Senior Teaching Assistant

Avalon School, Street, Somerset, BA16 0PS

19 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  2 November 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  14 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £19,548.00 - £21,167.00 Annually (Actual)

Senior Teaching Assistant job summary

Senior Teaching Assistants required at Avalon School due to continued growth of our school.

We are seeking positive, enthusiastic and dynamic candidates, able to demonstrate flexibility, empathy and excellent communication skills. In return, Avalon school is committed to developing the skills of all staff and offer a rich CPD programme. Successful candidates will join a friendly and supportive team of staff who are committed to achieving high standards for all pupils.

Avalon School is a Specialist School for students aged 11-19 situated in the town of Street. Our school vision is ‘Learning for Life’ - together with our parents and the learners themselves - we aim to teach skills for the whole of life. Experience is not essential but dedication, patience, enthusiasm and a willingness to learn is. We would love to hear from you if you think you could fulfil this post!

This is a grade 13 position.

32.5 hours per week 39 Weeks per year. (Term time plus INSET days)

We are seeking positive, enthusiastic and dynamic candidates, able to demonstrate flexibility, empathy and excellent communication skills. In return, Avalon school is committed to developing the skills of all staff and offer a rich CPD programme. Successful candidates will join a friendly and supportive team of staff who are committed to achieving high standards for all pupils.

We are looking for someone who can:

• Provide mentoring for new support staff
• Provide a professional role model for other staff
• To support the admin roles of the class teacher in terms of
• o Keeping pupil files up to date
• o Ensuring that resources are prepared and ready for learning
• To be the first point of call in their absence
• To teach groups under the direction of the class teacher
• To teach the whole class, short term in the absence of the class teacher
• To plan and prepare lessons for groups you are teaching
• To deliver training to other staff within the federation

In return the school will offer the successful candidate:

• Full induction program and ongoing professional development
• Supportive staff team
• ‘My staff shop’ benefits which include Cycle to Work scheme
• Provision of free tea/coffee for staff
• Access to Occupational Health Service

Enquiries and visits are warmly welcomed, please contact Jo Stamford, HR Admin Assistant on 01278 496386, or email hr@poldenbower.org.uk

Avalon School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. This appointment will be subject to enhanced DBS disclosure, medical clearance proof of the right to work in the UK and satisfactory references

Following the acceptance of your interview, an online check will be carried out as detailed in the latest Keeping Children Safe in Education guidelines.

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 Avalon School

• School type: Special school, ages 11 to 19
• School size: 73 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Avalon School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/avalon-school

Avalon is a Specialist School for students aged 11-19 situated in the town of Street. Our school vision is ‘Learning for Life’ – together with our parents and the learners themselves - we aim to teach skills for the whole of life.
Avalon school is committed to developing the skills of all staff and offer a rich CPD programme. Successful candidates will join a friendly and supportive team of staff who are committed to achieving high standards for all pupils.

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