11 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    As soon as possible

  • Closing date

    13 October 2025 at 9am

  • Date listed

    2 October 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Teaching assistant

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Key stage 3, Key stage 4

Working pattern

Full time, part time: 32.5 hours per week (5 days per week, 8.30am to 3.30pm with 30-minute unpaid lunchbreak) Term time only (38 weeks per year + 3 days)

Contract type

Fixed term - Until July 2026

Actual salary

£18,459.89 (NJC point 3)

What skills and experience we're looking for

Uffculme School wishes to appoint a Teaching Assistant to provide support for pupils within mainstream classes and in small groups.

We are looking for people who

  • Are able to provide a genuine caring approach to students
  • Are resilient, flexible and able to work under pressure

What the school offers its staff

In return we can offer you

  • Eligibility to join excellent Local Government pension scheme
  • Access to a range of continuous professional development opportunities
  • Access to staff wellbeing provision
  • Free car parking.
  • Discounted membership at our on-site gym
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Free tea and coffee.

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

Uffculme School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.

As part of our due diligence process when shortlisting, we may carry out an online search of publicly available material to identify any incidents or issues which we might want to explore with the applicant at interview.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

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About Uffculme School

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 16
Education phase
Secondary
School size
1085 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 16
Ofsted report
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Uffculme is a happy and friendly school with high ambitions for every student. We are fully inclusive but are relentless in our determination that every child will fulfil their potential. Our reputation and outcomes speak for themselves and although we are regularly the top performing comprehensive school in the region, we refuse to be complacent. We want to be the best school we possibly can be and are always looking for ways in which we can develop and improve.

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