Teaching Assistant

Mount Pleasant Lane Primary School, St Albans, Hertfordshire, AL2 3XA

15 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  December 2025

• Closing date

  10 November 2025 at 10:59pm

• Date listed

  25 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £19,704.00 Annually (Actual)

Teaching Assistant job summary

We are looking for a caring , enthusiastic, energetic, resilient person with a good sense of humour, who would love to join our team of dedicated staff as a Teaching Assistant/One to One support. The post involves supporting pupils' learning and emotional needs within the school. The successful candidate will be able to work under the class teacher's direction as well as independently either as 1:1 support, in class or with small groups.

Mount Pleasant Lane is part of the Spiral Partnership Trust which actively promotes a culture of high rewards, high standards and high expectations for all. We are a lively and inclusive school with a dedicated, supportive and hardworking team. Our committed team create a positive and exciting learning environment for our children. We are a happy and ambitious school with learning for all at our core.

We support our children to develop a deep love of learning and achieve the very best outcomes from their own unique starting points.

The successful candidate will be responsible for helping children who require additional support across the curriculum . Candidates will need to have GCSEs in English, Maths and Science at grade C /4 or above.

The role is 32.5 hours per week, term time (38 weeks) plus five inset days and a minimum of 2 days to be worked during the school holidays (pro-rata).

As an Academy, we are able to offer generous new terms and conditions of employment to our support staff. This includes flexible leave options and excellent CPD opportunities. We recognise that our staff are our greatest asset and reflect that in the way we reward and invest in our staff.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. The post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.

Applications may be considered while the post is being advertised.

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 Mount Pleasant Lane Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 206 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Mount Pleasant Lane Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/mount-pleasant-lane-primary-school

Mount Pleasant Lane is a 1 ½ form entry primary, set in spacious grounds in Bricket Wood near St Albans. We are part of the Spiral Partnership Trust, a multi-academy trust which specialises in developing excellent primary schools. We collaborate with the other schools in the Trust to ensure that teaching and learning is of the highest standard possible.

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