Teaching Assistant

Heronshill School and Nursery, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK7 6HD

15 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  2 October 2025 at 12:59am

• Date listed

  17 September 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: NJC Pay Scale Grade B1 (FTE £25,583)
• Additional allowances:

  NJC Pay Scale Grade B1 (FTE £25,583)

Teaching Assistant job summary

🌿 Job Vacancy: Part-Time Teaching Assistant (2 Days/Week)

Location: Heronshill School and Nursery

Position Type: Part-Time (2 days per week)

Start Date: as soon as possible

Salary: NJC Pay Scale Grade B1 (FTE £25,583)

Heronshill School and Nursery is a nurturing and inclusive infant school dedicated to giving children the best possible start in life. We are currently seeking a committed and enthusiastic Teaching Assistant to join our supportive team on a part-time basis, working 2 days per week.

🌼 About the Role:

As a Teaching Assistant, you will be working with children from Early Years to Year 2, providing vital support across the classroom. This role includes:

General classroom assistance to help deliver engaging and inclusive learning

Supporting children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)

Assisting with small group work and 1:1 interventions

Encouraging positive social, emotional and academic development

🌟 We’re Looking For Someone Who:

Has experience working with young children, ideally in an Early Years or KS1 setting

Understands or has experience supporting children with SEND

Is patient, nurturing, and flexible in their approach

Works well within a team and communicates effectively with staff and children

🌈 What We Offer:

A warm, welcoming school community with a strong team ethos

Opportunities for ongoing professional development

A rewarding role helping young children thrive and succeed

Kents Hill School & Nursery may be a small school, but it has a big personality and our wonderful staff know our children extremely well. We are a warm and caring community, where children feel comfortable and confident to be challenged in order to achieve endless possibilities. Together we aim to grow our little people into independent, confident, and successful little learners.

Kents Hill School & Nursery is proud to be part of the Inspiring Futures through Learning family of schools that inspire all our futures through learning together. At Inspiring Futures, we are never alone. We know we are stronger together - one united family striving for excellence for all, in everything we do.

Our children and young people come from a wide range of backgrounds, and so do our colleagues. We aim to reflect and celebrate diversity in our workplace in order to create an inclusive culture that adds real value to our vision of inspiring the futures of us all through learning together.

As part of the Inspiring Futures through Learning Multi Academy Trust, successful candidates will have full access to our staff benefits package, including a bespoke CPD package, discount on high street shops, gym membership, cinema tickets, cycle to work scheme, Employee Assistance Program and much more.

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 Heronshill School and Nursery

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 7
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 93 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 7
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Heronshill School and Nursery website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/kents-hill-school

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