2 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    As soon as possible

  • Closing date

    1 June 2025 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    7 May 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Teaching assistant

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5

Working pattern

Full time: 37 hours per week, FTC (Maternity Cover)

Contract type

Fixed term - until 23 March 2026 - Maternity or parental leave cover

Pay scale

£23,945 - £25,814 (actual annual salary)

What skills and experience we're looking for

Job Title: Teaching Assistant Level 2

Actual Annual Salary: £23,945 - £25,814 based on working weeks

Full Time Equivalent Salary: £27,964 - £30,146 (CLF Grade C). Based on 37 hours per week

Contract Type: Term time only + 5 insets, 37 hours per week, FTC (Maternity Cover)

Contract Length: Fixed until 23 March 2026

Hours: Full-time, 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Your opportunity to support students within a modern education environment:

Winterstoke Hundred Academy currently have an exciting opportunity for a dedicated practitioner to join the team as a Level 2 Teaching Assistant, supporting teaching staff with responsibility for the development and educational provision of learners.

You’ll be responsible for assisting with planning, preparation and delivery of lesson provision, both on a whole-class and individual basis, preparing resources to support learning activities as well as ensuring pupils are supported pastorally. You’ll contribute to evaluating student progress and provide feedback to the class teacher to ensure all students’ learning needs are being met.

About you:

You will have:

  • a minimum of 3 GCSEs at C grade or above, including English and Maths
  • ideally a Teaching Assistant qualification
  • experience of class supervision and assisting with lesson provision to achieve positive learning outcomes
  • good written and verbal communication skills with the ability to work in tandem with teaching staff
  • the ability to be empathetic and understanding to the needs of students

About Winterstoke Hundred Academy:

Winterstoke Hundred Academy have students in all year groups, being oversubscribed in Years 7 to 10. Year 11 who were our first cohort of learners are a slightly smaller cohort and we have a thriving sixth form with students in Years 12 and 13. The development of the new building, which opened in 2024, saw us nearing capacity as a split-site, medium-scale 11–19 Academy. We celebrate the fact that, as a new provision, our culture, ethos and values have been ours to define from the beginning, and we are able to decide what is important to take with us into the future as we grow.

What the school offers its staff

Why work at CLF?

We are a diverse and inclusive community of 35 academies across five cluster regions in the South West that is committed to excellence and making a positive impact. Our people bring unique perspectives, but we’re all driven by a shared moral purpose and a passion for making a positive impact, whether in a teaching, leadership or support role. We’re proud to foster a culture where everyone can thrive, feel valued, and make a meaningful difference to the lives of others.

We are an equal opportunity employer and proud to serve a diverse student population and our communities. We strongly believe that representation matters and so encourage applications from underrepresented and global majority groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.

We aim to remove any barriers to employment, ensuring everyone can compete on equal terms. Job share, part-time and flexible working opportunities will be considered.

What we can offer you:

  • Access to a generous pension through the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).
  • Generous annual leave.
  • A comprehensive induction and ongoing commitment to wellbeing and career progression, through a range of training, apprenticeships and in-role/wider-trust development opportunities.
  • Well-being support through an Employee Assistance Programme.
  • Health benefits, including wellness sessions, gym discounts, and flu jabs.
  • A range of generous family leave options, including above industry average occupational maternity pay.
  • Additional benefits like cycle to work scheme, on-site parking plus many more!

Further details about the role

Recruitment timeline:

  • Closing Date: 1 June 2025
  • Interviews: Week beginning 9 June 2025

We welcome visits from potential candidates. If you would like to arrange a school visit prior to the closing date, please contact the academy/site directly to arrange a suitable appointment.

As part of our commitment to Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE), we do not accept CVs – a full education and employment history must be provided through our application form.

Skilled Worker visas cannot be sponsored through this role, as it does not meet the requirements set out by government.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early, should we receive a high level of interest in the role. Therefore, candidates are advised to apply at their earliest convenience to avoid missing out.

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 are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.
How to apply
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Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

About Winterstoke Hundred Academy

School type
Free School, ages 11 to 19
Education phase
Secondary
School size
673 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 19
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report

Winterstoke Hundred Academy (WHA) is named after the historic parish of Weston-super-Mare. We are a smaller scaler 11-19 academy, offering a curriculum which celebrates prior learning whilst preparing learners for the challenges of the future. We work closely with our family of partner schools in the Trust, and believe strongly in the importance and benefits of collaboration. Winterstoke Hundred has benefited from funding which has enabled an entirely bespoke and brand new additional site to be built less than a mile away, in Locking Parklands. This will open between 2023 and 2024, and will enable the strengths of each site to be enjoyed by all students. This is a particularly exciting time for WHA - as a new academy, in new buildings, and with new students, we are seizing the opportunity to shape the landscape for our learners, to deliver an exceptional educational experience, and to enable them to fulfil their potential.

Arranging a visit to Winterstoke Hundred Academy

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email Stacey.Teague@CLF.uk.

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