Teaching Assistant, Level 2 at Wareham St Mary CE Primary School

Dorset Council; Wareham; Hybrid; GBP 20,000 - 21,000; Part time

Job summary

Wareham St Mary CE Primary School is seeking a Teaching Assistant (Level 2) on a fixed-term basis to support pupils with diverse needs. The role is 32.5 hours per week, 8:30am–3:30pm, Monday to Friday during term-time with inset days.

The post offers an Actual Salary of £19,655–£20,554 per year (pro rata) and a full-time equivalent Salary Range of £26,016–£26,847. The successful candidate will motivate and encourage children, work well in a team, and bring good communication skills and a

Qualifications

• Ability to motivate and encourage children; enthusiasm, positivity and teamwork.
• Good communication skills and passion to support children to be their best.
• Experience working with SEN children would be beneficial.
• Fixed term position linked to specific funding; term-time with inset days.

Skills

Motivation and encouragement

Communication skills

Team player

SEN experience (beneficial)

Job description

About the role

Teaching Assistant (Level 2)

Wareham St Mary CE Primary School

32.5 hrs, 8:30am-15:30pm Monday - Friday

Term-time, including inset days (39 weeks)

Salary Range: Grade 5, SCP 4-6 £26,016 – £26,847 FTE

Actual Salary: £19,655 – £20,554 per annum, pro rata

Starting ASAP, Fixed term to August 2027

As children of God, we are nurturing, responsible and courageous.

We have an exciting opportunity to recruit a Teaching Assistant, Level 2 on a fixed term basis. We would like someone who has the ability to motivate and encourage children and who is enthusiastic, positive and an excellent team player. They should have good communication skills and a passion to support children to be the best that they can be, experience working with SEN children would be beneficial. The fixed term reason for this position is linked to specific funding.

This school values the diversity of our workforce and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community. For more information on our school, please visit the school website www.warehamstmary.dorset.sch.uk or contact the school on 01929 552517 to arrange a visit.

Closing Date: Midnight, Sunday 22nd November 2026

Interviews: To Be Confirmed

Further Information

To comply with our statutory safer recruitment practices and obligations, we are unable to shortlist incomplete applications. Please ensure you include a full employment and education history, details of two referees and explain any gaps in employment. CVs will not be accepted from external candidates.

Coastal Learning Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and requires all staff and volunteers to share and demonstrate this commitment.

The successful candidate will be required to demonstrate that they meet the essential elements of the person specification and will be subject to pre-employment checks including a health check, and Enhanced DBS check, Child Barred List check and satisfactory references. We will conduct online searches of shortlisted candidates. This check will be part of a safeguarding check, and the search will purely be based on whether an individual is suitable to work with children. As care must be taken to avoid unconscious bias and any risk of discrimination a person who will not on the appointment panel will conduct the search and will only share information if and when findings are relevant and of concern. Applicants are advised that it is an offense to apply for the role if they are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

CLP is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants who meet the person specification will receive equal consideration for employment. We value the fact that our schools are very different, as are our colleagues within them. Our culture is one in which colleagues serve and inspire each other in the spirit of professional generosity; colleagues are empowered to be themselves and to be their best.At CLP, everyone is welcome and encouraged to achieve and be heard.

About Us

Wareham St Mary CE Primary School is a small, Church of England school at the heart of the community on the edge of the Jurassic Coast. We are proud that our vision to be nurturing, responsible and courageous encompasses how we treat one another, how we learn and how we develop into citizens of the world. The school has recently achieved a ‘Good’ SIAMS and a ‘Good’ Oftsed rating.

The school is part of Coastal Learning Partnership Multi Academy Trust; a vibrant, collaborative Trust of twenty schools working together around shared goals, values and aspirations.