Teaching Assistant

Buckland Church of England Primary School, Faringdon, Oxfordshire, SN7 8RB

22 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  4 September 2025

• Closing date

  11 August 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  18 July 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £24,404.00 - £24,790.00 Annually (FTE) Actual annual salary in the region of £5, 530 - £5,617)

Teaching Assistant job summary

We are looking for a highly dedicated and inspirational Teaching Assistant to join our committed team. This position is temporary [maternity cover] and is for 10 hours per week working Thursdays and Fridays, term time only . Having been rated OFSTED outstanding in July 2022, Buckland is a thriving village school which offers an incredible range of stimulating, quality experiences. We are proud to be part of the Cambrian Learning Trust, an eighteen school multi-academy trust,. Our pupils are individual, well-motivated, talented and spirited. They make very good progress, attain highly and deserve the best.

Applicants should be able to work well in a team and be flexible, have a positive outlook and high expectations of all children. They must have a good standard of numeracy and literacy (GCSE grade A-C or equivalent). Experience working with children in an EYFS setting would be advantageous.

We can offer a supportive environment to a new member of staff in which professional development is valued.

If you have any questions or would like any further information, please contact us on

01367 870 236 or office@buc.cambrianlt.org.

Buckland Primary School & Cambrian Learning Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and preventing extremism.  We expect all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment.  All post holders in regulated activity are subject to appropriate vetting procedures and a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Enhanced Check. Shortlisted candidates will be subject to online searches for publicly available information.  

Cambrian Learning Trust is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from a range of backgrounds to represent diversity in line with our schools’ community.  

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

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.

About Buckland Church of England Primary School

• School type: Academy, Church of England, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 117 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Buckland Church of England Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/buckland-church-of-england-primary-school-faringdon

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