Teaching Assistant

The Trafalgar School at Downton, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP5 3HN

12 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  as early as possible in November 2026

• Closing date

  5 October 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  23 September 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher or lecturer
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full time equivalent salary: £26,222.00 - £26,846.00 Annually (FTE) Actual £18,287

Teaching Assistant job summary

Core purpose:

To provide learning and care support for students with special educational needs (SEN)

To work with the classroom teacher to plan and deliver activities

Support students with routines, transitions and emotional regulation.

Key Tasks:

To build positive relationships with students

To adapt communication style to respond to students according to their individual needs

To work with the SENDCo and other staff members to ensure effective interventions in

Teaching and Learning, leading to increased student progress

To have a flexible approach to support needs and be able to change ways of working when requested

To support quality first teaching in classrooms with a range of interventions

To contribute to Team Around the Child meetings and Annual Reviews, when requested

To deliver aspects of personal care to identified students, as directed by the SENDCo

To undertake additional duties as directed

To take responsibility for your own professional development and contribute to school wide activities

To take full advantage of the school’s induction programme

To rigorously promote the welfare of young people in all respects and understand the issues surrounding the safeguarding of children and young people

To seek, and then act upon, advice and guidance

To engage in reflective self-analysis of professional practice

To work in line with statutory safeguarding guidance (eg. Keeping children Safe in Education, Prevent) and our Safeguarding and Child Protection policies and procedures

To promote and be committed to the school’s aims and objectives

To play an active part in the everyday life of the school.

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

The Trafalgar School at Downton is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

All applicants will be subject to a full enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check and online check before the appointment is confirmed.

References from current employers will be taken for shortlisted
candidates, employers may be contacted to gather further information. Without satisfactory references, an offer of employment will not be confirmed.

Unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 must be declared.

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 The Trafalgar School at Downton

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 808 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: The Trafalgar School at Downton website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-trafalgar-school-at-downton-salisbury

The Trafalgar School at Downton is a friendly, rural, secondary school set in the historic village of Downton on the edge of the New Forest National Park.

Our values define us and underpin our ambition of a life fulfilled through empowerment. These values apply to our staff, as well as to our student community, so we seek a colleague who is:

Aspirational
Who has a strong desire to achieve greatness in everything they do. They are ambitious.

Compassionate
Who understands how other people feel and support each other. Staff recognise when someone is struggling and we help them.

Determined
Who is focused to achieve, even when a task is difficult. Staff remain committed to our end goal until we complete it.

Inclusive
Treats everyone fairly and equally and understands that difference is something which makes society better.

Integrity
Always does the right thing, even if no-one is watching

Respectful
Treats people, including ourselves and our environment, with respect. Shows consideration of other people’s feelings and wishes.

We are committed to empowering young people to be the source of their own success.

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