4 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    September 2025

  • Closing date

    16 June 2025 at 9am

  • Date listed

    10 June 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Teaching assistant

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Part time

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£23,576.00 - £24,690.00 Annually (FTE) pro rata salary £14,821-15522 (27 hours per week, 38 weeks per annum)

Teaching Assistant job summary

Holmesdale Community Infant School is looking to appoint an enthusiastic, motivated and committed EYFS /KS1 Teaching Assistant commence in September 2025. We welcome applications from part time and full time candidates.

You will be supporting the learning of all children, including those with special educational needs, within mainstream classes. We are committed to all our children achieving their full potential across the expanding range of opportunities we offer them. We would like to recruit an individual who will contribute to this ethos and be proactive in moving our school forward.

The successful candidate will:

  • have a good level of general educational qualifications
  • enjoy working with children and be able to show initiative both in class and group situations
  • have an interest in special educational needs
  • have an understanding of learning and be able to contribute to assessment and planning
  • have high expectations, together with caring attitude and flexibility
  • know how to provide the children with a safe and secure environment

In addition you will:

  • have lots of energy and patience
  • demonstrate good communication skills
  • have a positive, hardworking attitude
  • be able to work effectively within a committed team of TAs and Teachers
  • be committed to inclusion and equality of opportunity
  • cover lunch time duties

In return, we can offer:

  • confident, well-behaved children who are willing learners
  • an enthusiastic, dedicated and friendly staff team
  • positive and supportive parents
  • opportunities for professional growth both within Holmesdale and the wider Greensand Multi Academy Trust
  • membership of a generous Local Government Pension Scheme
  • access to a Multi Academy Trust Staff Shop offering retail and leisure discounts, a cycle to work scheme and a free will writing service
  • access to an Employee Support Service providing access to a wide range of health and wellbeing support, including counselling, physiotherapy, weight management, health and fitness

Interested candidates are warmly invited to contact the school if you would like to discuss the role in more depth.

Exact hours to be confirmed but we may be able to offer a full time, term time position in EYFS, 27 hours per week, across 38 weeks per annum, or a part time position in KS1, four/five mornings, plus lunch duty (term time only). Please get in touch to discuss further. The full time equivalent annual salary is £23,576-24,690 and the pro rata annual salary for 27 hours per week (38 wks / annum) is £14,821-15522.

Please be advised applications will be considered upon receipt and we reserve the right to close the advert early.

Holmesdale Community Infant School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the successful candidate will be required to have an enhanced DBS check and an overseas criminal records check if you have lived or worked outside the UK within the last 10 years. In accordance with KCSIE, online checks will be completed for all shortlisted candidates.

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.

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About Holmesdale Community Infant School

School type
Academy, ages 3 to 7
Education phase
Primary
School size
293 pupils enrolled
Age range
3 to 7
Ofsted report
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School location

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