Teaching Assistant

Abbey Meads Community Primary School, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN25 4GY

13 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  3 November 2025

• Closing date

  14 October 2025 at 10am

• Date listed

  1 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £24,448.00 - £26,422.00 Annually (FTE) This Teaching Assistant post is for 26.5 hours per week with an additional 4 hours as a Midday Supervisor on a J Grade.

Teaching Assistant job summary

We wish to appoint a Teaching Assistant to join us here at Abbey Meads Community Primary School. This is an exciting opportunity to become part of our team and provide excellent care and education for our pupils.

The successful candidate will have a passion and enthusiasm for working with children, be creative, dedicated and have a positive attitude to joining a forward-thinking school.

You must be able to demonstrate that you can build excellent relationships, want to make a difference to all children and have excellent communication and organisational skills.

Your role will include contributing to the delivery and monitoring of interventions for individuals and small groups, supporting assessments and evidencing learning, working with the teacher to create stimulating classroom displays and learning resources plus building positive relationships with the children by being an approachable, caring and supportive role model.

For further details about the role please contact us using the details below.

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 Abbey Meads Community Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 444 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Abbey Meads Community Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/abbey-meads-community-primary-school

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