Teaching Assistant

Burton Joyce Primary School, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG14 5EB

17 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  26 June 2026 at 12am (midnight)

• Date listed

  9 June 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: £25,185 FTE (Actual salary £8,929)

Teaching Assistant job summary

Can you motivate children and inspire a love of learning?

 

Burton Joyce Primary School is looking to appoint a highly motivated and enthusiastic Teaching Assistant to join our happy and supportive team.

The role will involve supporting 1:1 pupils both in and outside the classroom. You would be working closely with class teachers and our SEND Coordinator to support learning for the individual pupil and with small group interventions in reading and numeracy. Although experience in desirable, the job could also suit a candidate willing to learn.

The post is initially for 1 year but may be extended and will be for 4 mornings per week The successful candidate will have the benefit of joining an established, enthusiastic and highly skilled staff team. We have high expectations for all our children and work alongside outside professionals to support the provision for our SEND pupils.

We are looking for candidates who:

·        Enjoy working 1:1 with pupils and put the child’s wellbeing at the heart of all they do

·        Experience of working with children who have SEND is an advantage

·        Have high aspirations for the achievement of our children

·        Show a positive, enthusiastic and flexible attitude

·        Show initiative and resilience

·        Work with the teacher to make adaptations within lessons for the 1:1 pupil (training given)

·        Demonstrate a good standard of written and spoken English 

 

We can offer the successful candidate: 

·        A high level of professional development including Trust-wide opportunities

·        Highly motivated children

·        A supportive community environment and opportunity to work with outside professionals to ensure correct provision for individual children

·        A positive and friendly ethos

·        A strong and supportive team ethic that allows flexibility around working with specific children

 

We are supported by Equals Trust, a Primary Multi Academy Trust with 19  schools in the Rushcliffe and Gedling area.

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 Burton Joyce Primary School

• School type: Academies, Does not apply, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 313 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Burton Joyce Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/burton-joyce-primary-school

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