Teaching Assistant

Charters School, Ascot, Berkshire, SL5 9QY

12 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2025

• Closing date

  30 June 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  16 June 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subjects: Teaching Assistant, Learning Support Assistant
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £16,236.00 Annually (Actual) Scale 2c Point 3, FTE £25,829, 27.5 hours per week term time only. We will also consider applications for working 2-5 days per week.

Teaching Assistant job summary

Are you looking for a role where you can make a difference to the lives or our young people?

We are seeking to appoint an additional Teaching Assistant to join our large existing team. The purpose of the role is to assist the classroom teacher in the provision of learning and educational opportunities. The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate good communication skills to support a student’s independent learning by explanation and encouragement.

The role could include providing personal care for the student. Please indicate in your application if this is something you would be happy to do. Full training would be provided.

Hours: 27.5 hours per week (5.5 hours per day 8.30-3pm, currently 1 hour unpaid for lunch) term time only. We will also consider applications for working 2-5 days per week.

Salary: Scale 2c Point 3, actual salary £16,236 (FTE £25,829)

Deadline: 9 am Monday 30 June 2025

We offer a competitive salary, access to a contributory local government pension scheme and other staff benefits. Colleagues benefit from a commitment to staff well-being and are provided with several schemes to support them maintain an active and healthy lifestyle. We have a priority admission policy for children of staff working at the school.

We welcome immediate applications for this post and all applications will be considered upon receipt. We will interview and appoint accordingly.

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 are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Charters School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1713 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Charters School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/charters-school

Charters School is a very heavily over-subscribed 11-18 Comprehensive Academy School with 1720 students on roll (including 400+ in the Sixth Form) located in Sunningdale. It has been graded an “outstanding” school on two successive occasions and is a dynamic, high-achieving secondary school where students are polite, motivated to succeed and enjoy their education.

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