Teaching Assistant (Inclusion Support)

Kingdown School, Warminster, Wiltshire, BA12 9DR

13 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 December 2025

• Closing date

  6 October 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  23 September 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £15.06 per hour (£29,064 pro rata per annum)

Teaching Assistant (Inclusion Support) job summary

Kingdown School is looking to appoint a caring and motivated Teaching Assistant to provide inclusion support to students in its Behaviour Hub, on a maternity cover contract. This is a wonderful opportunity to join its dedicated team, who are committed to helping all young people believe, aspire and achieve.

Working Hours: Part time (30 hours per week, Monday – Friday, 39 weeks per year, includes teacher Training Days). Contract: Maternity cover (effective from December 2025). Required: December 2025

Kingdown School is a co-educational, non-denominational secondary school and sixth form, educating young people between the ages of 11 and 18 years. We have a strong reputation in the local community and beyond, built on an unswerving focus on the quality of teaching and learning and great pastoral care. Ranked in the top 10 secondary schools in Wiltshire, our school is located in the charming garrison town of Warminster, with excellent links to Salisbury, Bath, Bristol and the South-West. We are an academy under Acorn Education Trust, which provides exciting opportunities to collaborate and improve local education.

As an Inclusion Teaching Assistant, you must be able to work across all age ranges and abilities within our school and be prepared to work flexibly to support students with complex needs, including those requiring SEN and behavioural support and liaising with SLT, teachers and SENCO. The role will require you to oversee and support pupils with behavioural needs, so experience in this area is desirable. You will work in our Behaviour Hub, alongside a dedicated team of other teaching assistants and the wider SEND team.

We are looking for someone who:

•  Has a passion for delivering high quality and exciting opportunities for young people;
• Has strong interpersonal and communication skills and is able to work with a variety of pupils, staff and parents
• Has superb attention to detail and organisational skills;
• Is self-motivated dedicated and consistent;
• Enjoys working with young people and can develop good working relationships with them;
• Has the ability to deal with new challenging situations;
• Can be a strong team player as well as use your own initiative;
• Has a positive and flexible attitude;
• Understands and is sympathetic to the needs of young people, including their social, emotional and mental wellbeing;
• Has experience of supporting student’s learning;
• Has a current First Aid or is prepared to undertake training;
• Has experience working with young people with behavioural needs and /or is willing to undertake training to support young people with such needs.

We can offer the successful candidate:

• An ambitious and vibrant place to work, with enthusiastic children and staff who are passionate about learning;
• A workplace where everyone feels valued and supported;
• Opportunities for training and progression;
• The support of Acorn Education Trust, with excellent opportunities to work with experienced colleagues;
• A supportive and clearly defined induction procedure.

For information about this role, including a full Job Description and Person Specification, please read our Applicant Information Pack. If you have any additional questions, please contact our school admin office on: 01985-215551

Closing Date: Monday 6th October 2025 at 12pm

Interview Date: w/c Monday 6th October 2025

Please note: while the closing date for applications has been set, we reserve the right to interview and appoint a suitable candidate upon receipt of an exceptional application. Therefore, we would encourage prompt application for this position.

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 Kingdown School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1403 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Kingdown School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/kingdown-school

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