1:1 Teaching Assistant/Class Assistant

Old Cleeve Church of England First School, Washford, Somerset, TA23 0PB

9 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  2 October 2026

• Closing date

  11 October 2026 at 11:59am

• Date listed

  2 October 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full time equivalent salary: £25,614.00 - £26,061.00 full time equivalent

1:1 Teaching Assistant/Class Assistant job summary

Job Advert: Teaching Assistant

Role: Teaching Assistant

Location: Old Cleeve First School 

Start Date: ASAP

Closing Date: 11.10.2026

Interview Date: w/c 12.10.2026

Fixed term contract: Until 31.10.2028

Grade: 1 SCP 3/4 

Hours of Work:   

8.30am – 3.30pm

32.5 hours per week, 5 days a week

Term time and 5 inset days

Abated salary: £19,033.00 - 19,331.00

Purpose of the role:

Working under the direct instruction of teaching and senior staff, you will be based primarily in the classroom alongside the teacher to support access to learning for pupils and assist with classroom management.

As part of our wider inclusion ethos, you will play a key role in providing high-quality support that helps remove barriers to learning, supports emotional, social, and academic progress, and ensures every pupil feels safe, valued, and included.

Key Responsibilities

Supporting Children:

Supervise and support pupils to ensure their safety, wellbeing and access to learning. Encourage children to develop independence, resilience and positive relationships, helping them to engage fully with school life and achieve their potential.

Supporting Teaching and Learning:

Work alongside class teachers to support high-quality teaching and learning across the curriculum. Deliver and reinforce phonics teaching and provide targeted interventions in reading, writing and mathematics, helping pupils to make strong progress and develop confidence as learners. Support classroom activities, adapting approaches where necessary to meet individual needs and maximise engagement.

Personal Welfare, Pastoral and Emotional Support:

Attend to pupils' personal, social, emotional, health and welfare needs, including first aid where appropriate. Provide nurturing pastoral support that helps children develop confidence, resilience, self-regulation and positive relationships. Using trauma-informed and restorative approaches, support pupils to overcome barriers to learning, manage emotions effectively and engage successfully in school life. Promote positive behaviour, emotional wellbeing and inclusion, ensuring every child feels safe, valued and able to thrive within our school family.

Targeted Inclusion and Bespoke Support:

Build positive and trusting relationships with pupils, acting as a consistent and encouraging role model. Develop a strong understanding of individual needs and implement personalised strategies to remove barriers to learning, ensuring every child can flourish within our school family.

Supporting Individual Outcomes:

Work under the direction of teachers and the SENDCo to support individual pupils in achieving their learning, pastoral and developmental goals. Contribute to the delivery of provision outlined within Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs), supporting pupils to work towards their identified targets. Play an active role in helping children achieve their individual ADPR targets and bespoke support plans, ensuring that provision is delivered consistently and effectively.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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 will not be accepted for this application.

About Old Cleeve Church of England First School

• Organisation type: Academy, Church of England, ages 3 to 9
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 127 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 9
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Old Cleeve Church of England First School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/old-cleeve-cofe-school-washford-watchet

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