Teaching Assistant

Gateway Primary School, Carterton, Oxfordshire, OX18 3SF

13 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  4 February 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  21 January 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £13,204.00 Annually (Actual) Part-time 27.5 hours

Teaching Assistant job summary

The successful candidate will work with individuals, groups of children and classes throughout the day to support the learning in maths, reading, writing and across the curriculum.

The ideal candidate will be:

• A hard working, resilient, positive individual with a willingness to reflect and progress,who can contribute to a dynamic and hardworking team.
• A team player committed to delivering the very best for all of our pupils in our care.
• Have strong communication and written skills as well as excellent interpersonal skills with pupils, staff and parents.
• Have experience of working in a primary school, or recent work experience, where you have enthused and inspired children.
• Somebody who is committed to safeguarding our children and promoting the welfare of our pupils, with a caring approach.

What we can offer:

A friendly team of committed colleagues.

Polite, engaged pupils who are willing to learn.

Continued personal development.

A varied job, with creative children.

Enhanced DBS checks and references will be required in line with our Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy. For further details, please call the office on 01993 842189. Visits are warmly welcomed. We encorage early applicants and may interview earlier than the deadline for the right candidate.

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 Gateway Primary School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 282 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Gateway Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/gateway-primary-school

Gateway Primary School is a happy and friendly school in Carterton; close to the Cotswolds but with excellent transport links to Oxford and Witney, and in driveable distance of Swindon and Cheltenham.

Being next to Brize Norton Royal Air Force Base our children come from both military and non-military backgrounds and we take pride in addressing the individual needs of all our children.

The new headteacher, alongside a new senior leadership team, is taking the school on an exciting and interesting journey to restore the Ofsted judgement of GOOD, as we know that this what Gateway deserves.

We are seeking to appoint a talented class teacher for Easter 2020 to join our dedicated staff team.

We are looking for a dedicated practitioner who is passionate about achieving good outcomes for all children. The successful applicant will be resilient and a great team player. They will be committed to providing the very best for the children in our school and for the local community that we serve.
The children, staff and governors of this happy and successful 1 ½ form entry primary school wish to appoint an experienced teacher to teach in our thriving, nurturing school.
We are seeking a teacher who is kind, calm, enthusiastic, highly motivated and committed to delivering outstanding practice within our school.
The successful applicant will be working alongside other committed members of staff, who will be able to offer support and advice as needed. Our team of teaching and non-teaching staff and we are keen to recruit someone with a love of life and learning and a great sense of humour
Visits to the school are warmly welcomed. Contact office@gateway.oxon.sch.uk or phone 01993 842198 to arrange an appointment.
Closing date for applications; Tuesday 4th February 12.00 noon
Interview date; Friday 7th February
Apply via
https://www.hants.gov.uk/jobs/education-jobs-occ/application

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