Teaching Assistant (Cover Supervisor)

Wynstream Primary School Academy, Exeter, Devon, EX2 6AY

14 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  13 October 2025 at 1pm

• Date listed

  23 September 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £25,583.00 Annually (FTE) Pay Grade C

Teaching Assistant (Cover Supervisor) job summary

Location: Wynstream Community Primary School  

Post: Teaching Assistant   

Pay:  Grade C (depending on experience)  approximately £12,378 Pro-Rata

Working Pattern: Part Time (21 hours per week over 3 days, 39 weeks a year) 

Due to the retirement of a long-serving member of support staff, Wynstream Community Primary School is looking to recruit a part-time teaching assistant to join us from the second half of the Autumn Term 2025.  The ideal candidate will mainly be based in a small KS1 provision, supporting early learning, and will be willing to cover classes across the school in the event of teacher absence, on occasion.

 Wynstream Community Primary School is a very special place to work in the heart of Exeter.  The school enjoys extensive grounds, providing an incredible learning environment including school sports fields, sports pitches and gardening patches. 

Our dedicated team of staff and governors are working together to create a school where there is a real sense of community and where learners and teachers can flourish. Our aims are straightforward. Our vision for all in our school is ‘Aiming higher, achieving more.’ We want to develop the intellectual, spiritual, moral, social and cultural needs of each child through inspirational teaching and opportunities. We value parent partnership and are a truly inclusive school.  We would welcome visits to our school so that you can see for yourself!  

Please contact Emma-Leigh Partridge at admin@wynstreamprimary.org.uk 

We can promise you a wonderful team of staff and welcoming families. Our children are eager to learn, and their behaviour is outstanding. We also have strong professional links through our Multi-Academy Trust, Education South West.  

We are seeking to recruit a skilled teaching assistant who is, ideally, able to support the learning of a small number of children with a high level of additional need in the area of Communication & Interaction, as part of a committed and strong team. Applicants will require strong organisational and communication skills and have a real passion for education. Knowledge of working with children with autism spectrum conditions and ways to support the development of early communication skills would be a real advantage. This is an exciting opportunity to work with a creative and professional team.   

 Applicants are encouraged to apply by application form. The closing date for applications is Monday 13th October at midday. Shortlisted candidates will be invited for an interview during the week beginning Monday 13th October 2025.  

Education South West is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post. This includes checks with past employers, an online check of publicly available information, including social media, and an enhanced disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service

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.

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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 Wynstream Primary School Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 325 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Wynstream Primary School Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/wynstream-primary-school-academy

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