Teaching Assistant
St Dominic's School, Godalming, Surrey, GU8 4DX7 days remaining to apply
Start date details
to be confirmed
Closing date
2 November 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
24 October 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, Key stage 5
Working pattern
- Full time: 32.5 hours per week, 08:30 – 16:00 Monday to Friday, Term Time only
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Starting salary - Grade R2 Scale point 9 (FTE: £27,076; Actual: £20,931.04 per annum)
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking for a positive, dedicated, and enthusiastic Teaching Assistant to join our fantastic team. This is an exciting opportunity to work with children and young people aged 7 to 19, supporting a diverse range of academic abilities and complex needs. You’ll be part of a supportive, forward-thinking environment where every day brings new challenges and rewards. We’re looking for someone who enjoys working collaboratively, takes pride in helping others achieve their potential, and brings energy, creativity, and compassion to everything they do.
Key Responsibilities:
- Assist the teacher in the preparation of differentiated lessons and gain familiarity with the work to be covered, design appropriate teaching aides, prepare materials and the classroom to ensure an effective learning environment.
- Support all pupils/students in their planned work in all curriculum areas, both in small group situations and individually, clarifying and explaining instructions as required to enable them to complete the work to their full ability.
- Assist the teacher in keeping a record of events and progress, bringing issues of concern to the class teacher to ensure full pupil/student data is available to inform assessment and future planning.
- Create learning materials as agreed with the teacher to ensure maximum access to the lesson material for pupils/students.
- Provide group and/or individual activities, planned by the teacher, working alongside the teacher according to the published timetable and for specific programmes of support to achieve learning objectives.
Key Requirements:
- GSCE or equivalent in maths and English
- Experience working as part of a team
- Ability to think, write and speak clearly and concisely
- Ability to communicate well with parents, pupils, care workers, outside agencies
- Ability to work collaboratively as part of a team
What the school offers its staff
OHCAT is an exciting, forward-thinking organisation, and we offer many benefits to attract and keep our staff, contributing towards maintaining and improving wellbeing, and encouraging our required behaviours, achievements, values, and skills. Below is just a selection of the benefits available to our employees:
Rewards & Benefits:
• Pathways for progression within the trust, ensuring you can grow and thrive in a supportive and inclusive environment.
• Pension Scheme - you will be enrolled in either the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) or the Teachers' Pension Scheme (TPS), both offering life cover and financial protection for your family.
• Salary Sacrifice Schemes (Cycle Scheme and Home Electronics Scheme)
• Employee Wellbeing - We support employee wellbeing with access to counselling, mental health support, generous leave, flexible working, and enhanced parental leave including Employee Assistance Programme, MyGym Discounts, Corporate Eyecare Scheme
• Employee Discounts (Blue Light Card, Costco Membership, Discounts for Teachers, and more)
• Other (Season Ticket Loan and Employee Referral Scheme)
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Orchard Hill College and Academy Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Applying for the job
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About St Dominic's School
- School type
- Academy, ages 7 to 19
- School size
- 162 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 7 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- St Dominic's School website
- Email address
- zpetkova@stdominicsschool.org.uk
St Dominic’s School is a special academy in Surrey and provides outstanding education for pupils and students aged 7-19 typically with a primary diagnosis of Speech Language & Communication Needs and/or Autistic Spectrum Condition. The school is located in Hambledon, close to Witley, Milford, Guildford and Godalming.
We are part of Orchard Hill College & Academy Trust (OHC&AT), a specialist Trust with 12 Academies and seven College Centres across London, Surrey and Sussex.
At St Dominic’s we believe passionately in a multi-disciplinary, ‘needs led’ approach to meeting each child’s and young person’s needs, resulting in carefully managed groupings, including specialist intervention work from our in house therapeutic team.
The school works closely in partnership with families, referring authorities and external agencies to coordinate the best possible education, care, guidance and support for its pupils and students.
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