1:1 Teaching Assistant

Shillingstone Church of England Primary School, Blandford Forum, Dorset, DT11 0TX

3 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  15 September 2025

• Closing date

  8 September 2025 at 4pm

• Date listed

  5 September 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: £4,034.00 Annually (Actual) Grade 5, Scale Point 5

1:1 Teaching Assistant job summary

Salary: Grade 5, SCP 5 : £4,034 per annum

Contract: 7 hours per week, 39 weeks per year (term time plus inset days), fixed term until July 2025

We are looking to appoint a caring and empathetic 1:1 Teaching Assistant to join our team for two mornings per week. This is a wonderful opportunity to join a school within a Trust with great potential, some real strengths and the ability and desire to develop further. This role is to support a named child to enable the student to achieve their full learning potential and facilitate their personal, academic, social, and moral development.

This role is a wonderful opportunity for someone passionate about education and making a positive impact on a child’s learning and development. The successful candidate will work closely with the class teacher, SENDCo, and wider staff to ensure the child feels safe, supported, and included in all aspects of school life.

This role is fixed term however, the duration of the contract will be reviewed if the student leaves the care of the school.

Should you wish to arrange a visit to view the School, please do not hesitate to contact the school office on 01258 860446 who will be happy to arrange this.

SAST will conduct online searches of shortlisted candidates. In line with KCSIE guidance, this will be part of safer recruitment checks, 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 be on the appointment panel will conduct the searches and will only share information if and when findings are relevant and of concern.

Safeguarding responsibilities associated with this role may include engagement in regulatory activity, such as administering first aid or supporting an upset child. It will have contact with young people on a day-to-day basis. SAST is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will have to meet the person specification and the post is subject to safeguarding checks, including an enhanced DBS check and Children’s Barred List check. The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.

SAST recognises the benefit of having a diverse workforce and is committed to building a workforce which reflects diversity from the communities it serves. SAST values the contributions from all staff from a wide range of different backgrounds and actively seeks to promote an environment that is free from discrimination and harassment and at the same time supports fair promotion and cultural acceptance. Under the provision of the Equality Act 2010 SAST welcomes applications from everyone and operates a recruitment process which is fair and does not discriminate against or disadvantage anyone because of their age, disability, gender reassignment status, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race or nationality, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

This role is UK- based and your right to work will need to be established as part of the appointment process.

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.

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Commitment to safeguarding

Safeguarding responsibilities associated with this role will include engagement in regulatory activity, such as administering first aid or supporting an upset child. It will have contact with young people on a day-to day basis. SAST is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will meet the person specification and is subject to an enhanced DBS and Children’s Barred List check. The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.

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 Shillingstone Church of England Primary School

• School type: Academy, Church of England, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 103 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Shillingstone Church of England Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/shillingstone-church-of-england-primary-school

We are a small primary school with an admission number of 15 and 116 children on roll. We have a beautiful, modern school building that houses four classes, Year R/ 1, Year 1/ 2, Year 3/ 4, Year 5 and Year 6. Our school is at the heart of the local community, and we have very strong links with the Church as well as very supportive governors and families. Our school vision is ‘Growing together. Together we learn’ and our Christian vision and values underpins everything we do. The School has a Church of England foundation within the Diocese of Salisbury. We are proud to be part of Sherborne Area Schools Trust (SAST); a trust where there is considerable support and collaboration with the other schools and leaders. SAST is made up of 13 primaries and 4 secondary schools.

We are excited to be part of the Sherborne Area Schools’ Trust (SAST). There is real strength in coming together with a collective responsibility for all the children’s development and progress between 0-19 years. We believe in preserving schools in their local community. This means that there will be considerable local expertise to support the school and staff with the chance to contribute to wider developments.

At the heart of SAST is the desire to work in partnership, to collaborate with others and to be outward facing for the benefit of children and staff. The schools have extensive links beyond the immediate area and are keen to extend these further.

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