Teaching Assistant

John Betts Primary School, London, W6 0UA

22 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2025

• Closing date

  19 May 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  10 April 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £20,900.00 - £21,804.00 Annually (Actual)

Teaching Assistant job summary

We are seeking to appoint caring and reflective support staff to join our dedicated, supportive and hard-working team. The post will involve working closely with the whole teaching team to provide high quality support to individuals and groups of pupils whilst promoting independence. Applicants must be willing to support individual children with specific learning needs if required, as well as to work as a general classroom assistant. Duties will include delivering programmes as directed by the class teacher, SENCo and external agencies

This is an opportunity for you to gain valuable experience and high quality professional development in a supportive, innovative and forward thinking school where all staff are dedicated to providing an inclusive environment for all children.

We are looking for someone who;

has experience with supporting children in primary education.

is able to articulate and demonstrate how to support teaching and learning.

is able to demonstrate a knowledge of or be willing to learn inclusion strategies to support children with special educational needs.

is able to demonstrate an ability to engage learners in a variety of ways and has the ability to move pupils’ learning forward.

is a reflective individual who is committed to their own professional development.

has sound literacy and numeracy skills and is able to communicate effectively with the whole school community.

We will offer;

a team of practitioners who are striving and committed to providing the highest standard of provision and teaching for all children

a positive and stimulating environment in which to work with opportunities for on-going training and professional development.

John Betts Primary School is committed to equality of opportunity. We positively welcome applications from all sections of the community.

John Betts Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will need to undertake enhanced DBS clearance.

Commitment to safeguarding

The governors of our school are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will need to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the DBS.

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 John Betts Primary School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 5 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 212 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 5 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: John Betts Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/john-betts-primary-school

In 1859 Dr. John Betts set up a unique trust to provide free education to local children. A social pioneer, he believed that happy children, equality of opportunity, educational excellence and service to others were of the highest importance.

John Betts School is as innovative now as it was then: Voluntary aided and non-denominational with broadly Christian values (kindness, integrity, resilience, perseverance, and courage) that are at the heart of everything we do.

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