Teaching Assistant

Wey Valley College, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 8AA

12 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  22 June 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  10 June 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £21,552.00 - £23,077.00 Annually (Actual) (FTE - £25,052 - £26,825)* (subject to change in line with the pending annual pay award)

Teaching Assistant job summary

We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic Teaching Assistant to support our Primary team of excellent teachers at Wey Valley College (WVC). The role is a permanent position for 36 hours a week, Monday to Friday, term time. The successful candidate will have excellent support skills and good all-round knowledge of supporting the education of students and an understanding of special education, mainstream education and / or Pupil Referral Units.

WVC is a 5 - 16 Alternative Provision school and we are seeking to appoint a Teaching Assistant to complement our Key stage 1 & 2 curriculum.

The successful candidate will be:

Passionate about inclusion and making sure all students gain an inspirational education.
An outstanding practitioner with high expectations of pupils’ achievement and behaviour who is committed to providing high quality support for all children.
Able to maintain and drive forward outstanding standards whilst meeting the needs of a very vulnerable group of students.
An excellent communicator, able to work inclusively with pupils, staff, parents, Management Committee and other stakeholders.

As a Trust, IET offers staff the following benefits: -

A competitive salary
A chromebook
'Growing Great Staff' programme that enables you to flourish as a practitioner
Weekly internal CPD and numerous external CPD opportunities
Opportunities to work with colleagues across the Trust to share resources, ideas and build collaborative relationships
A genuine commitment to staff wellbeing and work/life balance
Employee Assistance Programme & Pension Scheme
Sociable and friendly staff
Free onsite parking
Most importantly…free tea, coffee and biscuits!

If you have a strong commitment to inclusive values, excellent interpersonal skills, the ability to strengthen partnerships, are ambitious to make a difference to the lives of young people and play a significant role in our exciting journey to become a truly excellent school, we would like to hear from you.

Closing date: Monday 22nd June at 09:00am

Interview date: Tuesday 30th June (tbc)

Early application is strongly encouraged as we reserve the right to close the advert ahead of the closing date.

For further details regarding this role please contact the Simon Whittington - Head of School via swhittington@ietmat.co.uk

WVC forms part of a Multi Academy Trust under the Inclusive Education Trust (IET) which includes Reigate Valley College, Fordway Centre and Rowhill School. Please see our school website, employee prospectus for further details about other schools in the Trust.

Safeguarding Statement

The Trust is an equal opportunities employer and wholeheartedly supports the principle of equal opportunities for all its employees and for all applicants for employment. It is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosing and Barring checks along with other relevant pre-employment checks. Please be aware; to comply with the update of KCSIE 2025, all applicants consent by completing their application to a preliminary online search of their name to identify any safeguarding considerations to be discussed at interview. We can only consider applicants who hold the right to work in the United Kingdom.

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

The Trust is an equal opportunities employer and wholeheartedly supports the principle of equal opportunities for all its employees and for all applicants for employment. It is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and
volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosing and Barring checks along with other relevant pre-employment checks

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 Wey Valley College

• School type: Academies, Does not apply, ages 5 to 16
• School size: 19 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 5 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Wey Valley College website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/wey-valley-college

Wey Valley College (WVC) is a 5 – 16 Alternative Provision 'AP' school set over a single campus in Guildford, Surrey. The school is based on a single site, with a Primary school area for 12 students at KS1 and 2, and a secondary area for 32 students at KS3 and KS4.

Our aim is to reduce the numbers of pupils who are permanently excluded from school by offering mainstream schools an alternative to exclusion. We work closely with our Mainstream School partners to support early intervention so as to avoid permanent exclusion through a range of interventions so pupils can be supported, either within their mainstream school or at the college.

WVC became part of the Inclusive Education Trust (IET) which formed in September 2021 and works alongside Reigate Valley College (Reigate) and the Fordway Centre (Ashford Mdx). So whilst you get the benefits of working within a small and supportive setting, by working so closely with our other PRU’s we also provide you with a wide network of support, excellent opportunities for continued professional development and diverse opportunities for career progression.

IET Values:
We will ensure a culture of integrity championing high-performance that is underpinned by our core values of:-
HONESTY, RESPECT, COMPASSION
by consistently championing:-
Creative innovation, Bespoke Inclusion, Supportive, Collaboration

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