Teaching Assistant

Greenleas School, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, LU7 2AB

21 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  31 August 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  10 August 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £14,158.00 Annually (Actual) Level 2 pt 3-4. Pay award pending.

Teaching Assistant job summary

This is an exciting opportunity to join the staff of our popular school. We have vacancies across both sites

3 x Key Stage TA roles 24.25 hours pw 8.45-1.3.0 four days, 8.45-3.45 one day (£ 14,158 pa actual - a pay award is pending)

With a total of over 700 pupils across two site our school family is diverse and we are looking for colleagues to join our TA and Inclusion Teams supporting pupils in class. You will be deployed across a Key Stage, supporting the day to day class environment for all pupils. Managed by the Phase Leader, Class Teacher and SENDCo we have a team of more than 30 TAs.

You will:

• Under the instruction and guidance of teaching staff/managers, undertake educational activities and attend to the educational, personal and social needs of pupils in order to support their learning and development and to ensure they are safe.
• Attend to the educational, personal and social needs of pupils and any other requirements depending on the pupil’s special needs and, wherever possible, make these part of the learning experience.
• Promote and support the inclusion of all pupils in the learning activities in which they are involved
  
• Within the overall plan set by the class teacher, assist in devising and extending educational activities and in preparation of the curriculum. This may include contributing to the development and implementation of Individual Education Plans (IEPs) and Personal and Pastoral Support Plans.
• Assist in maintaining classroom discipline by working with individual and groups of pupils in developing expectations of acceptable personal and social behaviour and help make them part of the learning experience
  
• Have a minimum of 6 months’ experience of working with children in an educational setting, within the last 5 years.
• Understand the educational needs of children
• Be able to to contribute to the planning and development of educational activities

We offer

• A vibrant and welcoming atmosphere
• Friendly children
• Great opportunities for professional development
• A supportive, hard-working, collaborative and committed staff team

We operate a safer recruitment policy and follow the CBC Code of Practice. Our recruitment process includes undertaking online searches in line with the requirements of Keeping Children Safe in Education. This post will involve regular contact with children, and therefore is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Applicants are therefore not entitled to withhold information about convictions, cautions or bind-over orders which for any other purposes are “spent” under the provisions of the Act. Any information that is “protected” under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 will not appear on a DBS certificate and does not need to be declared. Guidance on this can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974

Successful candidates will be subject to a DBS check at the appropriate level. Shortlisted candidates will be asked to complete a self-declaration related to their criminal record or any information that would make them unsuitable to work with children. Additional checks in relation to the Childcare Disqualification Regulations will be undertaken for successful candidates. If you have lived or worked outside of the UK, additional information may be required from you to satisfy safer recruitment checks.

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

Greenleas School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. We will carry out enhanced DBS checks where necessary on all staff and take references. Please note that online searches are undertaken as part of the safer recruitment process.

Central Bedfordshire Council Schools are equal opportunities employers and welcome applications from all members of the community.

Please advise us if you have a disability, learning difficulties, medical conditions or needs for which you would like us to make reasonable adjustments so that your application and working experience is more accessible.

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 Greenleas School

• Organisation type: Local authority maintained school, ages 2 to 9
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 664 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 9
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Greenleas School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/greenleas-school

We are a two-site school in the market town of Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire. We have over five hundred and sixty main school pupils in addition to those attending our Early Years provision which brings our total number to nearly seven hundred. We have one hundred and thirty staff across both sites.

We have a senior and middle leadership structure, providing opportunities for career development.

Our teachers have shared PPA on a Friday afternoon and come together across both sites for our staff meeting/Inset every Wednesday. We plan as a team across both sites.

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