Teaching Assistant and Lunchtime Playworker/Classroom Technician
Corsham Primary School, Corsham, Wiltshire, SN13 9YW16 days remaining to apply
Start date details
24th February 2026
Closing date
28 January 2026 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
8 January 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £24,413.00 - £25,183.00 Annually (FTE) TA - £3565 per annum LTPW - £2765 per annum
Teaching Assistant and Lunchtime Playworker/Classroom Technician job summary
Teaching Assistant and Lunchtime Playworker/Classroom Technician
Corsham Primary School (Broadwood site)
Salary:
Teaching Assistant - D4, £25,185 FTE (pro rata per annum)
Lunchtime Playworker/Classroom Technician - B2, £24,413 FTE (pro rata per annum)
Actual Salary:
TA - £3565 per annum
LTPW - £2765 per annum
Contract: Fixed-term, Part time
Contract end date: 12th February 2027
Working hours:
TA - 6.25 hours per week, working 38 weeks per year (term time, excluding TD days)
LTPW - 5 hours per week, working 38 weeks per year (term time, excluding TD days)
Working pattern:
TA - Monday to Friday, 11.00am to 12.15pm
LTPW - Monday to Friday, from 12.15pm to 1.15pm
Please note: These roles are interlinked. If the postholder resigns from one role, they will be required to resign from the other role at the same time.
We’re happy to talk flexible working options in regards to all our roles
Closing date: 12noon on Wednesday 28th January 2026
Interview Date: Week of 2nd February 2026
Anticipated Start Date: 24th February 2026
Job summary
We are looking to appoint a new member to our team to perform the role of Teaching Assistant and Lunchtime Playworker/Classroom Technician at Corsham Primary School (Broadwood site).
As a Teaching Assistant and Lunchtime Playworker/Classroom Technician you must be committed and flexible, be able to support groups and individual children with their learning. Being able to work as part of a team is essential as well as being able to use your own initiative. The successful candidates will need excellent communication and liaison skills and will be closely supported by a class teacher and wider team.
Full details of the role can be found in the job description and person specification.
The successful applicant will support a community where everyone is encouraged to reach their potential, work together toward shared goals, feel valued, enjoy a positive environment, and build relationships founded on kindness and trust.
Our School
Corsham Primary School is located in the picturesque Wiltshire market town of Corsham, near Bath, and is arranged over two sites located at either side of the town. Pound Pill site offers 14 classes and the Broadwood site houses 10 classes, both supporting children from Reception to Year 6. At Corsham Primary, we believe that All children matter and have the right to the very best, in order to fulfil their potential. Our happy Corsham Primary family prides itself on having high expectations for learning and behaviour, enabling everyone to enjoy learning and succeed. Our school values of ‘Caring, Positive and Stimulating’, underpin our ethos, alongside a broad and balanced enquiry-led curriculum which challenges children to be curious. Corsham Primary was one of the original founding schools to create Pickwick Multi Academy Trust in August 2017 and strongly believes in a collaborative approach to learning that encourages the sharing of best practice to enhance the education and outcomes of all the children in our Trust.
We warmly welcome visits to our school and would be delighted to show you around our school.
Contact details
If you require any further details regarding the role, please feel free to contact Mrs Lucy Organ, Data and Administration Officer via email at LOrgan@corsham-pri.wilts.sch.uk .We would love to hear from you, we warmly welcome visits to our school and would be delighted to show you around our school.
Please be aware that this role may be closed ahead of the deadline if sufficient applications are received.
Why choose Pickwick Academy Trust?
You’ll be joining a trusted community that is built on shared values and genuine care for every learner. As part of 21 schools, you will benefit from shared expertise, strong professional development, and clear pathways for progression. Our scale allows us to invest in high-quality training, mentoring, and resources to help you succeed. we offer a supportive, inclusive workplace where staff wellbeing truly matters, including;
- Excellent pension scheme
- Flexible working and family-friendly policies
- Employee wellbeing support & counselling
- Strong central team support and a real sense of family and belonging
- Staff involvement in shaping key HR policies
- Free eye tests (and glasses if required for your role)
- Free annual flu jab
- Retails Discounts & savings, including Wiltshire Rewards retail savings/ Blue Light Card
- Emergency salary advance scheme
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Ongoing career and professional development
Our vision is to provide the very best education, empowering our children to become lifelong learnings, global citizens and deep thinkers. We are seeking dedicated staff to join our supportive trust and help make a real impact. Our mission is to attract and retain individuals who share our values and vision.
As a Diversity & Inclusion employer, we warmly welcome applicants from all backgrounds and experiences. We particularly encourage applications from underrepresented groups and are dedicated to providing reasonable adjustments for disabled, neurodivergent, or otherwise needing applicants. For any application support, please contact AskHR@pickwickacademytrust.co.uk
What we Value in Our Team
At Pickwick Academy Trust, we welcome people from all backgrounds and experiences. We are looking for colleagues who can work in a way that reflects our values of aspiration, collaboration, inclusion, enjoyment, and nurturing relationships. This means setting clear goals, working respectfully with others, treating everyone fairly, creating a positive environment, and building supportive and consistent relationships with pupils and colleagues. You do not need to “be a certain type of person” to succeed here, what matters is how you work. If you want to support children to do well, enjoy being part of a team, and want to contribute to a warm, inclusive, and ambitious Trust, we would be delighted to receive your application.
You can join also our Talent Pool for each school by visiting the Pickwick Academy Trust Careers Page
If you have used My New Term previously for a Pickwick Academy Trust vacancy, please remember to update it with your current workplace details, references and responsibilities;
External applicants should nominate their line manager; if they have previously worked in a school, this reference must come from the Headteacher.
- Internal applicants who are applying for a role in a different Pickwick School must nominate the Headteacher from the Pickwick Academy Trust school they are currently working in.
- Internal applicants who are applying for a role in their current school must nominate a senior leader who is not the Headteacher (e.g., Deputy Headteacher, Assistant Headteacher, or the Director of Education for the school)
- Internal applicants to central team roles must nominate a senior leader either from the central team or from the Trust school that they are currently working in.
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.
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 and a requirement to the commencement of any employment.
References will be requested at the shortlisting stage for all roles and may be used during the interview process. If any of your previous employments includes working with children, one referee must be from that role regardless of whether it is your current or most recent position. If you currently work in a Pickwick Academy School, please nominate your current Headteacher. 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) 2025 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.
Further information about the job
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Corsham Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- School size
- 666 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Corsham Primary School website
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