13 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    As soon as possible

  • Closing date

    31 January 2026 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    18 January 2026

Job details

Job role

  • Teaching assistant
  • Learning support or cover supervisor

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Key stage 1, Key stage 2

Working pattern

Part time: Year 2 - 26.25 hours per week, Monday to Friday. Year 4 - 26.25 hours per week, Monday to Friday. Year 5 - 15 hours per week, mornings only, Monday to Friday. Year 6 - 26.25 hours per week, Monday to Friday.

Contract type

Permanent

Pay scale

TA2 SCP 5 to SCP6 FTE £25,583 to £25,989

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are currently recruiting for the following roles:

  • 1 x Learning Support Assistant in Year 2 (26.25 hours per week, Monday to Friday)
  • 2 x Learning Support Assistants in Year 4 (26.25 hours per week, Monday to Friday)
  • 1 x Learning Support Assistant in Year 5 (15 hours per week, Monday to Friday)
  • 1 x Learning Support Assistant in Year 6 (26.25 hours per week, Monday to Friday)

Job Overview

Working as part of our teaching team, the learning support assistant role is based in the classroom working alongside the class TA and under the direction of the class teacher. You will be supporting a small group of children to access the curriculum by providing additional support – including explaining methods and helping them keep on track. This may involve some one-to-one activities as required throughout the course of the school day

On a daily basis, you will:

  • Assist students to follow behaviour and learning programmes.
  • Challenge and motivate students to promote self-esteem.
  • Provide support for students in a flexible manner on re-integration to mainstream lessons.
  • Assist students to access their curriculum work.
  • Use clearly structured teaching and learning activities, to interest and motivate pupils and advance their learning.
  • Contribute to the preparation of teaching resources that meet the diversity of pupils’ needs and interests.
  • Monitor pupils’ responses to learning tasks and modify your approach accordingly.
  • Organise and manage safely the learning activities, the physical teaching space and resources for which responsibility has been assigned.
  • Build and maintain successful relationships with pupils, treat them consistently, with respect and consideration, and be concerned for their development as learners.
  • Work on the targets from the Education Health Care Plans.


What the school offers its staff

At MET, you’ll be part of a forward-thinking, ambitious and deeply collaborative Trust where everyone works together to support, challenge and uplift one another. We invest in our people because we know that when staff thrive, pupils thrive. Here’s what you can look forward to:

Salary Sacrifice Schemes

  • Cycle to Work
  • Electric Vehicle Leasing
  • Tech Benefits

Exceptional Wellbeing Support

24/7 Employee Assistance Programme and App

Free Health Essentials

  • Annual flu jab
  • Regular eye tests

Real Career Progression

We’re a Trust that actively grows talent

  • Move across schools or central teams as new roles arise.
  • Access rich CPD, coaching and collaborative learning.

Top-Tier Pension Schemes

  • Teachers’ Pension Scheme for teaching staff.
  • Local Government Pension Scheme for support staff—

A Culture Built on Collaboration

You’ll join a community where:

  • Staff regularly work across schools to strengthen practice.
  • Leaders share expertise to raise standards Trust-wide.

Practical, Everyday Benefits

  • Free parking on or near every site.
  • 50% discount on wraparound care across all MET schools (Nursery provision excluded


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

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

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About Great Malvern Primary School

School type
Academy, ages 3 to 11
Education phase
Primary school
School size
340 pupils enrolled
Age range
3 to 11
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report
Phone number
01684 574219

Great Malvern is a growing primary school that has a nurturing and forward-thinking philosophy. We are proud of our inclusive ethos and value all members of our school community. We aim to give all children an excellent start in life by ensuring they receive an outstanding education and have the opportunity to undertake a wide range of experiences.​

As an early academy convertor, we are one of the founding schools in Mercian Education Trust, a small Trust comprising of five Worcestershire schools, over 6 sites and one Herefordshire school. ​

Our local community is mostly settled, and there are strong family connections with the school. It is not unusual for parents, grand-parents, and even great grandparents of pupils to have attended Great Malvern. A large majority of staff employed in school have either attended Great Malvern, had their own children in school, or live close by.​

We are proud of the way our learners are prepared for the next phase of their education and beyond, promoting our ALIVE curriculum model which encourages Aspirational, Linked, Inclusive, Varied and Engaging learning, enhanced by a balanced and interesting enrichment programme of additional experiences and visits.​

Great Malvern School has powerful global links with Martinshamba Primary Schools in Tanzania, and this makes a direct contribution to our creative and enriched curriculum.

Arranging a visit to Great Malvern Primary School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email klester@metacademies.org.uk.

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