Level 2 Teaching Assistant

Chestnuts Primary School, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK3 5EN

13 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  30 January 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  17 January 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £19,921.43 Annually (Actual) D1 (£26,824 FTE)

Level 2 Teaching Assistant job summary

Level 2 Teaching Assistant

Grade: D1 from £19,921.43 per annum (actual)

Contract: 32.5 hours per week, 38 weeks per year

About this Role

Chestnuts School is part of Inspiring Futures through Learning, Multi-Academy Trust who inspire all our futures through learning together. At IFtL we are never alone. We know we are stronger together - one united family striving for excellence for all, in everything we do.

We are looking for supportive, caring and enthusiastic people to join us as a Teaching Assistant and who are able to engage and communicate well, and able to model the school expectations.

Good basic literacy and math’s skills are essential for this post. In your application, please specify your individual skills and strengths including any interventions, specialist provision or training you have undertaken. We are able to offer imaginative and motivated children, an excellent learning environment and friendly and supportive staff with a wealth of CPD opportunities across the trust.

We invest heavily in professional development to enable our staff to flourish and to continually learn and develop. All staff benefit from professional courses in addition to bespoke in-house coaching and CPD opportunities.

Other information

Inspiring Futures through Learning is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All employees are expected to share this commitment, to follow the Trust’s safeguarding policies and procedures and to behave appropriately towards children at all times, both in work and in their personal lives.

Our children and young people come from a wide range of backgrounds, and so do our colleagues. We aim to reflect and celebrate diversity in our workplace in order to create an inclusive culture that adds real value to our vision of inspiring the futures of us all through learning together. Inspiring Futures Through Learning is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.

All employees are expected to share this commitment, to follow the Trust’s safeguarding policies and procedures and to behave appropriately towards children at all times, both in work and in their personal lives.

All school based posts are defined as Regulated Activity and therefore this post is subject to an Enhanced with Barred List Criminal Records Bureau check.

As part of the Inspiring Futures through Learning Multi Academy Trust, successful candidates will have full access to our staff benefits package including CPD, Employee Assistance Programme, discount on gym membership, cinema tickets, cycle to work scheme and much more.

To find out more about this role please call Chestnuts Primary School to speak to the Headteacher on 01908 373748.

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 Chestnuts Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 426 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Chestnuts Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/chestnuts-primary-school-milton-keynes

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