Teaching Assistant

Teaching Vacancies; Taunton; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 17,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Warm welcome

Supportive team

Professional development

Job summary

Teaching Vacancies in Taunton is seeking a dedicated Teaching Assistant experienced in supporting children and delivering literacy and numeracy activities across the curriculum. The role may involve 1:1 support for pupils with additional needs and general classroom assistance.

You will join a warm, friendly team in a large, caring school near Taunton centre, with opportunities for professional development and a strong commitment to safeguarding.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Teaching Assistant in a school setting.
• Ability to support literacy and numeracy across the curriculum.
• Willingness to work 1:1 with pupils with additional needs and in classroom settings.

Responsibilities

• Support literacy and numeracy lessons across the curriculum.
• Provide 1:1 support to pupils with additional needs when required.
• Assist in general classroom activities and with pupil welfare.

Skills

Supporting children

Literacy

Numeracy

1:1 support

Job description

What skills and experience we're looking for

Teaching Assistant, suitably experienced in supporting children and able to meet the curriculum demands of literacy and numeracy throughout the school.

Please be aware that the role may involve working 1:1 with children with additional needs as well as general support in the classroom.

What the school offers its staff

• A really warm welcome, a friendly, supportive team and a tremendous professional opportunity within a large, caring and popular school close to the centre of Somerset’s County Town, Taunton.
• An opportunity to be part of a hard-working and talented team, committed to child centred learning and achieving high standards in an excellent school. (Ofsted ‘Good’ 2023, SIAMS 2025).
• The support of our enthusiastic children, parents/carers and the wider school community;
• The opportunity for your own professional development.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.