Teaching Assistant

Peareswood Primary School, Erith, Kent, DA8 3PR

3 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  13 July 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  8 July 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £27,164.00 - £27,557.00 Annually (FTE) Pro Rata £21,000 - £21,304 (32.5 hours / 39 weeks per year)

Teaching Assistant job summary

We are excited to appoint a Teaching Assistant to join Peareswood Primary School for a fixed term position. As a Teaching Assistant no day is ever the same, you will work with whole classes, small intervention groups and on a one-to-one basis to support our children to access the curriculum and receive excellent educational opportunities.

We are looking for an adaptable, flexible, and resourceful individual who shares the same passion for learning as the school team and strives to seek excellence in every day.

Working with a wide range of class teachers to deliver excellent teaching and learning.

Supporting children on a 1:1 or group basis.

Accompanying groups on trips.

Supporting assessment and evidencing learning.

Working with the teacher to create stimulating classroom displays and learning resources.

Maintaining a safe and positive environment for all learners

Creating opportunities for all learners to reach their potential, irrespective of ability.

Candidates should refer to the job description/person specification and explain within their expression of interest how they meet the criteria, whilst also describing what they will bring to the post from their own knowledge and experience.

The successful candidate will work closely with the other members of the school team to provide the highest quality inclusive education throughout school. The role requires you to have ambition and drive for working with children and empowering all stakeholders to ignite the spark, reveal the champion.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should a suitable candidate be found; therefore, early application is encouraged.

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 Peareswood Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 439 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Peareswood Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/peareswood-primary-school

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