Teaching Assistant

Caroline Haslett Primary School, MILTON KEYNES, Buckinghamshire, MK5 7DF

10 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  5 January 2026

• Closing date

  15 December 2025 at 11am

• Date listed

  5 December 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £26,824.00 - £28,142.00 Annually (FTE) Salary is FTE and will be pro-rata for the number of worked weeks plus holiday entitlement

Teaching Assistant job summary

‘Love helping children learn? So do we!’

Are you passionate about supporting children’s learning and making a real difference in the classroom? We are seeking a dedicated Level 2 Teaching Assistant to join our Key Stage 1 or Key Stage 2 team.

At Caroline Haslett Primary School, we are proud of our strong culture of mutual respect, high academic expectations, and excellent standards of behaviour. We believe that every child deserves the best opportunities to thrive, and we are looking for someone who shares this commitment.

This is a classroom-based role where you will:

Support teaching and learning across Key Stage 1 or Key Stage 2

Help create a positive, engaging, and inclusive environment for all children

Work alongside experienced teachers and colleagues to deliver high-quality provision

Contribute to the wellbeing, safety, and happiness of our children

Our most recent Ofsted inspection (February 2025) captured the heart of our school:

“Pupils arrive at school every morning with enthusiasm, eager to begin their day. They love being at school, where they feel happy, safe and supported.”

If you enjoy working in a school where children are happy and motivated, where expectations are high, and where your contribution will be truly valued, then this could be the role for you.

Does this sound like a place you’d like to work?

We warmly welcome applications from candidates with experience of working in KS1 or KS2 who are enthusiastic, caring, and committed to helping children achieve their best. Applications are reviewed and shortlisted on a rolling basis and we reserve the right to interview, appoint and close the advert early if a suitable candidate applies.

Visits to the school are warmly encouraged - please come and meet some of the staff and our children and see for yourself! Please contact Mrs Andrea Fergusson on 01908 231101 to make an appointment.

More information about the school can be found on our website www.haslett.org.uk.

CHPS combines a relentless drive for academic excellence with a shared moral purpose and shared values, while ensuring that fun and happiness are a key attribute of our school. CHPS believes that partnership-working with pupils and their parents, as well as the wider community, helps creates the best possible outcomes for all children.

CHPS empowers its colleagues through support, training and career opportunities to recruit and retain outstanding staff who are or have the potential to be leaders in their field. That way CHPS can ensure that every child achieves to their full potential, regardless of background, culture, heritage or ability.

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

Caroline Haslett Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and we expect all staff to share this commitment. For all posts pre-employment checks will be carried out, references will be sought and successful candidates will need to undertake an enhanced DBS check.

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 Caroline Haslett Primary School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 421 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Caroline Haslett Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/caroline-haslett-primary-school

Caroline Haslett is a large school with a small school ethos, who was judged Outstanding in 2019. Our children join us in Foundation Stage aged 4 and leave us in Year 6, aged 11.

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