11 days remaining to apply

  • Job start date

    1 September 2024

  • Closing date

    11 July 2024 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    28 June 2024

Job details

Job role

  • Teaching assistant

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Part time

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£24,702.00 - £26,873.00 Annually (FTE) Actual salary is £18,192 - £19,791 per year (FTE £24,702 - £26,873)

Level 3 Teaching Assistant - Grade 6 job summary

We are looking for an excellent Teaching Assistant with vision and a passion for bringing out the best in all children and can make a real difference in our school. Specifically, we would like someone who has the following qualities:

  • Calmness

  • Empathy

  • Enthusiasm

  • Flexibility

  • Initiative


The successful candidate will:

  • Have a positive attitude and dedication to providing the best care for our pupils

  • Enjoy working in a collaborative team

  • Have a good level of English and maths

We can offer you the following:

  • Confident, friendly children who are enthusiastic and keen to learn

  • A hard-working, supportive colleagues

  • Excellent support from the Teaching and Inclusion Team

  • A quirky working environment, with fantastic outdoor facilities including a large sports field, a forest-school Dell and a Library Bus

  • The opportunity to make a significant impact on our children and our school

Visitors comment on the warm atmosphere in the school. Our children are friendly, enthusiastic, and welcoming. They strive to do their best and enjoy attending school. We offer candidates the opportunity to join our supportive and motivated team of staff and governors, which offers excellent opportunities for professional development.

This is a Term-Time only position, with the exception of some INSET days, which we use for staff training and development and would like you to attend. The role is 32.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday, from 8.30 to 3.30. The salary is Grade 6 SCP—Grade 6 SCP 13—the actual salary is £18,192 - £19,791 per year (FTE £24,702 - £26,873), based on 43.60 paid weeks per year.

To arrange a visit to the school, don't hesitate to get in touch with our Office Manager, Johnathan Hodson on 01993 702599 or email him at jhodson@towerhillschool.org.uk



Education has the power to improve lives, communities, and society. At RLT, we believe that working together rather than alone can achieve more for our pupils, trainees, staff, and communities. Schools in RLT are united by a common belief in the benefits of working together and by our commitment to shared principles.


If appropriate, the school reserves the right to consider and interview candidates before the closing date. In this instance, an exceptional candidate may be offered a position.


OUR VISION is for our schools and SCITT to improve rapidly, continuously, and sustainably, as well as to be better and faster together.

OUR ‘WHY?’ is that children and young people ‘only get one go’ in school, and therefore, as part of RLT, we aim to ensure the best possible ‘go’ for our pupils.

OUR ‘HOW?’ is through the highest support and challenge for our schools and each other, underpinned by our principles.


Our employees benefit from a wide variety of support, including extensive continuing professional learning and development opportunities, wellbeing and staff networks and access to Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (TPS and LGPS) for all staff. For more information on what it is like to work for the Trust and the benefits you can access, please see our “Working in RLT” guide.


This role includes regulated activity relevant to children.

The River Learning Trust and Rose Hill Primary School are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and preventing extremism. The Trust is required to conduct a variety of checks and online searches about you as part of its recruitment process in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. It is an offence to apply for certain roles within schools if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.


For all RLT Safer Recruitment Documentation candidates should click on the following link RLT Safer Recruitment Documents for Candidates. Please see our website for up to date policies including our Child Protection and Behaviour Policies.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. For further guidance for applicants, click on this link: List of offences that are not filtered

Commitment to safeguarding

The River Learning Trust and Tower Hill School are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and preventing extremism. The Trust is required to conduct a variety of checks and online searches about you as part of their recruitment process in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. It is an offence to apply for certain roles within schools if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.

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About Tower Hill Community Primary School

School type
Academy, ages 2 to 11
Education phase
View all Primaryjobs
School size
216 pupils enrolled
Age range
2 to 11

School location

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