Teaching Assistant

Brookfield Primary Academy, Sutton, Surrey, SM3 9LY

2 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  18 July 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  11 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: Full time, part time (Can be done as a job share)
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: NJC Scale 3/4 or 1C3 depending on qualification

Teaching Assistant job summary

Teaching Assistant - Brookfield Primary Academy

Start date: 01 September 2025 

Fixed term: until 31 August 2026

Contract: Monday - Friday Term time & 3 additional working days 

Variety of hours available and would consider a job share

example:

32.5 hours per week based in Reception Actual salary: from £21,565 (qualified) or £20,675 (unqualified)

27.5 hours per week Actual salary: from £18,247 (qualified) or £17,494 (unqualified)

Are you passionate about making a real difference in the lives of young learners? Do you thrive in a dynamic, supportive environment where every day brings new opportunities to inspire and empower? Then join LEO Academy Trust as a Teaching Assistant and help shape the future generation!

We are seeking enthusiastic, dedicated, and compassionate individuals to become a vital part of our school community. This is more than just a job; it’s a chance to directly contribute to the care, supervision, and educational development of our pupils.

What You'll Do:

• Support Pupil Welfare & Development:
• Assist with the daily care and well-being of pupils, including dressing, toileting, and greeting them.
• Be involved with teaching staff in addressing medical and social problems of individual pupils.
• Utilise your knowledge to support children with particular difficulties, such as anxious children or those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), and carry out health care plans.
• Administer simple first aid and ensure children's safety as they access various areas of the school.
• Promote independence and positive behaviour, working within our school's behaviour policy to anticipate and manage behaviour constructively.
• Engage with pupils in play, stimulating language through conversation.
• Empower Our Teachers & Classrooms:
• Collaborate on the planning, preparation, and supervision of all class activities.
• Become competent in using IT to support both children and teachers.
• Organise pupils into activity and work groups, and work effectively with small groups.
• Lead outdoor play activities and assist with playground games.
• Help prepare and clear classrooms, ensuring books, stationery, and materials are readily available.
• Provide occasional supervision of classes during short-term teacher absences or PPA time, focusing on maintaining good order and keeping pupils on task.

Contribute to Our Vibrant School Community:

• Foster strong links between home and school.
• Contribute to reviews of pupil progress, especially termly reviews.
• Promote inclusion and acceptance for all pupils within the classroom and the wider school.
• Be a positive role model for pupils and colleagues, contributing to the whole school ethos and environment.
• Promote positive values and good pupil behaviour, dealing promptly with conflict.

Who We're Looking For:

• Someone with an understanding of how children learn and up-to-date knowledge of the Foundation Stage, Key Stage 1, and Key Stage 2.
• Familiarity with and ability to implement safeguarding policies and procedures is paramount, as we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.
• Experience supporting children in Foundation Stage, Key Stage 1, or Key Stage 2 is required, along with a record of attendance at relevant In-Service training.
• Excellent communication skills are vital to liaise effectively with children, parents, and staff, and fluent English is a requirement for this role to ensure effective performance and safeguarding.
• Personal qualities of sensitivity, humour, enthusiasm, thoroughness, and confidentiality are highly valued.
• A true team player who can establish good relationships and work collaboratively with colleagues.
• The ability to use initiative when necessary and a commitment to providing a broad, balanced curriculum for all children.
• While not mandatory, a Level 3 diploma or equivalent in an Early Years qualification or Supporting Teaching and Learning in school is desirable.

At LEO Academy Trust, we are dedicated to creating a supportive and inclusive working environment free from discrimination, and we expect all staff to embody these principles. This role is subject to an Enhanced DBS check, among other checks, as all employees are deemed to be in regulated activity with children.

Ready to make a difference every day? Apply now and become an integral part of our inspiring team! Using the person specification, you should describe your suitability against the person specification and ensure that you cover all essential criteria (if not marked as essential, please assume all are essential), by providing evidence and examples of proven experience. We regret that we are unable to accept CVs. 

We can offer you a range of benefits, which can be found on our website here, including discounted wraparound care and nursery fees

 Reasonable adjustments

• Should you require any reasonable adjustments to support you in applying for this role, or at any stage of the recruitment process, please contact the recruitment team 

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

Positions are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. All employees of the Trust are deemed to be in regulated activity with children and as such, all offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, and for this role, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed amongst other checks as appropriate.

All shortlisted candidates will be required to complete a declaration regarding offences and have references requested (unless agreed otherwise), prior to the interview.

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 Brookfield Primary Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 443 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Brookfield Primary Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/brookfield-primary-academy-sutton

Brookfield Primary Academy is one of family of schools that make up LEO Academy Trust.

Located in North Cheam, Brookfield is a two form primary with nursery offering 30 hours childcare. Brookfield was inspected by Ofsted in July 2019 and was found to be good in all categories. The inspectors found that "Leaders, governors and representatives of the trust have a very clear vision for what they want pupils to experience and achieve while at Brookfield. They have an accurate understanding of the school’s strengths and use this to plan effectively for improvement. There is a real focus on raising standards. Consequently, many outcomes are better than when the school first joined the trust."

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