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Teaching Assistant

St Mary's Wavendon CofE Primary, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK17 7AA

This job expired on 8 August 2025 – see similar jobs

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  8 August 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  28 July 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £24,790.00 Annually (FTE)

Teaching Assistant job summary

Teaching Assistant

32.5 hours per week, 39 weeks per year (term time only)

Salary: Grade B1 FTE £24,790.00

St, Mary’s Wavendon C of E Primary School is part of Inspiring Futures through Learning, Multi-Academy Trust who inspire all our futures through learning together. At IFtL we are never alone. We know we are stronger together - one united family striving for excellence for all, in everything we do. 

We are seeking a dedicated and compassionate Teaching Assistant to support pupils’ learning and well-being in the classroom. Working closely with teaching staff, you’ll help create an inclusive and engaging learning environment for all students, including those with special educational needs.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support pupils in understanding instructions and encourage independent learning
• Assist with personal care, social and emotional support, and basic medical needs (with training)
• Help prepare and maintain the classroom and learning materials
• Supervise pupils during break/lunch times and on educational visits
• Contribute to displays and classroom organisation

Please see the job description for further details.

Closing Date for application: Midday, 8th August 2025

Interviews: 13th August 2025

We offer: 

As part of the Inspiring Futures through Learning, successful candidates will have full access to enhanced family leave, generous Pension (LGPS) employer contribution, and access to a staff benefits package, including a bespoke CPD, wellbeing support (Health Assured) discount on gym membership, cinema tickets, cycle to work scheme and much more.  

Our children and young people come from a wide range of backgrounds, and so do our colleagues. We aim to reflect and celebrate diversity in our workplace in order to create an inclusive culture that adds real value to our vision of inspiring the futures of us all through learning together. 

Inspiring Futures through Learning is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All employees are expected to share this commitment, to follow IFtL’s safeguarding policies and procedures, and to behave appropriately towards children at all times, both in work and in their personal lives. 

All school based posts are defined as Regulated Activity and therefore this post is subject to an Enhanced with Barred List Criminal Records Bureau check   

 #WelcomeToIFtL #BelongingInIFtL #IFtLFamily  

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.

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About St Mary's Wavendon CofE Primary

• School type: Academy, Church of England, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 490 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St Mary's Wavendon CofE Primary website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-mary-s-wavendon-cofe-primary-milton-keynes

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