Teaching Assistant

Fitzmaurice Primary School, Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, BA15 1LE

20 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  3 November 2025

• Closing date

  7 October 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  17 September 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Part time: 20 hours per week, Monday to Wednesday (4 hours per day)
• Contract type: Fixed term - Until 31 August 2026
• Hourly rate: £13.47

What skills and experience we're looking for

• Able to carry out numerous roles under the guidance of class teachers to ensure that all pupils are well supported and make good progress.
• Able to make learning fun and accessible to children.
• Committed to the school family and ethos and willing to contribute to the life of the school.
• Flexible and adaptable, and open to new ideas and ways of working.
• A good communicator and team player.
• Happy to develop their own skills and knowledge, even if experienced.

What the school offers its staff

• A leadership team who are committed to school improvement and who view your professional development as a priority.
• A friendly, supportive and committed staff team who care deeply about providing the best education possible for our children; all our staff are members of strong networks across the Trust who share thinking, best practice and problem solve together.
• A well-resourced school environment.
• Benefits including an employee assistance programme, cycle to work scheme, flu vaccinations, free eye care vouchers, local government pension scheme

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.

We are looking to recruit a caring and committed 1:1 Teaching Assistant to start in Term 2. The role is fixed term and will support a child both academically and emotionally.

We place a high value on children’s emotional well-being and we are looking for people who share our vision that children need to be emotionally happy to be able to achieve highly. We work therapeutically with our children in enabling them to achieve this.

The successful candidate will be working 20 hours per week, Monday to Friday. 15 hours per week as a Teaching Assistant with an additional 5 hours per week as a Midday Supervisory Assistant, both paid at Grade D5 (£13.47 per hour). Working hours will likely be 8.40am to 1.00pm which includes a 20 minute unpaid break.

This is a fixed term contract until 31 August 2026 based at Fitzmaurice Primary School working Monday to Friday.

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

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About Fitzmaurice Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 285 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Fitzmaurice Primary School website
• Email address: hr@palladianacademytrust.com
• Phone number: 01225 862162
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/fitzmaurice-primary-school-bradford-on-avon

The Palladian Academy Trust is a community of schools, each with its own ethos, that enjoy a mutually enriching partnership. Our Trust includes both church and community academies working closely together, all connected by a shared vision for our pupils: ‘excellent and equitable opportunities so everyone can flourish.’

Arranging a visit to Fitzmaurice Primary School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email hr@palladianacademytrust.com.

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