Teaching Assistant
River Mead School, Melksham, Wiltshire, SN12 7ED14 days remaining to apply
Job start date
2 November 2025
Closing date
26 September 2025 at 9am
Date listed
12 September 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: Monday to Friday 08:30 - 15:15. Thursday 15:30 - 16:30.
Contract type
- Fixed term - Fixed-Term
Full-time equivalent salary
- Between £25,185 and £25,989
What skills and experience we're looking for
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 245. The proportion of disadvantaged pupils 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 has a 35-place Resource Base providing specialist provision for pupils with a range of complex needs; these children spend time with their peers in mainstream when appropriate. There is a wide range of outdoor spaces, gardens and playgrounds including a multi-functional all weather activity pitch.
The staff pride themselves on the pastoral support they offer the children and creating a ‘school family’. There are a number of children who receive support from social services and staff recognise that it is only when children feel safe and secure that they are able to learn at their best. As a result, the school offers a wide range of spaces for nurtured learning.
It is a very friendly school with a committed staff where everyone embraces the ‘River Mead family’ ethic, and where the mutual respect for all who work in the school is very evident.
“The team at River Mead is very warm, welcoming and supportive." - River Mead staff member, Staff Wellbeing Survey, October 2022
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
- nhewlett@rivermead.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 nhewlett@rivermead.equamead.org.
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