Teaching Assistant

Hadleigh Junior School, Benfleet, Essex, SS7 2DQ

22 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2025

• Closing date

  8 June 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  16 May 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: £25,583.00 - £25,989.00 Annually (FTE)

Teaching Assistant job summary

TA Role – Pay Band - Scale 3 SCP 5 to 6

Required: Sept 2025 – Fixed term for 1 year with possibility of a permanent role

Full Time: Monday-Friday, 8:30am -3:30pm

We are seeking to appoint an excellent TA to join our enthusiastic, friendly and dedicated school community.

We are looking for candidates with the necessary skill set and passion to support pupil learning as a Teaching Assistant. The role includes 1:1 support of a child with medical needs and experience with this regard is desirable.

Successful candidates will demonstrate:

• a passion for learning and child development;
• a dynamic approach to learning and assessment strategies;
• the ability to engage and inspire all learners through rich learning experiences and opportunities;
• personal drive and determination to deliver the best standards for learners;
• a strong commitment to, and ownership of, professional development.

Hadleigh Junior School offers:

• a welcoming, caring community environment, in which to learn and develop;
• a strong vision, driven by values and principles adopted by all stakeholders;
• a commitment to deliver continuous improvement and inspiration for our learners;
• a school that highly values a creative approach to the curriculum, leading to mastery and greater depth levels of learning and understanding;
• high levels of professional support and development.

To more fully understand what our school offers and the direction in which we are heading please refer to our website.

Visits to the school are positively encouraged. Please contact the school office on 01702 558619 or email finance@hadleigh-jun.essex.sch.uk to arrange an appointment.

Application deadline: Midnight, Sunday 8th June

Interview: TBC

Hadleigh Junior School is committed to:

Safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety, and the spiritual, moral, social and cultural development, of children and young people.

Promoting equality of opportunity and community cohesiveness, where the diversity of different backgrounds and circumstances is appreciated and positively valued.

The fundamental British values of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance for those with different faiths and beliefs.

We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

All posts are subject to safe recruitment procedures and the appointment will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Check (DBS), satisfactory references and medical check.

In line with KCSIE 2024 and Safer Recruitment principles the Trust reserves the right to conduct online searches of candidates shortlisted for interview.

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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 are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Hadleigh Junior School

• School type: Academy, ages 7 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 342 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 7 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Hadleigh Junior School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/hadleigh-junior-school-benfleet

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