Teaching Assistant (Fixed Term One Academic Year)

Belmont Castle Academy, Grays, Essex, RM17 5YN

8 days remaining to apply

Job start date
10 November 2025
Closing date
10 October 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
2 October 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: Monday to Friday 8.30 - 3.10
Contract type: Fixed term - (Fixed Term One academic Year)
Actual salary: £16,501.32

What skills and experience we're looking for

Role:

Provide tailored support to pupils across a range of settings, including whole-class environments, small group interventions, and one-to-one sessions.

Development of the physical and mental wellbeing of pupils.
Delivering activities and interventions as required under direction of the class teacher and SENCo.
Communicating effectively with pupils, parents and staff.
Supervising breaktime and lunchtime activities.

You have:

NVQ Level or equivalent qualification.
Experience working with primary age pupils.
Excellent written and oral communication skills.
Have a strong and caring personality and is calm, patient and firm.
Experience working with children with additional needs is desirable but not essential.

What the school offers its staff

A diverse, friendly and supportive community of staff and children.
A strong commitment to staff well-being.
A dynamic, dedicated and hardworking team committed to school improvement.
Hardworking, happy pupils who enjoy learning.

A school committed to professional development and equality for all staff with a high level of induction and training for new staff members.

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.