Teaching Assistant

Crowdys Hill School, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN2 7HJ

8 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  14 October 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  6 October 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £21,686.00 Annually (Actual) Salary paid pro rata for 33.75 hours per week plus holiday, over 12 months

Teaching Assistant job summary

Crowdys Hill is seeking inspiring, dedicated individuals to work across our provisions in the role of specialist teaching assistant. Crowdys Hill is a dynamic and forward-thinking special school for pupils with moderate learning difficulties and complex needs from across the Borough of Swindon and beyond.

Your daily duties will include:

• Greeting pupils from their buses and bringing them into school
• Settling the class into their tutor group
• Supporting teachers in ensuring all pupils can access their curriculum
• Movement and handling support of pupils as needed
• Personal and medical care for pupils as needed - training provided
• Supervising pupils at break and lunchtimes
• Working closely with teachers to ensure all pupils are supported in school
• Escort pupils onto their buses to go home

If this sounds like the job for you, then we can offer:

• Friendly and supportive colleagues.
• Supportive school, committed to achieving exceptionally high standards.
• An interesting, diverse and exciting career.
• Small class sizes to allow you to give more time and individual attention to pupils.
• A strong ethos and a commitment to collaborative working.
• A commitment to safeguarding and the promotion of the welfare of children and young people.
• A sense of achievement at the end of a day.
• Ongoing training in all areas of the role.
• Variety to work across all ages of pupils.
• Opportunities to continue with training in relevant areas of interest.
• Opportunities to take on extra responsibilities and roles.
• You will be a Swindon Borough Council employee, under their pension scheme.
• You will have access to other SBC employees discount schemes.
• Free on-site parking.

NO PREVIOUS APPLICANTS NEED APPLY. NO CV's OR PART TIME HOURS WILL BE CONSIDERED.

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 Crowdys Hill School

• Organisation type: Special school, ages 4 to 19
• Size: 348 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Crowdys Hill School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/crowdys-hill-school

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