Teaching Assistant

Queen's Park Academy, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH8 9PU

5 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  12 January 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  5 January 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £25,989.00 - £27,255.00 Annually (FTE) Actual Salary £19,461 (32.5 hours per week term time only)

Teaching Assistant job summary

You will:

Have current experience of working with children in school and be able to promote an excellent desire for learning

Be able to support and promote an excellent reflective learning ethos

Be creative and flexible in the way you work

Have a sense of humour

Be committed to your own professional development and participate fully in the life of the school and community

What We have to Offer:

A visible and approachable senior leadership team and an enthusiastic and committed team of teachers and support staff.

A strong support network both within the school and across Authentic Education Group.

All staff are part of a professional learning community in which evidence-informed CPD is designed to meet individual needs.

Strong potential for career progression.

A culture that respects work-life balance and an ongoing commitment to wellbeing with a dedicated Wellbeing Champion.

An Employee Assistance Programme including in the moment support and counselling sessions with an external provider.

AE Staff benefits include free eye testing for DSE users through Specsavers, free will writing through Dunham McCarthy Solicitors and reduced price corporate gym membership through BH Live.

A competitive pension through Teachers’ Pensions or The Local Government Pension Scheme for support staff.

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 Queen's Park Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 7 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 484 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 7 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Queen's Park Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/queen-s-park-academy-bournemouth

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