Teaching Assistant

Avon Valley Academy, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP4 8HH

11 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  5 January 2026

• Closing date

  10 December 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  28 November 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 1, Key stage 2, Key stage 3, Key stage 4
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £13.05 per hour (£25,185 pro rata per annum)

Teaching Assistant job summary

Avon Valley Academy is looking to appoint a positive and motivated Teaching Assistant to join its dedicated team of support staff, with effect from January 2026. This is a wonderful opportunity to be part of a team, which encourages all students to have high self-worth and love coming to school.

Contract: Fixed term (until 31st August 2026). Working Hours: Part time (32.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 39 weeks per year, includes Teacher Training Days).

We are a thriving, co-educational school, educating young people between the ages of 11 and 16. Located in Durrington, Wiltshire, our school has a strong reputation for being at the heart of the community and has built strong relationships with the two local army bases at Larkhill and Bulford. With our strong pastoral care and high standards for behaviour, we aim for every lesson and every day to be exceptional so that each individual can thrive and our dedicated and supportive staff go the extra mile to help all our students achieve their dreams. In May 2022 we joined Acorn Education Trust, which provides exciting opportunities to collaborate and improve local education.

As a Teaching Assistant, you must be able to work across all age ranges and abilities within our school and be prepared to work flexibly to support students with additional needs, including those requiring SEN support, liaising with teachers and SENCO. The role will require you to deliver small group interventions, in class support alongside providing one-to-one supervision to pupils with an EHCP plan in place. You will be working with both students and staff to ensure they progress in their learning.

We are looking for someone who:

• Has a passion for delivering high quality and exciting opportunities for young people and supporting them in their development;
• Has strong interpersonal and communication skills and is able to work with a variety of pupils, staff and parents;
• Enjoys working with young people and can develop good working relationships with them;
• Is self-motivated, dedicated and consistent;
• Has the ability to deal with new challenging situations;
• Is a strong team player as who can use their own initiative;
• Understands and is sympathetic to the needs of young people, including their social, emotional and mental wellbeing;
• Has experience of supporting student’s learning; in a classroom setting, small group interventions and one-to-one;
• Has a current First Aid or is prepared to undertake training;
• Has experience working with pupils with SEND (advantageous).

We can offer the successful candidate:

• An ambitious and vibrant place to work, with enthusiastic children and staff who are passionate about learning;
• A workplace where everyone feels valued and supported;
• Opportunities for training and progression;
• The support of Acorn Education Trust, with excellent opportunities to work with experienced colleagues;
• A supportive and clearly defined induction procedure.

For information about this role, including a full Job Description and Person Specification, please read our Applicant Information Pack. If you have any additional questions, please contact our school admin office on: 01980-652467

Closing Date: Wednesday 10th December 2025 at 12pm

Interview Date: w/c Monday 15th December 2025

Please note: while the closing date for applications has been set, we reserve the right to interview and appoint a suitable candidate upon receipt of an exceptional application. Therefore, we would encourage prompt application for this position.

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.

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 Avon Valley Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 517 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Avon Valley Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/avon-valley-academy

Set in beautiful grounds and surrounding countryside in South Wiltshire, Avon Valley College is within easy reach of the spectacular Jurassic coast, the New Forest, and the historic cathedral city of Salisbury, chosen by the Sunday Times ‘Best Places to Live’.

Avon Valley College is much valued by its mixed civilian-military community. Owing to the rebasing of troops from Germany, we are in the process of a phased building programme to refresh and renew the entire estate, starting with a brand new purpose built 18-classroom block for the Arts and ICT, a state-of-the-art gym and specialist Sports Performance Facility.

The school has undergone a significant period of change in the last year and standards in all areas are now high. Results in 2018 were significantly better than in 2017 across the board, making it one of the most improved schools in Wiltshire. During 2018-19, there has been a significant investment in improving quality of practice and developing leadership, including National Professional Qualifications, coaching, and a number of bespoke sessions led by nationally recognised speakers. We also place a high value on staff wellbeing with regular after school sessions including yoga, mindfulness, sports competitions, bake-offs and much more to come!

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