Teaching Assistant - Sir Graham Balfour School

WMJobs; Stafford; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading school in Stafford is seeking a dedicated and dynamic Teaching Assistant to join their professional team. This permanent, full-time position will involve working closely with students across various groups, promoting educational success and inclusivity. The role offers an excellent opportunity for professional development within a supportive learning environment.

Benefits

Professional development opportunities

Supportive work environment

Salary progression based on experience

Qualifications

• Experience in supporting students in a learning environment.
• Ability to work under the management of a SENCO.
• A dynamic and engaging personality to facilitate learning.

Responsibilities

• Work with various students and groups under management supervision.
• Support the educational development of students in the classroom.
• Uphold the ethos and values of the school.

Skills

Commitment to ethos and values

Professional development

High expectations

Determination to succeed

Education

Experience working with students

Relevant qualifications in education

Job description

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Teaching Assistant

Full Time, Permanent, 37.00 hours per week

(scale point 5 - 6: £24,790 - £25,183)

Pro rata salary £21,418 - £21,758

Required From 1st September 2025

We are seeking to appoint a dynamic Teaching Assistant who will join our highly professional and dedicated team under the management of our SENCO. The successful candidate will work with a number of different students and groups. We are looking for someone who has a firm commitment to upholding the ethos and values of our school; a professional approach to staff development; high expectations; and a determination to succeed.

Sir Graham Balfour School,

Teaching Assistant

Full Time, Permanent, 37.00 hours per week

SGB Grade 4, Term Time Only (scale point 5 - 6: £24,790 - £25,183)

Pro rata salary £21,418 - £21,758

Required From 1st September 2025

We are seeking to appoint a dynamic Teaching Assistant who will join our highly professional and dedicated team under the management of our SENCO. The successful candidate will work with a number of different students and groups. We are looking for someone who has a firm commitment to upholding the ethos and values of our school; a professional approach to staff development; high expectations; and a determination to succeed.

At Sir Graham Balfour we offer:

• A friendly, well-motivated staff, who embrace willingly a culture of professional development.
• An ever-growing reputation in the local community which has resulted in the school being consistently oversubscribed in an area where student rolls are falling.
• A very positive climate for learning.
• A first-rate learning environment.
• We are housed in buildings completed in 2002 and financed via a PFI initiative.
• Innovative 14-19 collaboration and an increasing roll at KS5.
• A commitment to inclusive practice.
  
  
  

Please note:

• All applicants will be submitted for an enhanced DBS check.
• Applications will only be accepted if submitted on the enclosed formal application form.
• Two references will be required, one of which must be from your most recent employer. In the case of teachers, one reference must come from your most recent headteacher.
• Once a written reference has been received, we will contact the referee by telephone to confirm the provenance of that reference.
• If shortlisted, online searches will be carried out, in order to help identify any incidents or issues that have happened and are publicly available online, which the school might want to explore with the applicant at interview.
• In addition, at interview, applicants will be asked if they have ever been involved in any form of media or activity which would make them unsuitable to work with children and young people, or, if it came to light, might risk the reputation of the school in the eyes of the community or wider public.
• If shortlisted, we will request a portrait photo of you to attach to your file and to help confirm your identity.
• If appointed, the successful applicant will be informed that the appointment is subject to satisfactory completion of the following checks: the right to work in the UK, qualifications requirements, satisfactory DBS Enhanced Disclosure, the Criminal Record Self-Declaration Form, teacher prohibition and barred list checks, pre-employment medical screening and satisfactory references (if not already received).
  
  
  

Visits to the school are strongly recommended and can be arranged by contacting Mrs Vicki McKeen (details below).

Further details including the application form are available from the school website: www.sirgrahambalfour.co.uk, www.jobsonline.stoke.gov.uk and www.wmjobs.co.uk websites. For an application pack, please access our website, www.sirgrahambalfour.co.uk or contact Mrs Vicki McKeen, Headteacher’s PA, on [e-mail] or telephone [phone].

The closing date for applications is: 1.30pm on Friday 4th July 2025. Please return completed applications to [e-mail]

Shortlisting for this post will take place on Friday 4th July 2025 and successful applicants will be contacted no later than 5pm on the same day. If you have not heard from us by this time, please assume you have not been successful on this occasion.

Interviews will take place week commencing 7th July 2025; will include a tour around the school, discussion with the SENCO and interviews for the short-listed candidates.

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