Teaching Assistant

John Mason School, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 1JB

17 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2025

• Closing date

  1 September 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  14 August 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subjects: Teaching Assistant, Learning Support Assistant
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £13.47 - £14.60 Hourly Pay Award pending

Teaching Assistant job summary

We are looking to recruit permanent Teaching Assistants (TA) to work within our core TA team. You will need to be able to work as part of a small team and be expected to contribute to its development, have a positive attitude towards personal development and the ability to maintain confidentiality.

You will join us at an exciting time on our development journey. You will have a unique opportunity to support young people to thrive at school and to work towards the qualifications they need to excel.

The ideal candidate will enjoy working with young people, have a flexible and positive approach, thrive working as part of a team, and be keen to ensure we deliver an inclusive education to our students. This role is suited to someone with previous experience working with young people to improve their academic outcomes but may be equally suited to a graduate wanting to gain experience before training for a career in teaching.

The successful candidate will:

Good GCSE grades or equivalent in English and Maths

Have excellent classroom practice and the knowledge and understanding to support student progress

Be able to challenge and support children of all abilities across the curriculum

Have high expectations of themselves, colleagues and students

We can offer you:

A hard-working staff team who are committed to continuous school improvement

A chance to make a difference to every child’s learning

A commitment to your personal development

A school focused on the value of staff wellbeing

Please state in your application if you have a particular interest in working with the English or mathematics teams, or feel free to submit an open application for any of the roles.

An application pack is available from the John Mason School website

CVs alone are not acceptable.

Abingdon Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding children and young people. All post holders in regulated activity are subject to appropriate vetting procedures and a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Enhanced check. The Trust is fully committed to the principles of equal opportunity, diversity and inclusion and welcomes applications from less well represented groups in the school and Trust. Posts in regulated activity are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974 and all shortlisted candidates will be required to disclose information about their previous criminal convictions. All staff are expected to promote fundamental British values.

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

Abingdon Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding children and young people. All post holders in regulated activity are subject to appropriate vetting procedures and a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Enhanced check. The Trust is fully committed to the principles of equal opportunity, di-versity and inclusion and welcomes applications from less well-represented groups in the school and Trust. Posts in regulated activity are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974 and all shortlisted candidates will be required to disclose information about their previous criminal convic-tions. All staff are expected to promote fundamental British values.

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 John Mason School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 995 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: John Mason School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/john-mason-school

John Mason School is part of the Abingdon Learning Trust and is fully committed to the safeguarding and wellbeing of all its students and staff.

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