Part time - Teaching Assistant - 27.5 hours per week

Chiltern Way Academy Austen, BASINGSTOKE, Hampshire, RG24 9BP

9 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  14 December 2025 at 10:59pm

• Date listed

  5 December 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £25,583.00 - £25,989.00 Annually (FTE) NJC Range 3, plus £2000 TA Academy Allowance FTE. Actual salary will be pro rata approx £17,456 - £17,713

Part time - Teaching Assistant - 27.5 hours per week job summary

About this Role

Join Our Dedicated Team at CWA Austen!

Are you passionate about making a difference in the lives of young people? CWA Austen, a unique co-educational all-through school in Basingstoke, is seeking committed individuals to support our students aged 5-16 with Autistic Spectrum Condition (ASC).

Your Role:

• Assist teachers in managing classrooms and delivering high-quality learning experiences.
• Support pupils’ academic, social, and personal development.
• Contribute to planning, teaching, and assessment across a range of subjects.
• Provide care, guidance, and encouragement to help students thrive.

What We Offer:

• A purpose-built, modern campus with specialist classrooms and extensive outdoor spaces.
• A welcoming, professional team dedicated to helping students reach their full potential.
• Opportunities for professional development and training.
• A curriculum designed to combine academic achievement with essential life skills.

If you are enthusiastic, compassionate, and ready to make a positive impact, we’d love to hear from you!

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 Chiltern Way Academy Austen

• School type: Free School, ages 4 to 16
• School size: 131 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Chiltern Way Academy Austen website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-austen-academy

The Austen Academy is a Special Educational Needs (SEN) school for learners from Year 1 to Year 11 whose needs cannot be met within a mainstream environment. All students will have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) in relation to their Social, Communication Needs (SCN) associated with a diagnosis of Autism.

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