Teaching Assistant

Walton Holymoorside Primary School, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S42 7DU

15 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  1st September 2025

• Closing date

  22 June 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  5 June 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subjects: Teaching Assistant, Learning Support Assistant
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £10,678.00 - £11,456.00 Annually (Actual) The salary quoted is for 17.5 hours per week. The role is term time and fixed term until 31.8.26

Teaching Assistant job summary

Walton Holymoorside are looking for an enthusiastic, highly motivated and committed Teaching Assistant to join our team. At Walton Holymoorside we strive to provide the best education for all our pupils in a caring, supportive environment.
We are looking for a skilled and confident Teaching Assistant who shares the ethos of our school and is committed to supporting our brilliant children and the community we serve. Previous experience of working in a school and a teaching support qualification, together with knowledge of SEND would be an advantage.
We welcome applications from candidates who:
- are willing to work collaboratively alongside colleagues and professionals to provide the best learning experiences for our children
- have high expectations of teaching, learning and behaviour
- are highly motivated
- are flexible and adaptable team members who develop excellent relationships with children, parents and colleagues
- are passionate about being an inclusive school

Context

The descriptions below of our ‘why’, ‘how’ and ‘what’ define the work we are developing as a Trust. They are an aspiration, and we are always striving to achieve them.
We ensure our ‘why’, ‘how’ and ‘what’ hold us to account for the work we do.
Why do we exist?
Our purpose is to ensure every LEARNER has choices about their future
Our first job is to support and extend learning for pupils to provide them with the skills and knowledge to make those choices.
Our second job is to make sure no child is ignored, no family is unsupported and no life is wasted, by providing intervention at the earliest opportunity.
Our responsibility to education is to provide an environment where practitioners can collaborate, learn from each other, take risks and reflect.
How will we act?
We will use our purpose as a driver for our culture, ensuring we are;
Connected (sharing information openly, broadly and deliberately)
Helpful (embracing servant leadership and use initiative to solve the problem)
Organised (employing efficient strategies and trust colleagues to deliver)
Informed (asking coaching questions to understand what is happening)
Candid (disagreeing openly and compassionately)
Effective (only retaining our best elements and looking for continuous improvement)
Simple (avoiding complexity and increasing clarity)
What is our strategy?
We will use our culture to ensure the work of the Trust;
Focuses on creating capacity (time and resources) for schools
Ensures support is agile, providing intervention at the earliest opportunity
Supports schools to employ and invest in the best educators for children
Seeks continuous improvement and disruptive innovation
In return we offer being part of a friendly team who value our staff members and are a hardworking and enthusiastic team with the desire and skills to improve outcomes.
As a Trust we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check is required for this post.

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.

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About Walton Holymoorside Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 369 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Walton Holymoorside Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/walton-holymoorside-primary-school-chesterfield

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