9 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    03-11.2025

  • Closing date

    3 October 2025 at 1pm

  • Date listed

    23 September 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Pastoral, health and welfare

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Part time

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£17,900.00 - £19,388.00 Annually (Actual) Grade 6, SCP 7 - 12

Pastoral Teaching Assistant job summary

Start: November 2025

Hours: 30 hours per week. Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 3.15pm less 15min break and 1/2 hour lunchbreak (both unpaid)

Weeks: 38 weeks per year (Term Time only)

What we offer: An exciting opportunity for a dynamic pastoral teaching assistant to join our warm, friendly inclusive primary school. Orton Wistow family can offer you the opportunity to become part of our exceptionally talented and supportive team with strong professional development being offered. You will join our journey of inspiring all children, including those with SEND and SEMH needs, to reach and exceed their exceptional potential. This is a permanent position.

What you can offer: The ability to inspire all children and staff within the school. A relentless ambition to strive for success for children from all backgrounds, especially those with SEND and SEMH needs. An outgoing person who can add fresh ideas to an already established and successful team. Previous experience of working as a pastoral teaching assistant supporting a range of needs would be highly desirable.

Orton Wistow Primary School and OWN Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The Trust will require the successful candidate to provide satisfactory references and undertake an enhanced check with the Disclosure and Barring Service.

A full job and person specification have been provided within this advert. All applications must be be made via mynewterm before the closing date and time. Please note, CV applications will not be accepted.

Any questions regarding the position please contact office@owps.org.uk

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.
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Commitment to safeguarding

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments will be subject to pre-employment checks, including an enhanced check with the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS), as well as social media checks.

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.

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About Orton Wistow Primary School

School type
Academy, ages 4 to 11
Education phase
Primary
School size
379 pupils enrolled
Age range
4 to 11
Ofsted report
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Orton Wistow Primary School is larger than most primary schools. We have 2 classes of 30 children in each year group, giving us a total of 420 children.

Since the school was built in 1988 to accommodate 200 pupils, we have had 2 ambitious building projects to accommodate the increase in our numbers. As a result of these changes we now have a stunning schools with wonderful indoor and outdoor facilities.

Orton Wistow is a popular, over subscribed school and benefits from a consistent roll despite the fact that we have a relatively small catchment area.

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