Teaching Assistant

Edgar Sewter Community Primary School, Halesworth, Suffolk, IP19 8BU

15 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP 1st December or sooner

• Closing date

  20 October 2026 at 1pm

• Date listed

  5 October 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full time equivalent salary: £26,016.00 - £26,847.00 Annually (FTE) Grade 3, Point 4 to Point 6

Teaching Assistant job summary

This is a full-time fixed term role for 28.75 hours per week, 39 weeks per year. You will be paid pro rata. The salary is reviewed annually in April in line with the nationally agreed salaries.

Salary - Grade 3:4 - 3:6 - FTE Salary £26,016 to £26,847

Lunchtime cover - claimed as additional hours Grade 2:3 £13.28

HLTA rate - claimed as additional hours - rate £16.08

Edgar Sewter Primary School is a vibrant, thriving community bursting with enthusiastic and vivacious children and staff who are confident, happy and share a genuine love of learning. At Edgar Sewter Primary School, every voice matters and as a result children play a pivotal role in school leadership, empowering them every step of the way. Our core school values - Inspire, Nurture, Persevere, Achieve, and Flourish - are woven into the very fabric of our school day, from inspiring assemblies to engaging lessons and the joyful celebration of achievements every Friday.

Our enthusiastic and dedicated staff are the driving force behind Edgar Sewter Primary. They are flexible and adaptable, always putting the needs of the children first. With a commitment to continuous improvement, our staff regularly engage in high-quality professional development, both within the school, across the trust, and externally, ensuring they are at the forefront of educational best practice. Edgar Sewter Primary School isn't just in the community; it's at the heart of it.

We are looking for a teaching assistant who is committed to supporting young learners. You will be part of our friendly and dedicated team from day one. This is a fantastic opportunity for you as a Teaching Assistant, gaining experience in supporting our teachers and in supporting our pupils with a range of learning needs to achieve their goals and targets.

As a Teaching Assistant, you will work under the instruction/guidance of teaching and senior staff to undertake education support duties and assist the class teacher in the day to day needs of the pupils in their care, to enable the teacher to implement the curriculum and respond to the pupils’ needs.

As part of this vacancy, we are also looking for someone who is interested in covering classes as needed.

Previous experience working as a Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA) or possessing an HLTA status is highly desirable for this position. As an HLTA, you will complement teachers' delivery of the curriculum and contribute to the development of other support staff, pupils, and school policies and strategies. You will work under the guidance of teaching staff and may lead whole classes, plan and prepare learning activities, and assess, record, and report on pupils' development, progress, and attainment.

Day-to-day duties may involve:

• Supervise and support the teaching activities of individuals or groups of children/young people to ensure their safety and facilitate their physical and emotional development.

• Monitor individual pupil’s progress, achievements and development needs reporting to the responsible teacher as appropriate

• Assist the teacher in the development, delivery and implementation of Next Step /Behaviour Plans and Personal Care Programmes.

• Prepare and deliver programmes to support Special Needs e.g.
  Bucket Time, phonic interventions etc following training given under the guidance of the teacher.

• Assist the teacher with the planning of learning activities in the classroom or designated areas preparing or modifying work for individuals or groups of pupils as directed.

• Use strategies in liaison with the teacher, to support pupils to achieve learning goals.

• To prepare and maintain equipment and teaching resources for lessons and activities

• Prepare/clear classroom as directed before and after lessons, including the preparation of visual aids, and the display and presentation of the pupil's work.

• Participate in personal and professional development activities to meet the changing demands of the job.

• Assisting with the supervision of children at lunchtime.

Desired Personal Skills

• Confident in building and maintaining relationships with young children

• Works well in a team

• Ability to follow instructions and complete tasks set

• Able to work using own initiative

• Able to communicate effectively in spoken or written form

• Passes in English and Maths GCSE A*-C / 4 and above or a Level 3 qualification are desirable and a good working knowledge of ICT is helpful.

  ASSET Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. The successful candidate will have to meet the requirements of the job description and will be subject to pre-employment checks including an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and children's barred list check, health check, online search and satisfactory references. Copies of our safeguarding and safer recruitment policies are available on request.

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 Edgar Sewter Community Primary School

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 266 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Edgar Sewter Community Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/edgar-sewter-community-primary-school-halesworth

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