1:1 Teaching Assistant
Bridge Farm Primary School, Bristol, Bristol, BS14 0LL11 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
29 June 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
17 June 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Grade 3 SCP 5-6
1:1 Teaching Assistant job summary
Are you a passionate professional ready to build your future?
Do you want to work in a supportive environment where your skills and contributions are valued?
Join us!
At Futura Learning Partnership, we are committed to creating an environment where every employee – whether in teaching, support, or leadership – can flourish. We strive to attract, develop, and retain the very best talent by creating a culture that values professional development, wellbeing, and inclusion.
Your Role in Building Brighter Futures
As a 1:1 Teaching Assistant at Bridge Farm Primary School, you will play a key role in contributing to the delivery of Futura’s mission statement of “Building the brightest future for all, enabling every individual to flourish.” We are looking for an individual who is passionate about living our values and making a positive impact on all the young people in our Trust.
Bridge Farm Primary School, located in Whitchurch, Bristol, is a vibrant and inclusive school community committed to supporting every child to achieve their full potential. We are seeking a flexible and dedicated professional to join our team to support a pupil with SEMH who has an EHCP.
As a 1:1 Teaching Assistant, you will be responsible for:
Providing tailored support for a pupil with SEMH, both in and out of the classroom.
Supporting learning activities, transitions, and playtimes.
Supporting the class teacher with inclusive classroom strategies.
Helping to ensure a safe, caring, and supportive environment for learning.
What You’ll Bring to Futura
We are looking for a compassionate and flexible Teaching Assistant who:
Has relevant experience supporting pupils in a primary school setting.
Experience and Knowledge:
Understands the KS1 and KS2 curriculum and how to support pupils with SEMH.
Has knowledge and experience of working with children who have communication and interaction difficulties.
Has a variety of communication strategies and a positive, empathetic approach.
Brings patience, humour, adaptability, and a team mindset.
Demonstrates a passion for creating a supportive and inclusive environment for all members of our school community.
Aligns with our trust-wide values by bringing a positive, collaborative approach to their work and a willingness to continuously develop professionally.
What We Offer to Support Your Growth
At Futura Learning Partnership, we are committed to providing our staff with the resources, support, and opportunities they need to succeed and feel valued.
We offer a wide range of talent development opportunities, including Continuous Professional Development (CPD), inset days, rotation and secondment opportunities, and leadership succession programmes.
Our commitment to staff wellbeing includes initiatives to support work-life balance such as 'Wellbeing Moments’, flexible working arrangements, and mental health support through our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).
Our staff benefits include generous defined pension schemes, a Health Cash-back Plan (covering dentist, physiotherapy appointments etc.), and access to multiple retail discount schemes.
We are committed to environmental sustainability, working actively to reduce our carbon footprint via our Climate and Nature initiatives across all schools.
We provide an inclusive, supportive culture where collaboration and diversity are celebrated, enabling all staff to bring their best selves to work and thrive in their roles.
Application Deadline: 23:59 on Sunday 29th June 2025
Interviews: To be held shortly thereafter
PLEASE NOTE: Early applications are encouraged. We reserve the right to interview and appoint prior to the closing date of the advertisement.
Futura Learning Partnership is Committed to Safeguarding:
Futura Learning Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Your suitability to work with children and young people will form part of the selection process. For this post, prior to appointment Futura Learning Partnership will apply for a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring check, a Children’s Barred list check, two satisfactory references, satisfactory pre-employment health screening, online searches and, for Teachers, a Prohibition Check in relation to the children’s workforce. In some settings, a Declaration will be required in order to meet our obligations under the ‘Disqualification under the Childcare Act 2006’.
Equal Opportunities:
At Futura Learning Partnership, we are committed to creating an inclusive environment where diversity is celebrated, and everyone is treated fairly. We encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds and are dedicated to supporting our staff to achieve their full potential.
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.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About Bridge Farm Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 629 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Bridge Farm Primary School website
School location
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