Teaching Assistant

Chestnut Park Primary School, Croydon, Surrey, CR0 2UR

9 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  3 November 2025

• Closing date

  12 November 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  3 November 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
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Grade 3 SCP 5

Teaching Assistant job summary

Your Role in Building Brighter Futures

As a Teaching Assistant at Chestnut Park Primary School, you will play a key role in contributing to the delivery of Futura’s mission statement of “Building the brightest future for all, enabling every individual to flourish”. We are looking for an individual who is passionate about living our values and making a positive impact on all the young people in our Trust.

Chestnut Park Primary School is a growing and vibrant school community that first opened its doors in 2021. As we continue to establish ourselves, we are proud to have built a close knit and supportive team, all committed to adapting and growing alongside the school. Currently catering for pupils up to Year 4, we also have a thriving pre-school provision for children aged 2–4 years. This role will be predominantly based within our KS1/KS2 setting, offering a fantastic opportunity to make a meaningful impact during all stages of our children’s education.

As a Teaching Assistant, you will be responsible for:

• Working within class/nursery teachers to raise the learning and attainment of children.

• Promote child independence, self-esteem and social inclusion.

• Give support to children, individually, in groups or as a class (under the direction of the teacher), so they can access the curriculum, take part in learning and experience a sense of achievement.

What You’ll Bring to Futura

We are looking for an innovative, supportive and motivated Teaching Assistant who:

• Qualifications: Good standard of education, or equivalent qualifications/experience

(5 x GCSE’s – English and Math’s C or above). Level 2 Early Years qualification or

equivalent for Nursery roles.

• Experience: Over 2 years’ experience working in an educational setting, providing  sensitive and dignified support to children, including those with additional needs or disabilities. Skilled in applying strategies to promote learning and development, understanding classroom roles and child development principles, and contributing to child reviews and reports such as EHCPs.

• Skills: Excellent communication, problem-solving, ability to engage students and a positive outlook.

• Demonstrates a passion for creating a supportive and inclusive environment for all members of our school community.

• Aligns with our trust-wide values by bringing a positive, collaborative approach to their work and a willingness to continuously develop professionally.

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

GLF Schools recognises its moral and statutory responsibility to safeguard and promote the welfare of all children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Each GLF School has a Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL), contact details are published on each school website. The school DSL is the person responsible for all safeguarding within that school.

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 Chestnut Park Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 599 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Chestnut Park Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/chestnut-park-primary-school

Welcome to Chestnut Park Primary School

Thank you for expressing an interest in Chestnut Park Primary School, the first of GLF Schools within Croydon.

Thank you for visiting our website. I would like to wish you a warm welcome to Chestnut Park Primary School where the children's well-being is at the core of all we do and we strive to provide the best education.

We are a three-form entry primary school in the heart of Croydon, catering for children aged between 4 and 11. This year we will be at full capacity and will be welcoming our first year 6.

At Chestnut Park we have a passionate and dedicated team of staff who make great efforts to support the children to achieve their full potential by ensuring they are inspired by what they are learning. This is underpinned by an innovative tailored-made curriculum that has been created to engage, excite, and inspire the children. It gives them the opportunities and experiences, and teaches them a range of skills and knowledge to reinforce their love and passion for learning.

We are incredibly proud of our children at Chestnut Park and delighted to say that our children see our school as a safe place to be. Somewhere where they feel happy and valued. We continue to believe in setting the highest possible standards in everything we do, ensuring our children can be the best they can be through the embedded school values of: self-control, tolerance, respect, awareness of others, no one left out and growing friendships.

In June 2018 we were proud to be judged as OUTSTANDING in our Ofsted inspection - a true reflection of our tireless commitment to the children and their education journey.

At Chestnut Park Primary School, we believe in working with the local community to ensure school is a place 'where children grow, learn and flourish together'. This ethos is embedded within our vision, values and aims. A whole school focus on language development ensures our children make good progress throughout their time at Chestnut Park. If you are looking for a reception school place for 2021, please do contact our school where you will receive a warm welcome from our staff and children.

I hope our website gives you an insight into Chestnut Park that shows you just some of the exciting things we offer our children.

Hayley Lewis

Head of School

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