Classroom Support Staff

Goldsworth Primary School, Woking, Surrey, GU21 6NL

12 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  29 June 2026 at 10am

• Date listed

  17 June 2026

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, full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: SWAN PS3

Classroom Support Staff job summary

Working Hours: Monday to Friday 8:40 am to 3:20 pm (30.83 hours per week), term time, 185 days (37 weeks) per year

Actual Annual Salary: £17,563.40 (SWAN Grade 3.3, FTE £25,133)

Start Date: 1st September 2026

We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and caring Classroom Support Staff to join our team. Working closely with and supported by the class teacher and an experienced Inclusion Leader and SENCO, your role will provide additional academic and emotional support for our children. The work may include a mixture of one to one and paired or small group work, both in and out of the classroom setting, general classroom support duties and lunchtime supervision.

For this post, applicants must demonstrate a positive, patient, and nurturing approach towards children, be confident, willing to work one to one and deal with challenging situations.

The successful candidate must demonstrate the following:

• A passion and enthusiasm to work with children
  
• A positive, patient, and nurturing approach towards children
  
• Be confident, able to work one to one and deal with challenging situations
  
• A desire and ability to contribute fully to school life and work effectively as part of a team
  
• Have high expectations of self and others
  
• Forward thinking and dynamic
  
• Possess excellent interpersonal skills
  

We can offer you:

• Experienced, supportive senior leadership team
  
• Clear pathways for personal development
  
• High quality training within the school and externally
  
• A friendly outstanding team with a strong ethos of working together to continually improve
  
• Excellent team of experienced support staff that assist in supporting the children’s learning
  
• Fantastic children who have a love of learning and excellent behaviour
  
• Supportive Governors and parents/carers
  
• Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme
  
• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme
  
• A Cycle to Work Scheme
  

Goldworth Primary School is a leading inclusive school in the heart of Woking. We have a well-established reputation within the community for providing first class education for all our students, including those with SEND requirements. We are a happy high achieving school where our vision is to enable all children and staff to ‘Be the Best they Can Be’.

Application closing date: 10 am on Monday 29th June 2026

Applications should be made using the Goldsworth Primary School Application Form (CVs will not be accepted).

Please note that all applications will be considered upon receipt and for an exceptional candidate an appointment may be made before the closing date. Therefore, it is recommended that if you wish to apply for this position, you do so as soon as possible.

Goldsworth Primary School is part of The Swan Trust, a multi-academy trust which incorporates 10 schools within the Woking area. The schools work closely together and aim to support each other through purposeful collaboration that enhances educational opportunities and supports improvements in the quality of learning for all our children.

All schools within The SWAN Trust warmly welcome children, families, governors, and staff from diverse backgrounds within the Woking community. The schools within The Trust aim to ensure that every child feels safe and happy in school creating a culture where they can grow and develop

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 Goldsworth Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 618 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Goldsworth Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/goldsworth-primary-school-woking

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