Teaching Assistant

Hilltop Primary School, Rochester, Kent, ME2 4QN

15 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  May 2025 until July 2025

• Closing date

  18 April 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  24 March 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £24,404.00 - £27,269.00 Annually (FTE) Actual Salary £13,787 - £15,406 based on 25 hours per week

Teaching Assistant job summary

We are seeking enthusiastic and skilled Teaching Assistant to join our dedicated team and contribute to the continued success of our students.

The successful candidate will work alongside the SENCo and class teachers, assisting the children with their work and supporting with pupil behaviour while establishing good relationships with pupils, acting as a role model and responding to individual needs.

This is an exciting opportunity for an individual who is passionate about education and has a desire to make a positive impact on the lives of young people.

In return, we will offer you:

• an incredibly supportive group of colleagues and leaders
• comprehensive induction programme with a commitment to CPD
• Care First employee assistance programme
• non-contributory membership of Benenden private health care cover
• membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme
• two-week half term in October
• cycle to work scheme

For further details on this role and to apply please complete an application form which can be found on the school’s careers page Our Vacancies | Hilltop Primary School

Please confirm within your application, under the personal statement section the hours you wish your application to be considered for.

Visits to the school are strongly encouraged. For further information and to arrange a school visit, please contact Ewa Eddy on 01634 710312 or via email eddye002@hilltopprimary.co.uk

We reserve the right to bring forward the closing date where interest and applications received are high, therefore we encourage early applications

Safeguarding commitment

Beyond Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. All post holders in a regulated activity are subject to appropriate vetting procedures and a satisfactory "Disclosing and Barring Service (DBS) Enhanced check".

Equality & Inclusivity Statement

At Beyond Schools Trust we strive to be a diverse and inclusive workplace where we can ALL be ourselves. We particularly encourage applications from under-represented communities, including but not limited to those who identify as Black, Asian or from a minority ethnic background.

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 are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Hilltop Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 460 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Hilltop Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/hilltop-primary-academy

Hilltop is an oversubscribed two form entry school which has the benefit of a large playing field and a heated indoor swimming pool. The Academy is part of the Skills for Life Trust where there are two Secondary Schools, three Primary Schools and an independent nursery.

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