Achievement Support Assistant (TA)

Thorpepark Academy, Hull, East Yorkshire, HU6 9EG

8 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  10 October 2025 at 1pm

• Date listed

  2 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time, full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £25,583.00 - £26,403.00 Annually (FTE) Grade 4. Actual salary, due to being term time only is £11589

Achievement Support Assistant (TA) job summary

Achievement Support Assistant

20 hours per week, 38 weeks per year (term time only)

Are you passionate about helping young children achieve their full potential? Do you enjoy working in a supportive, inclusive, and dynamic nursery environment? If so, we would love to hear from you!

McMillan Nursery part of Thorpepark Academyis seeking to appoint a dedicated Achievement Support Assistant to join our committed team of staff. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys working with young children, is flexible, and is enthusiastic about supporting young children’s learning and wellbeing.

About the Role

As an Achievement Support Assistant, you will work closely as part of a team working across the nursery’s three settings supporting children’s learning and development. You’ll provide both individual and small group support, ensuring every child can access the curriculum and make good progress. An interest in our SEND unit is essential.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the learning and progress of young children accessing the Early Years Foundation Stage.
• Assist with planning and delivering play-based, child-centred activities in line with the EYFS curriculum.
• Work with children with additional needs recognising each child’s individuality helping children with special educational needs to make good progress.
• Support the emotional and behavioural development of young children with a focus upon building strong relationships with children to help them to develop skills and promote a positive learning environment
• Assist with the preparation of learning materials and classroom resources
• Build strong, respectful relationships with pupils, staff, and parents

We’re Looking For Someone Who:

• Has experience working with children within an Early Years setting.
• Is patient, resilient, and passionate about Early Years Education.
• Has strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Works well in a team but can also use their initiative
• Is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils

In Return, We Offer:

• A welcoming, supportive, and inclusive school community
• Opportunities for professional development and training
• A chance to make a real impact on students’ lives and learning
• Access to a Local Government Pension Scheme, EAP, staff well-being support, including flu vaccinations and access to a GP service 24/7 for you and your family.

This is an exciting post! We ideally would like this role to start as soon as possible

Visits to the school are welcome; please contact Samantha Beasley by telephone 01482 331370 to make arrangements.

Our Multi Academy Trust is a group of inspirational and aspirational mainstream and specialist schools in Yorkshire whose main objective is to ensure that all pupils make exceptional progress through the development of outstanding staff.

Venn Academy Trust is committed to achieving fairness and equality in employment and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

Our Trust is fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils and expects all staff to share this commitment.

An enhanced DBS check is required for all successful applicants

Online searches will be carried out as part of Venn Academy Trust’s recruitment due diligence for all shortlisted candidates in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education

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 Thorpepark Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 541 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Thorpepark Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/thorpepark-academy

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