Teaching Assistant 22.5 hours per week

Greenfield CofE VC Lower School, Greenfield, Bedfordshire, MK45 5ES

17 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  31 October 2025 at 10:59pm

• Date listed

  14 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: NJC 2A
• Additional allowances:

  NJC 2A

Teaching Assistant 22.5 hours per week job summary

Job description

Teaching assistant (TA)

Greenfield & Pulloxhill Academy is committed to creating a diverse workforce. We will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to sex, race, religion, belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, pregnancy, maternity, age, disability, marriage or civil partnership.

Job details

Job title: Teaching assistant (TA)

Salary: NJC 2A

Hours: 8.45 am - 1.15 pm (this includes a lunchtime duty) - 22 ½ hours per week

Contract type: part-time / permanent

Reporting to: Assistant Headteacher

Main purpose

The Teaching assistant (TA) will:

Provide learning and care support for all pupils including those with special educational needs (SEN)

Working with individual children when necessary, including those with SEN

Work with the teacher to plan and deliver activities

Support pupils with all areas of learning, routines, transitions and behaviour management

Maintaining confidentiality at all times

Duties and responsibilities

Supporting pupils

Build positive relationships with pupils, promoting high self-esteem and independence

Adapt communication style to respond to pupils according to their individual needs

Support pupils with their social, emotional and mental health needs, escalating concerns where appropriate

Promote high standards of behaviour, responding to incidents in line with the school’s behaviour policy and guidelines on physical intervention

Assist with the development and delivery of individual education and support plans

Provide intimate care when required

Teaching and learning

Support the teaching of a broad and balanced curriculum aimed at pupils achieving their full potential in all areas of learning

Contribute to the planning of differentiated learning activities for individual or small groups of pupils including those with special educational needs (SEN), delivering activities inside or outside the classroom

Use IT skills to advance pupils’ learning

Through observations, provide regular feedback to teachers on pupil progress, attainment and barriers to learning

Support class teachers with maintaining good order and discipline among pupils, managing behaviour effectively to ensure a good and safe learning environment

Supervise a class if the teacher is temporarily unavailable

Contribute to the overall ethos, aims and work of the school

Undertake any other relevant duties given by the class teacher, or members of the Senior Leadership Team

Working with staff, parents/carers and relevant professionals

Share knowledge and understanding of pupils to other school staff and education, health and social care professionals, when directed to do so by the Headteacher, so that informed decision making can take place on intervention and provision

Communicate effectively with parents and carers when necessary

Collaborate and work with colleagues and other relevant professionals within and beyond the school

Develop effective professional relationships with colleagues

Professional development

Help keep their own knowledge and understanding relevant and up to date by reflecting on their own practice, liaising with school leaders, and identifying relevant professional development to improve personal effectiveness

Take opportunities to build the appropriate skills, qualifications, and/or experience needed for the role, with support from the school

Take part in the school’s appraisal procedures

Other areas of responsibility

Safeguarding

Work in line with statutory safeguarding guidance (e.g. Keeping Children Safe in Education, Prevent) and our safeguarding and child protection policies

Promote the safeguarding of all pupils in the school

Please note, this is illustrative of the general nature and level of responsibility of the role. It is not a comprehensive list of all tasks that the postholder will carry out. The postholder may be required to do other duties appropriate to the level of the role, as directed by the headteacher.

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 Greenfield CofE VC Lower School

• School type: Academy, Church of England, ages 2 to 9
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 153 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 9
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Greenfield CofE VC Lower School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/greenfield-cofe-vc-lower-school

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