Teaching Assistant
Willowdown Primary School, Bridgwater, TA6 4FU10 days remaining to apply
Job start date
3 November 2025
Closing date
19 October 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
9 October 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
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Grade 3 Scale 5-6 £24,790 - £25,183 Pro Rata
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 WILLOWDOWN 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.
As Teaching Assistant, you will be responsible for:
Working under the direction of the Head Teacher but also use your own initiative to make things happen, be creative and problem solve.
Develop rigorous methods of promoting/reinforcing pupil’s self-esteem and independence resilience, confidence and social skills through outdoor learning and track impact over time.
Have good literacy and numeracy skills.
Willing to work on a one to one basis with individual children and integrate them into the school setting; this includes helping them manage the strategies that are in place to access learning.
Willing to work within class and our nurture provision.
Post Holder will be expected to support behaviour across the school through a positive, inclusive ethos.
What You’ll Bring to Futura
We are looking for an inspiring, innovative, dynamic Teaching Assistant who:
Qualifications: Grade C/4 in English and Maths at GCSE.
Experience: Previous teaching assistant experience.
Skills: Excellent communication, problem-solving, ability to engage students.
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
Professional Growth: Continuous Professional Development (CPD), inset days, rotation and secondment opportunities, and leadership succession programmes.
Wellbeing Support: Initiatives like ‘Wellbeing Moments,’ flexible working arrangements, and access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for mental health support.
Comprehensive Benefits: Generous defined pension schemes, Health Cash-back Plan (covering dentist, physiotherapy appointments etc.), and multiple retail discount schemes.
Sustainability Commitment: Reducing our carbon footprint through our Climate and Nature initiatives across all schools.
Inclusive Culture: A collaborative environment where diversity is celebrated, helping staff bring their best selves to work and thrive in their roles.
Key Information:
Application Deadline: Sunday 19th October Interviews are likely to be held on Wednesday 22nd October
Start date – 1st November 2025, Work Pattern – Monday – Friday 8.30am – 3.30pm 30 mins for lunch
Contract Type – Permanent
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
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 Willowdown Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 2 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 342 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Willowdown Primary School website
Primary School with 12 classes
School location
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