Teaching Assistant
Chessington School, Chessington, Surrey, KT9 2JS18 days remaining to apply
Closing date
17 July 2026 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
29 June 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £27,033.00 - £28,701.00 Annually (FTE) Full-time salary is based on 36 hours per week
Teaching Assistant job summary
As a school we have worked incredibly hard to ensure that our students have a great experience whilst attending Chessington School. Whether that be during the 300 minutes of Lessons, the daily tutor time, the enrichment activities or the excellent pastoral care that we provide.
About the role
We are looking to appoint Teaching Assistants as part of our successful Inclusion Team. The successful candidates will be team members with the patience, experience and sensitivity to work with some of our most vulnerable and challenging students supporting them individually in lessons or working with small groups outside the classroom.
As a Learning Support Assistant you may have the responsibility of mentoring individual pupils who need support in regulating their mood and helping them focus on lessons. In order to support inclusive teaching and learning in the school you must be someone wanting to work with various SEN/AEN students across the classroom, some of the needs will include Autism, ADHD, Dyslexia and Physical and sensory needs.
About you
You will have a drive to ensure that all students, at all academic levels, receive an outstanding experience in their lessons. The successful candidate will have a strong commitment to high standards of classroom practice alongside a genuine regard for inspiring progress and quality of education of all our young people.
Why work at Chessington School:
- Our students are wonderful. They love the school, their teachers and learning.
- £30 million state of the art modern facilities in an Ofsted rated 'Good' school.
- Fantastic support from line managers and SLT who genuinely want to see you succeed and thrive.
- Excellent opportunities for career progression and professional development in a successful family of schools within the Every Child Every Day Trust
- A school dedicated to wellbeing. Increased length of October half term, workload reducing feedback strategies, free gym membership, onsite childcare and more.
Please see our school video here:
Here's what our staff say:
"I have been at this school for 9 years and I love it! It gets better and better each year without losing the supportive and caring environment”
"I am in my NQT year. The CPD, support and commitment I get has been overwhelming. I made the right choice”
“This is the best school I have ever worked at”
Interview Date: Interviews will be held when suitable applications are received. We reserve the right to withdraw the advert if suitable candidates are found.
The Governing Body are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young persons and the Headteacher must ensure that the highest priority is given to following the guidance and regulations to safeguard children and young people. The successful candidate will be required to undergo an Enhanced Disclosure from the DBS
If you do not hear back from us within a week of your application submission, please assume you have not been shortlisted this time.
The Governing and Trust Bodies are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our children and expect all staff to share this commitment. We fully recognise our responsibilities for safeguarding and child protection.
Any offer of employment will be subject to receipt of satisfactory pre-employment checks, including an enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check, overseas criminal record checks where relevant, background check including an online check of the applicant’s social media accounts and receipt of satisfactory references.
It is an offense to apply to work with children if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
The schools within the Trust are committed to all aspects of personal development, are inclusive and seek to ensure every student achieves to the best of their ability.
Further information about the job
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Chessington School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 676 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Chessington School website
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