Teaching Assistant

Hope Hamilton CofE Primary School, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE5 1LU

9 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  21st August 2025

• Closing date

  3 July 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  20 June 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £17,287.00 Annually (Actual)

Teaching Assistant job summary

30 hours per week, 39 weeks per year

Monday - Friday 8.45am - 3.15pm

Fixed Term - Maternity Cover

Hope Hamilton Primary School is a friendly, nurturing church school based in Leicester. We provide fantastic provision for children from the local community. The school prides itself on its inclusive nurturing approach and strives to ensure that all pupils thrive and have a brilliant start to their education!

We are looking for a Teaching Assistant to join our team. The ideal candidate will be someone who has:

• Previous experience of working with and supporting children of relevant age in a school environment.
• Good communication skills and a willingness to work constructively as part of a supportive team.
• Good Literacy and Numeracy skills.
• Ability to build successful working relationships with both children, staff and parents.
• Personal commitment to on-going professional development.

In return, we can offer you:

• A welcoming and caring school, that encourages everyone to give their best at all times, that aims to contribute all they can to our life as a school community
• A collaborative and supportive school community that is underpinned by the Christian ethos, driven by a shared passion of children’s welfare and education
• A rewarding and exciting working environment, that inspires and challenges within a supportive and welcoming atmosphere.

If this sounds like the perfect job opportunity and you’d like to join our family, we would like to hear from you! Visits to the school are warmly welcomed, please call the school office to arrange.

Hope Hamilton Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS clearance.

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 Hope Hamilton CofE Primary School

• School type: Academy, Church of England, ages 5 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 447 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 5 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Hope Hamilton CofE Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/hope-hamilton-cofe-primary-school-leicester

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