Teaching Assistant
Folly View Primary, Faringdon, Oxfordshire, SN7 7XE48 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2026
Closing date
1 September 2026 at 10am
Date listed
8 July 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teacher or Lecturer
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time, full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £25,185.00 - £25,584.00 Annually (FTE) Actual salary will reflect contracted hours and term time weeks worked.
Teaching Assistant job summary
Are you passionate about supporting children to achieve their full potential? Do you enjoy working as part of a dedicated team in a positive and inclusive school environment?
Folly View Primary is seeking two caring, enthusiastic and committed Teaching Assistants to join our team. This is an exciting opportunity to support pupils in their learning and development, helping them thrive both academically and personally.
As a Teaching Assistant, you will work closely with teachers and other professionals to provide high-quality classroom support, ensuring all pupils can access learning opportunities and achieve success.
The Role
You will:
- Support pupils in the classroom and during learning activities.
- Provide individual and small-group support, including for pupils with additional needs.
- Promote inclusion, independence, confidence and positive behaviour.
- Assist with the implementation of education, behaviour and personal care plans.
- Help create a safe, stimulating and supportive learning environment.
- Monitor and record pupil progress and provide feedback to teaching staff.
- Support literacy, numeracy and wider curriculum activities.
- Assist with educational visits, lunchtime supervision and other school activities as required.
About you
We are looking for someone who:
- Has experience working with or caring for children.
- Has good literacy and numeracy skills.
- Can build positive relationships with children, colleagues and families.
- Works effectively as part of a team.
- Understands the importance of safeguarding and inclusion.
- Is willing to learn and engage in professional development opportunities.
- Has knowledge of child development and learning strategies (desirable).
- Holds a Teaching Assistant qualification or equivalent experience (desirable).
What we offer
At Folly View Primary, we believe that staff wellbeing, development and work-life balance are essential. We are committed to creating a culture where colleagues feel valued, supported and empowered to succeed.
Employee Benefits Include:
✅ Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contributions
✅ Extensive CPD, training and career development opportunities
✅ Employee Assistance Programme with 24/7 support and counselling access
✅ Cycle to Work Scheme
✅ Home & Tech Salary Sacrifice Scheme
✅ bYond cashback and financial wellbeing scheme
✅ Blue Light Card eligibility
✅ Flexible working opportunities, including term-time contracts and job-share arrangements
✅ Generous holiday entitlement (where applicable)
✅ Free eye tests and contribution towards glasses
✅ Free parking
✅ Occupational Health and wellbeing support services
✅ Recognition of previous continuous service where applicable
Join Us
If you are passionate about helping young people succeed and want to be part of a Trust that values kindness, integrity, ambition and unity, we would love to hear from you.
We warmly invite you to visit our school. If you require further information or would like to arrange a tour, please contact us on 01367 240655 or email us at: HR@fvp.cambrianlt.org
Folly View Primary & 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’ communities.
Further information about the job
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Folly View Primary
- Organisation type
- Academy, ages 2 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- Size
- 401 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Website
- Folly View Primary website
Our School Vision
Faringdon Primary Schools (The Elms Primary & Folly View Primary) aim to be a community where everyone is inspired by a love of learning, is supported and encouraged to believe in themselves and is enabled to achieve great success.
Our School Aim
We aspire to provide the best starting block for children in Faringdon on their life-long learning journey. By working together, the Faringdon Primary Schools, share educational expertise and provide mutual support for each other, to ensure all our children grow and thrive, as we seek to improve outcomes for every child.
Both schools uphold their own distinctive ethos and traditions and deliver high quality education in their own unique way. Being part of the Faringdon primary educational community within the Faringdon Learning Trust, our schools are committed to all our children leaving our schools with the knowledge and skills needed to succeed in life with confidence, humility and compassion.
Our Core Values
Inspire Believe Achieve
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