Teaching Assistant

Lavington School, Devizes, Wiltshire, SN10 4EB

16 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  3 November 2025

• Closing date

  31 October 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  15 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
• Working pattern: Part time: The working hours for this role are expected to be 08:30 to 15:15.
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Between £25,185 and £25,989

What skills and experience we're looking for

Some of your duties and responsibilities will include developing strategies to support the learning of all children and developing an understanding of the specific needs of individual children. Assisting children with key areas, e.g. language, reading, spelling, handwriting, and presentation. The successful candidate must support and reinforce the school ethos, e.g. expectations of behaviour within class and elsewhere on the school's site. Working closely with the Class Teachers to supervise work, manage children's behaviour, respond to children's questions, deal with emergencies, collect completed learning and provide marking and feedback to children following the agreed whole school approach.

For a complete Job description, Person Specification, and Candidate Briefing Pack, please view the attached documents. We recommend viewing these documents as this will guide you in preparing a strong application and understanding what we’re looking for.

What the school offers its staff

We value a school community that is inclusive, kind and respectful.

We have high expectations in everything we do and want our students to feel safe but challenged so that they can thrive as well equipped and confident school leavers.

We believe all young people have immense potential and we are ambitious for all our learners, we deliver an ambitious curriculum which is well supplemented by a strong enrichment offer.

We are a hard working ambitious school who pride ourselves in providing the very highest quality of education possible.  Students attend Lavington from a wide typically rural area, as a school of choice for many we know how important it is that we have the very highest expectations for the young people that attend.

We focus on maintaining a calm and orderly environment where students feel safe to challenge themselves and learn from passionate and knowledgeable specialist teachers.  Lavington is a school where students enjoy their learning and embrace opportunities to take part in varied extra-curricular activities.

The behaviour of our students is excellent and there are clear boundaries and expectations for all students, students report that poor behaviour is rare and where it occurs it is dealt with quickly and effectively.

“Pupils behave well and this supports good learning.  They are taught to be kind to others.  Pupils are proud of their school.  Pupils value their teachers and say how much they help them to learn.  There is a calm, orderly and friendly atmosphere in classrooms and around the school.” Ofsted June 2023

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

Lavington School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and well-being of its students and expects all staff and volunteers to share this committment.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Upload additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

Referencing information.pdf - 115 KB (opens in new tab)

Privacy Notice for Job Applicants.pdf - 206 KB (opens in new tab)

TA_Person specification.pdf - 213 KB (opens in new tab)

TA_Job description.pdf - 225 KB (opens in new tab)

EQUA Mead Safeguarding and CP Policy Academic Year 2025 - 26.pdf - 328 KB (opens in new tab)

About Lavington School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 871 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Lavington School website
• Email address: HR@lavington.wilts.sch.uk
• Phone number: 01380 812352
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/lavington-school

Lavington School is a mixed comprehensive school and currently has 965 students on roll, aged 11 to 18. It is situated on the western edge of the village of Market Lavington, about six miles south of Devizes, in the heart of rural Wiltshire. Numbers on roll have grown over the years with the school being over-subscribed. In 2018 the school opened its Sixth Form as a satellite centre of Devizes School.

Arranging a visit to Lavington School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email HR@lavington.wilts.sch.uk.

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