1:1 Teaching Assistant
Archbishop Wake Church of England Primary School, Blandford Forum, Dorset, DT11 8SW13 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
18 July 2025 at 9am
Date listed
3 July 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £12.85 - £13.05 Hourly
1:1 Teaching Assistant job summary
SEND 1:1 Teaching Assistant 8.45am to 3.15pm Monday to Friday. Term time plus inset days.
An opportunity has arisen to join the team at Archbishop Wake Primary School during an new and exciting time for the school.
As a SEND 1:1 Teaching Assistant you will be expected to provide one-to-one support to an individual pupil with an Educational Healthcare Plan (EHCP) who has specific needs. The post-holder will be given full training and will be fully informed about the needs they are supporting and what the targets set by external professionals are, and how to effectively support these needs.
Why choose Archbishop Wake?
- Our children are amazing to work with
- Our staff are a friendly, supportive, experienced and dynamic team
- Our governors are caring, committed and determined that everyone will succeed
- Our leadership team will ensure you receive rich professional development opportunities and any other support you may need.
We are looking for someone who is positive, enthusiastic, passionate and committed to the best outcomes for our children to join out team.
Archbishop Wake is the only two-form entry primary school in the Blandford area and as such, you will benefit from working within a year group team to share planning and ideas.
Our children need innovative teaching assistants with high expectations, motivation and a willingness to work hard. Our school vision is for every child to achieve to the best of their ability, to have strong personal values, to have respect for others and the world they live in. If this is something you feel you can contribute to, then this could be the school for you!
Archbishop Wake Primary School is part of the Diocese of Salisbury Academy Trust and hence works in close co-operation with a wide network of other Primary Schools, both situated within the Blandford area and across Dorset and Wiltshire.
Closing date for applications: 18th July 2025 @9am.
Interviews: To be confirmed
If you are interested in this position and would like to have a more detailed conversation before making the decision to apply for the post, please give us a call and we will be happy to help you with as much detail as possible to support this process.
When you have enough information to make your decision to apply, please complete all sections of the application form. CVs will not be accepted.
All applicants will be notified of the shortlisting decisions by email. References for shortlisted candidates will be requested before interviews.
This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
All applicants will be subject to a number of checks including the Disclosure and Barring Service check before appointment is confirmed.
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 Archbishop Wake Church of England Primary School
- School type
- Academy, Church of England, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 401 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Archbishop Wake Church of England Primary School website
School location
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