Teaching Assistant

Highfield South Farnham School, Farnham, Surrey, GU9 8QH

41 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  21 November 2025

• Closing date

  2 January 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  21 November 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Salary: £18,261 (FTE £24,131)

Teaching Assistant job summary

We would like to appoint a Teaching Assistant to work within our Trust at Highfield South Farnham school. 

The Role is to support teaching and learning in the classroom alongside the teacher.  The position requires good interpersonal skills and a strong desire to develop and support children in all areas of school. 

Highfield South Farnham is part of South Farnham Educational Trust which is a multi-academy trust which currently consists of ten schools. We also have an associate member of the Trust - St Mary's C of E (Aided) Infant School. Our thriving School Centred Initial Teacher Training establishment (SCITT) is an outstanding, innovative, well-established and highly respected provider of Primary and Secondary Initial Teacher Training. It has over 100 trainees and from September 2021 South Farnham School was awarded Teaching School Hub status.

Highfield South Farnham School is a two-form entry primary school with a Nursery, catering for children from three years. Since working with the Trust it has become an ‘Outstanding’ school with a rapidly growing reputation for high-quality provision.

Hours of Work are 8.30am - 3.15pm and also lunchtime supervision of children.

Total Hours: 32.5hrs a week, term time only. 

Please see the enclosed job description for full details on the role and responsibilities.

We reserve the right to withdraw this vacancy at any time ahead of the closing date if there is a good level of response. Therefore, we recommend you submit your application as early as possible and you are welcome to arrange a visit to meet the team.

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 Highfield South Farnham School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 487 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Highfield South Farnham School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/highfield-south-farnham-school

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