Teaching Assistant (dedicated specific needs) Level 1 FTC until 31.12.26

Oldbrook First School and Nursery, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK6 2NH

12 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  December 2025

• Closing date

  3 December 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  20 November 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £17,886.00 Annually (Actual) Grade B1 (£24,404 FTE, £17,886 actual per annum)
• Additional allowances:

  Grade B1 (£24,404 FTE, £17,886 actual per annum)

Teaching Assistant (dedicated specific needs) Level 1 FTC until 31.12.26 job summary

We are looking for an enthusiastic and dedicated person to join our friendly team to support individual and small groups of children with additional needs. You will have the ability, flexibility and understanding to further enrich the children’s learning through play; an understanding of supporting pupils with special educational needs and disabilities; the skills to develop children’s speech and language and a passion for early years education.

You will have the skills and ability to support learning opportunities within a range of areas, under the guidance and direction of teaching staff and be dedicated to enhancing the learning journeys of all children at Oldbrook First School and Nursery.

You will need:

• To have a positive, enthusiastic andcaring approach
• To be child centred putting the children’sneeds first
• To be skilled in supporting children’slearning, enabling them to make progress
• To have the confidence and experience todeliver interventions and specific targeted support
• To be flexible, adaptable and follow giveninstructions
• To be a team player with a good sense ofhumour.

We can offer a supportive learning environment which values everyone, happy well motivated children who are eager to learn and opportunities for further professional development.

Please come and visit our school in action. Contact our School Business Manager, Mrs Carter, on 01908 604689 for further details.

Oldbrook First School and Nursery is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our children. The successful applicant will require an enhanced DBS clearance. This school is committed to equal opportunities.

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

Oldbrook First School and Nursery is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. All appointments will be subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure.

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 Oldbrook First School and Nursery

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 2 to 7
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 211 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 7
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Oldbrook First School and Nursery website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/oldbrook-first-school

Oldbrook First School and Nursery is a 'good school' (Ofsted February 2018). We value the importance of early years education, providing children with the best possible opportunities to become confident, enthusiastic and successful learners.

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