Teaching Assistant

Oasis Academy Skinner Street, Gillingham, Kent, ME7 1LG

17 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  24 April 2026

• Closing date

  11 May 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  24 April 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Point 4-6 (£25,185 - £25,989 FTE)

Teaching Assistant job summary

Oasis Academy Skinner Street currently have an exciting opportunity for a dedicated practitioner to join the team as a Teaching Assistant, supporting teaching staff with responsibility for the development and educational provision of learners.

Job overview

You’ll be responsible for assisting with planning, preparation and delivery of lesson provision, both on a whole-class and individual basis, preparing resources to support learning activities as well as ensuring pupils are supported pastorally. You’ll contribute to evaluating student progress and provide feedback to the class teacher to ensure all students’ learning needs are being met.

Job requirements

• A minimum of 3 GCSEs at C grade or above, including English and Maths
• Level 3 Teaching Assistant qualification essential
• Experience of class supervision and assisting with lesson provision to achieve positive learning outcomes
• Good written and verbal communication skills with the ability to work in tandem with teaching staff
• Ability to be empathetic and understanding to the needs of students

Why join us?

As a Teaching Assistant within Oasis Academy Skinner Street, you’ll be able to build upon your existing skillset within a supportive environment, with professional development, training, and career progression opportunities available.

Interviews will be held week commencing 18th May 2026

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 Oasis Academy Skinner Street

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 397 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Oasis Academy Skinner Street website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/oasis-academy-skinner-street

Our children and families come first and we are passionately committed to giving our young people the best education possible in the formative stages of their lives. At Oasis Academy Skinner Street we take great pride in our students, we aspire to create opportunities for them to flourish academically and to form their good character.

When our students leave us, we want them to be self-confident, to know how to build and sustain strong relationships, to have high aspirations and to have achieved their very best.
We want our students to embrace and contribute to the life of the school, both through their learning and by taking part in our extensive range of enrichment and leadership activities. We are proud of our partnership with parents and value their support to fulfil our vision.

We want every student to enjoy their time with us and to leave with fond memories that they will cherish forever. Our children leave us prepared for responsible adulthood taking with them principled values that will impact positively on their own lives, and those of others, to make for a better world.

Our vision for the school is summed up as Inspire, Challenge and Achieve.

Inspire – every member of Oasis Academy Skinner Street to take every opportunity in and out of the classroom to learn and flourish.

Challenge – everyone to be the best they can be.

Achieve – success in all aspects of life.

We look forward to welcoming you to our family.

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