Teaching Assistant

King's Park Academy, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH1 4NB

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  13 October 2025 at 1pm

• Date listed

  25 September 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £18,857.75 - £19,775.81 Annually (Actual) (£25183.00 - £26409.00 FTE)

Teaching Assistant job summary

We are looking for an enthusiastic, dynamic and inspiring Teaching Assistant to join our team at King’s Park Academy to support our pupils over 32.5 hours per week, 39 weeks per year (term time including inset days) .

The post requires someone with:

• Experience of working with children in school and be able to promote an excellent desire for learning
• Passion for teaching and learning and wanting the best outcomes for all children
• Ability to support and promote an excellent reflective learning ethos
• Creativity and flexibility in the way you work
• Excellent communication skills
• Highly developed interpersonal skills and a sense of humour
• Commitment 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.
• 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.
• 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.

Should you wish to arrange a visit or an informal discussion regarding the role, please contact Samantha Wakefield HR Academy Lead at samantha.wakefield@kpa.weareauthentic.education

Authentic Education comprises schools from all sectors: mainstream (primary and secondary) and special. AE secures outstanding achievement and improved life chances of all our pupils. All our Academies have high expectations as the focus of their work. We are strongly committed to supporting colleagues in developing their careers further and offering excellent CPD opportunities

Please submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment as AE reserves the right to close applications early.

Please note we DO NOT accept applications by CV and are unable to offer Visa Sponsorship.

Authentic Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Rigorous checks will be made of the successful applicant’s background credentials, including enhanced DBS checks and an online search

Together we are Courageous, Innovative, Excellent

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 King's Park Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 603 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: King's Park Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/king-s-park-academy

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