Teaching Assistant

Ilketshall St Lawrence School, Beccles, Suffolk, NR34 8ND

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  TBC

• Closing date

  25 November 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  11 November 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: £24,413.00 - £25,185.00 Annually (FTE) Grade 2, point 2 to Point 4

Teaching Assistant job summary

Contract Details: 5 days a week, 8.30am-3.30pm (unpaid 12-1pm for lunch) 30 hours a week

Job Type: Fixed term contract

As a school we pride ourselves in the continuous professional development that we offer our staff and as a result we are welcoming applications from experienced teaching assistants and teaching assistants that might be looking to return back to the profession after a career break.

The person that we are looking for needs to:

• Be highly committed to providing children with the best possible learning opportunities

• Be a teaching assistant who exemplifies excellent classroom practice, behaviour management and high expectations

• Have the skills to build good, supportive relationships with children that are built on mutual understanding and respect

• Have the skills to follow and set clear boundaries and support children to self-regulate enabling them to learn effectively in class, small groups or individually

• Work with dynamic, forward thinking staff who have high aspirations for our children

• Have an understanding of monitoring children’s progress and can provide detailed next steps in learning

• Have high expectations and aspirations for all children

• Lead small group activities or one-on-one instruction

• Be able to adapt teaching methods to meet the needs of individual pupils

• Work well as a member of the whole school team

• Be able to demonstrate initiative

• Have boundless enthusiasm and a keen sense of humour

This post will be reporting directly to the class teacher and will based at Ilketshall St Lawrence Primary.

For further details, or to arrange an initial discussion with the Headteacher, please contact:

Sarah Orves, Headteacher, Ilketshall St Lawrence School - sarah.orves@ilketshallstlawrenceprimary.co.uk

ASSET Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.

The successful candidate will have to meet the requirements of the job description and will be subject to pre-employment checks including an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and children's barred list check, health check, online search and satisfactory references. Copies of our safeguarding and safer recruitment policies are available on request.

Please also see our website - https://www.ilketshallstlawrenceprimary.co.uk/

ASSET Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.

The successful candidate will have to meet the requirements of the job description and will be subject to pre-employment checks including an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and children's barred list check, health check, online search and satisfactory references. Copies of our safeguarding and safer recruitment policies are available on request.

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 Ilketshall St Lawrence School

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 101 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Ilketshall St Lawrence School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/ilketshall-st-lawrence-school-beccles

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