Teaching Assistant

Carterton Community College, Carterton, Oxfordshire, OX18 1BU

18 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  4 October 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  16 September 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £26,017.00 Annually (FTE) Grade 4 £26,017 Annually (FTE)

Teaching Assistant job summary

Are you passionate about helping young people succeed? Do you thrive in a friendly and supportive environment? Carterton Community College is looking for an enthusiastic and dedicated Teaching Assistant to join our highly-valued support staff team.

This is an exciting time to be part of our community. We are a dynamic and rapidly improving school with a strong drive for higher standards, committed to delivering the very best to our pupils.

This is a highly rewarding, full-time role (27.5 hours per week over 5 days) that offers an ideal chance to make a real difference in students' lives.

You will need a minimum of GCSE (or equivalent) in English and Maths, prior experience working with young people, and the skills to effectively support learning in a classroom setting.

Key Responsibilities

Your varied and crucial role will focus on motivating our students to reach their full potential. You will be:

• Providing essential support for students with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND), both within the classroom and in specialised learning bases.
• Collaborating closely with teachers, adapting your approach to meet diverse pupil needs.
• Building successful and trusting relationships with students to encourage their social and educational development.
• Actively contributing to planning and review discussions concerning students with SEND.
• Assisting students with activities outside the classroom, such as school trips and providing exam support (e.g., as a reader or scribe).

Join a happy and purposeful community where your work is highly valued. In return for your commitment, we offer:

• Friendly and welcoming students who are eager to learn.
• A culture based on shared values and mutual respect.
• A team of committed and professional colleagues.
• Excellent professional development opportunities and ongoing support.

We warmly welcome prospective candidates to visit the school to see our community in action.

• Closing date: Sunday 4th October.
• To Apply: Please complete an application form via MyNewTerm

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

Oxfordshire Schools are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post involves the type of work with children and young people that requires applicants to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service check. The possession of a criminal record will not necessarily prevent an applicant from obtaining this post. All users are considered confidentially and according to the nature of the role and information disclosed.

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 Carterton Community College

• Organisation type: Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 774 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Carterton Community College website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/carterton-community-college

Carterton Community College is a rural college, with a real sense of community, bordering the Cotswolds and within easy commuting distance of Oxford, Cheltenham and Swindon.

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