Resource Base Teaching Assistant
River Mead School, Melksham, Wiltshire, SN12 7ED10 days remaining to apply
Job start date
5 January 2026
Closing date
12 December 2025 at 9am
Date listed
2 December 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Part time: The working hours for this role are expected to be Monday to Friday, 08:30 - 15:15, plus 15:30 - 16:30 on Thursday.
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Grade D, £25,185 - £25,989 or Grade E, £25,989 - £26,824 per annum pro rata, depending on experience
What skills and experience we're looking for
In this role, your duties and responsibilities will include assisting children with key areas, e.g. language, reading, spelling, handwriting, and presentation. Helping with the setting up, storing, retrieving, and general maintenance of classroom equipment and teaching aids. You will have the opportunity to develop strategies to support the learning of all children and develop an understanding of the specific needs of individual children with additional needs. The successful candidate will encourage the acceptance and inclusion of all children and provide supervision in and out of the classroom for children with challenging behaviour.
For a complete Job Description, Person Specification, and Candidate Briefing Pack, please view the attached documents. We recommend viewing these documents as they will guide you in preparing a strong application and help you understand what we’re looking for in an ideal candidate.
What the school offers its staff
River Mead School is a single entry primary and nursery school with an average number of children on roll of 250. 37 of these children are educated within the Complex Needs Resource Base, and 34 are in the nursery. The proportion of children living with disadvantage and eligible for pupil premium funding is well above the national average, as is the proportion of pupils who have special educational needs and/or disabilities. The school is at the heart of its community and takes the pastoral care of its children and families as seriously as it does their educational needs.
We pride ourselves on our comprehensive induction process and delivering ongoing professional development to all of our staff. We will give full training to the right person, as we believe strongly that it’s much more about attitude and approach than it is about experience. As a result, we welcome applications from people who are passionate about working with children, no matter what their background is.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
This role involves contact with children. The post-holder will be engaged in regulated activity relevant to children and subject to an Enhanced DBS check before appointment is confirmed. We submit DBS applications upon position acceptance. We follow Safer Recruitment procedures. Interviews include safeguarding questions. Our Safeguarding Policy is on our website.
Posts involving direct contact with children are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Amendments to the Exception Order 1975 (2013/2020) provide certain spent convictions/cautions are ‘protected’. These are not subject to disclosure and cannot be taken into account. Guidance is on the Ministry of Justice website.
Applying for the job
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About River Mead School
- School type
- Academy, ages 2 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 281 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- River Mead School website
- Email address
- Kthain@themead.equamead.org
- Phone number
- 01225 703428
We strive to ensure that the school is the centre of our community and with the support of an excellent staff team we do our utmost to develop children into respectful, well-mannered individuals with a passion for learning. The school environment should provide every child with the very best opportunities available, to achieve their potential both academically and in their wider skills; our children are happy, polite and enthusiastic learners. In 2019 OFSTED recognised this passion for excellence stating “River Mead is a nurturing haven of aspiration. Pupils feel safe to make mistakes and are eager to learn from them. They demonstrate pride in their learning and show an appetite to learn”. Working as part of The Mead Trust, we are very proud to be part of a forward-thinking and creative family of schools. These close, supportive links and a shared vision of shaping inspirational learning for all, help enable our school to strive for excellence in all we do.
Arranging a visit to River Mead School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email Kthain@themead.equamead.org.
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