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EYFS/KS1 Teaching Assistant & MDSA

Downton CofE VA Primary School, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP5 3LZ

This job expired on 10 July 2025 – see similar jobs

• Start date details

  1st September 2025

• Closing date

  10 July 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  17 June 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £12.65 - £13.05 Hourly MDSA rate of £12.26 per hour

EYFS/KS1 Teaching Assistant & MDSA job summary

Due to expansion we are looking for a Teaching Assistant to join our team. We can offer you an exciting opportunity; to join our lovely School where children are always eager to learn. If you are passionate about supporting children to achieve their potential in a calm way – this is the right post for you.

What we offer you:

- Receptive, motivated and probably the best children anywhere.

- A vibrant learning environment in which you will receive training, trust and responsibility.

- Opportunities to develop skills, and apply the ones you already have.

- A proven, supportive, Professional Development environment in which we all learn and progress.

What we look for:

- Initiative.

- Experience of working with children with additional need

- Good Literacy & Numeracy Skills.

- Team Workers with good inter-personal skills.

- An enjoyment in learning and developing skills.

Visits are warmly welcomed; our children are a true reflection of our ethos and Values. Please contact Mrs Paula Carlton, Headteacher to arrange a visit on 01725 510556

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.

This job post has expired.

About Downton CofE VA Primary School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, Church of England, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 282 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Downton CofE VA Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/downton-cofe-va-primary-school

An attractive primary school in a lovely rural village.

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