Teaching Assistant

Chandag Primary School, Bristol, BS31 1PQ

3 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  22 August 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  18 July 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Part time, full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Grade 3 SCP 5-6 £11,639.54 and £11,745.

Teaching Assistant job summary

Are you a passionate professional ready to build your future?

Do you want to work in a supportive environment where your skills and contributions are valued?

Join us!

At Futura Learning Partnership, we are committed to creating an environment where every employee - whether in teaching, support, or leadership - can flourish. We strive to attract, develop, and retain the very best talent by creating a culture that values professional development, wellbeing, and inclusion.

Your Role in Building Brighter Futures

As a Teaching Assistant at Chandag Primary School, you will play a key role in contributing to the delivery of Futura’s mission statement of “Building the brightest future for all, enabling every individual to flourish”. We are looking for an individual who is passionate about living our values and making a positive impact on all the young people in our Trust.

Chandag Primary School is a friendly, community-focused school with a strong ethos of inclusion and high expectations for all. Our staff are committed to ensuring every child experiences a broad and engaging curriculum in a supportive and nurturing environment.

As Teaching Assistant, you will be responsible for:

• Supervising and supporting pupils, ensuring their safety and access to earning
• Establishing constructive relationships with pupils and promoting inclusion
• Supporting the use of ICT and encouraging pupil independence
• Monitoring pupil progress and providing feedback
• Assisting with planning, delivering and evaluating learning activities
• Supporting implementation of behaviour and individual education plans
• Preparing learning materials, displays, and general admin tasks
• Supporting school activities including lunchtimes and trips

What You’ll Bring to Futura

We are looking for a supportive and proactive Teaching Assistant who:

• Good standard of education (5 GCSEs including English and Maths at grade C or above) – Essential
• Relevant TA qualification (e.g. NVQ Level 3) – Desirable
• First Aid qualification – Desirable
• Experience supporting pupils in the classroom – Desirable
• Experience supporting pupils with additional needs – Desirable
• Understanding of classroom roles and principles of child development – Essential
• Strong communication skills and ability to engage pupils
• Able to support a range of pupils, including those with additional needs
• Good use of initiative and ability to work independently or as part of a team
• Effective use of ICT to support learning
• Demonstrates a passion for creating a supportive and inclusive environment for all members of our school community.
• Aligns with our trust-wide values by bringing a positive, collaborative approach to their work and a willingness to continuously develop professionally.

What We Offer to Support Your Growth

• Continuous Professional Development (CPD) and career progression opportunities
• Inset days, rotation and secondment opportunities
• Leadership succession programmes and coaching
• Wellbeing initiatives including ‘Wellbeing Moments’ and access to EAP
• Health Cash-back Plan (e.g. dentist, physio), defined pension schemes and discount platforms
• A Trust-wide sustainability commitment through our Climate and Nature strategies
• An inclusive, respectful and collaborative working culture

Key Information

Hours: 19.5 per week, Term Time, Permanent 

Application Deadline: 22nd August 2025

Interviews likely to be held shortly thereafter

PLEASE NOTE: Early applications are encouraged. We reserve the right to interview and appoint prior to the closing date of the advertisement.

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

Your suitability to work with children and young people will form part of the selection process. For this post, prior to appointment Futura Learning Partnership will apply for a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring check, a Children’s Barred list check, two satisfactory references, satisfactory pre-employment health screening and for Teachers, a Prohibition Check in relation to the children’s workforce. In some settings a Declaration will be required in order to meet our obligations under the ‘Disqualification under the Childcare Act 2006.

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 Chandag Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 427 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Chandag Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/chandag-infant-school-bristol

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