Teaching Assistant

Grove Primary School, London, SE22 8AB

19 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  1st September 2026

• Closing date

  6 July 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  17 June 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £30,225.00 - £30,654.00 Annually (FTE) Part time hours will also be considered

Teaching Assistant job summary

Main Purpose of the Role:

As a Teaching Assistant, you will work closely with class teachers and other professionals to support pupils’ learning, achievement and wellbeing. You will help pupils to access a broad, balanced and appropriately differentiated curriculum, promote their independence, self-esteem, communication and social inclusion, and support them to make progress academically, socially, emotionally and physically. You will provide support for pupils individually, in small groups and within whole-class activities, and contribute to creating a safe, nurturing and engaging learning environment in which every child can thrive. Where required, you will also support pupils with personal care, medical needs, feeding and mobility, in line with their EHCPs, health care plans and school procedures.

Roles & Responsibilities:

Support for Teaching and Learning

• Demonstrate an informed, proactive and effective approach to teaching and learning by using appropriate strategies to support the work of the teacher and improve pupil achievement and engagement.
• Support the delivery of a broad, balanced and appropriately differentiated curriculum so that pupils can achieve their full potential across all areas of learning.
• Work with pupils on an individual basis, in small groups and within whole-class activities to support access to learning, participation and progress.
• Join in with classroom activities and learning experiences to motivate pupils, sustain engagement and encourage active participation.
• Support pupils to remain focused, attentive and positively engaged during lessons and other school activities.
• Assist in delivering a modified or personalised curriculum and adapt activities, tasks and materials, including the preparation of visual aids and other specialist resources, so that pupils can access learning successfully.
• Use a range of communication approaches and specialist strategies to support learning, including visual supports, Makaton, communication books, AAC and other verbal or non-verbal means of communication as appropriate to pupils’ needs.
• Support pupils to use ICT, assistive technology and specialist equipment safely and effectively in order to improve access, communication, independence and achievement.
• Prepare, organise and maintain teaching spaces, learning materials and resources to ensure a stimulating, well-structured and safe learning environment.
• Take pride in creating and maintaining a positive learning environment, including displays and presentation of pupils’ work where appropriate.
• Read and understand lesson plans and other planning documentation shared before lessons and use these to prepare effectively for your role in supporting pupils’ learning.
• Contribute to the planning and delivery of curriculum activities, interventions and personalised learning programmes under the direction of the teacher.
• Supervise a class or group for a short period when the teacher is temporarily unavailable, in line with school policy and the level of the post.

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 Grove Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 221 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Grove Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/dog-kennel-hill-school-london

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