Teaching Assistant

Westfield Academy, Yeovil, Somerset, BA21 3DB

11 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  tbc

• Closing date

  4 September 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  24 August 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4
• Working pattern: Full time: 32 hours per week, term time only
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: Grade 14, £18,652 - £19,248 actual salary

What skills and experience we're looking for

Due to the expansion of our SEN provision, exciting opportunities have arisen at Westfield Academy for an additional Teaching Assistant. Experienced and enthusiastic individuals are required from September 2026 to join our dedicated team supporting students with special educational needs. You will be calm with the ability to be firm and patient and have excellent written, numeracy and oral communication skills. Supporting curriculum classes is a key element of the role, alongside delivery of 1-2-1 and small group interventions. Whilst previous experience in a similar teaching assistant role is preferred, applications from individuals with experience of working with children and the right personal qualities are welcomed, as full training and support will be provided

What the school offers its staff

Our teachers and support staff are highly skilled and fully committed to challenging and supporting the children in their care. Children tell us that they enjoy school, are happy, and that they feel safe.

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

Westfield Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Appointment to this post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check, including the barred list, as well as other pre-appointment checks outlined in Keeping Children Safe in Education (September 2023).

Applying for the job

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About Westfield Academy

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 1013 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Westfield Academy website
• Email address: rhiannon.briggs@westfieldacademy.co.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/westfield-academy-yeovil

We are an 11-16 co-educational school, in Somerset, serving the town of Yeovil and the surrounding villages. Westfield is an oversubscribed and successful school with a good reputation.

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