive. With an ASAP start and the potential for long-term engagement, this is an excellent opportunity for those passionate about education and child development.

Benefits

Free child protection training

Free prevent duty training

Support with DBS checks

Qualifications

• Hold a Teaching Assistant qualification or relevant experience.
• Registered with the Education Workforce Council (EWC).

Responsibilities

• Support classrooms from Year 1 to Year 6 as a floating Teaching Assistant.
• Assist children with Additional Learning Needs (ALN) when required.

Skills

Experience with Additional Learning Needs (ALN)

Teaching Assistant qualification

Education

Teaching Assistant qualification

Job description

About the role

-Primary Mainstream Teaching Assistant required, Mon to Fri 830-1530

-ASAP start until the end of Summer term 2025

-Covering long term absence

-Pay rate starts at £89.38, can be increased depending on qualifications / experience

-You will be required to be able to support classrooms right from Year 1 up to Year 6. This role is effectively ‘floating’ between Key Stages, offering support where the school needs it most on that day

-Most classes do have children that have Additional Learning Needs (ALN) and so experience with this would be desired, but not essential

About the school

-Small Primary School located near Pentwyn, Cardiff

-Good transport links by bus, access to free parking

-Supportive long standing Headteacher and Senior Leadership team who know the school very well

- “Pupil’s behaviour and attitudes to learning are a strength of the school” - ESTYN

-school ETHOS is to provide all their pupils with the opportunity to grow educationally, socially, morally and physically; in fact, in every way that is necessary for them to develop into a well-balanced person, well prepared to cope with life as an adult

About you

-You will be required to hold either a Teaching Assistant qualification or have experience in working with children that we can reference

-You will also need to be fully registered with the Education Workforce Council (EWC)

-To be put forward for this role, you would need to undergo a 30-minute face to face registration with Teaching Personnel which would include reference and DBS checks

Next steps

We are looking to send CV’s over to the client within the next 48 hours as this position is for an ASAP start – click APPLY to send us your most recent Teaching Assistant CV to receive a call back today. If this position isn’t quite right for you – then we have plenty of others to talk to you about, please get in touch to discuss further. We can support you in looking for anything from short term supply work to your next permanent position. Thank you!

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All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.
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