Teaching Assistant

All Saints Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Sherborne, Dorset, DT9 5NQ

7 days remaining to apply

Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
25 June 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
17 June 2025

Job details

Job role: Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern: Part time
Contract type: Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary: £24,790.00 - £25,183.00 Annually (FTE) Dorset Grade 5-6 DOE

Teaching Assistant job summary

Teaching Assistant
All Saints C of E Primary School

Salary: Dorset Grade 5 – 6, £24,790 - £25,183(DOE) FTE
Actual Salary: £16,642 - £16,906 (DOE) pro rata
Contract: Fixed Term Contract until 31st August 2026, Part time 28.75 hours per week (Mon-Fri 8.45am -3.30pm)

Closing date: Midnight, Wednesday 25th June 2025
Interview Date: Thursday 3rdJuly 2025
Anticipated Start Date: September 2025

Job summary;

We have a fantastic new opportunity for a Teaching Assistant to join our warm and friendly team at All Saints C of E Primary School. We’re looking for someone who is caring, enthusiastic, and passionate about helping children grow in confidence and reach their full potential.

In this rewarding role, you’ll work closely with both groups and individual pupils, helping them to build confidence and achieve their full potential. Flexibility, initiative, and a team-focused mindset are essential, as is the ability to communicate effectively with staff, children, and families. You’ll be supported by an experienced class teacher and a collaborative team who are committed to delivering the best outcomes for our pupils.

The jobholder must demonstrate a commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. This will involve undertaking annual Safeguard training and using school reporting systems for any Safeguard concerns.

Why choose us?
All Saints is a family centered, warm and friendly school where we treasure the relationships we have with our parents and carers. We believe that school should be a fun experience for children: visitors always comment on the positive feel we have here. Further to this, we have close our links with our local community who are proud of what we have achieved at All Saints.

We have a dedicated staff who love working at All Saints and do all they can to make the children's learning fun and inspiring, offering support and challenge as required. Under our current team, we have become one of the top performing schools in Dorset: indeed, we have received recognition and thanks about our outcomes from the Minister for Schools.

Whilst we are naturally delighted with of our academic achievements, we are most proud or our wonderful pupils who inspire us each and every day. At All Saints, you will see pupils who are happy and feel safe, who are focused and inquisitive, who are polite, who display positive values and who are engaged in their learning: as a result, their behavior is outstanding.

We warmly welcome visits to our school and would be delighted to show you around our school.

Full details can be found in the job description and person specification.

Pickwick Academy Trust’s vision, strategy and mission is underpinned by our moral purpose to provide the best education and curriculum for the children we serve, and is based on the values of: aspiration; collaboration; inclusion; enjoyment; and nurturing relationships, with the intention of empowering children to become life-long learners, global citizens and deep thinkers.

We provide a strong ethical framework that enables children to make thoughtful, positive choices, and are committed to providing a high quality and educationally stimulating learning environment, led by exceptional and dedicated staff.

If you're eager to contribute and collaborate with driven, compassionate, and committed individuals, we encourage you to apply. Our mission is to attract and retain top-tier professionals who are unwavering in their pursuit of our shared vision.

We offer an excellent staff benefits package, employees have access to a dedicated wellbeing hub, a cycle-to-work scheme, and a wide range of health and lifestyle perks. We support flexible working arrangements to help promote a healthy work-life balance and are committed to your ongoing career and professional development through training opportunities, learning resources, and clear progression pathways.

Please be aware that this role may be closed ahead of the deadline if sufficient applications are received.

At Pickwick Academy Trust, we value diversity in all its forms as a driver of innovation, creativity, and a more inclusive workplace that reflects the richness of our wider community. We warmly welcome applicants from all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives to join our vibrant team.

We are committed to ensuring equal opportunities for everyone. This includes providing reasonable adjustments to support individuals with disabilities, neurodivergence, or specific needs, enabling them to perform their roles effectively. If you require any assistance with your application, please don’t hesitate to contact our Recruitment Team at Recruitment@pickwickacademytrust.co.uk who will happily assist.

Safeguarding
Pickwick Academy Trust is fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, governors, trustees and volunteers to share this commitment. We actively encourage applications from underrepresented groups, including those related to ethnicity, gender identity, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion, or belief.

Please note that this role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. As such, all applicants are required to disclose any criminal convictions, cautions, warnings, or reprimands, even if they are considered “spent.” An enhanced DBS check will be undertaken prior to the commencement of any employment.

References will be requested at the shortlisting stage and may be used during the interview process. If your previous employment includes work with children, one referee must be from that role—regardless of whether it is your current or most recent position. All gaps in employment must be accounted for and explained in the relevant section of the application form.

In accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) 2024 and our safer recruitment procedures, an online search will be carried out for all shortlisted candidates. This search will involve reviewing publicly available information to help assess a candidate’s suitability to work with children. Further guidance will be provided to shortlisted candidates, who may be asked to clarify aspects of their online presence.

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.