Teaching Assistant

Colebrook Infant Academy, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN3 4AS

32 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  1 June 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  30 April 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £24,926.00 Annually (FTE) J/K Grade depending on experience

Teaching Assistant job summary

Colebrook Infant Academy is an inclusive and welcoming school at the heart of the community. We are part of the Blue Kite Academy Trust (BKAT) and everything we do has the wellbeing of our children at its core. We have an exciting opportunity for a Teaching Assistant to join our small, nurturing team. We are looking for someone who can work with pupils on a one-to-one basis and small groups and who knows how to get the best out of the pupils they are working with.

The post will be fixed term, 8:20am to 15:20pm Monday to Thursday, 8:20am to 13:40pm on a Friday, term time plus TD days. The post will include half hour paid lunch to support lunchtime and half hour unpaid lunch which equates to 30.08 hours per week with breaks.

You will have:

• Experience working with pupils with additional needs
• A caring and friendly personality

We can offer:

• Well behaved children who are eager to learn
• Supportive parents and governors
• A friendly and experienced team of teachers and teaching assistants
• A commitment to excellent CPD including opportunities for collaboration across the Trust
• Access for pupils to the BKAT Lighthouse team for Early Help Support
• Access to BKAT Education Psychologist
• Support to achieve a good work/life balance
• A commitment to nationally agreed pay and terms
• Excellent pension scheme including generous employer contributions
• GP and other wellbeing support services
• Advice and counselling support
• Childcare vouchers
• Flexible and family friendly policies

Visits to the school are warmly welcomed. Please contact the office to arrange a mutually convenient time.

We reserve the right to withdraw this advertisement should a suitable candidate be found. We encourage early applications.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.

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 Colebrook Infant Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 5 to 7
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 138 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 5 to 7
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Colebrook Infant Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/colebrook-infant-academy

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