Teaching Assistant
Avening Primary School, Tetbury, Gloucestershire, GL8 8NF14 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
10 February 2026 at 11am
Date listed
22 January 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £6,994.34 - £7,942.20 Annually (Actual) Salary depending on experience and qualifications
Teaching Assistant job summary
We are seeking to appoint a teaching assistant to join our team at Avening Primary School. Within this role, you will work with the class teacher to deliver lessons in a mixed age class and to support students across the curriculum including those who have additional academic, social or emotional needs. The successful candidate will be an enthusiastic, positive and reflective practitioner, with a passion for teaching and learning - someone who enjoys working as part of a team to encourage all children to be the best they can be.
In return, we offer:
Happy children who have a passion for learning
A warm, friendly team of staff and governors, who are committed to sharing and developing good practice
A positive ethos underpinned by shared values
An engaging, supportive learning environment and idyllic surroundings
Salary will be dependent on experience. This is a fixed term appointment in the first instance. For further information and an application pack please visit our website www.avening.gloucs.sch.uk
The Athelstan Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check along with standard pre-employment safeguarding checks. As the role includes working with children, it is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Applicants must, therefore, disclose all spent and unspent convictions. References will be sought for shortlisted candidates before interview. Please also be aware that you will be subject to an online check and that you may be questioned about the findings of such a check at your interview.
We are a flexible working employer, and we are willing to make any reasonable adjustments you require during your interview so please ask us.
Further information about the job
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Avening Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- School size
- 107 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Avening Primary School website
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