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  • Start date details

    ASAP

  • Closing date

    31 December 2023 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    27 September 2023

Job details

Job role

  • Teaching assistant

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Fixed term

Full-time equivalent salary

£17,697.00 - £17,992.00 Annually (Actual)

Teaching Assistant job summary

Teaching Assistant - “Inspire through Creativity, Kindness and Adventure”

Larkrise Primary School, Part of The River Learning Trust, Oxford, OX4 4AN

From 1st September 2023 to 31st August 2024

Are you considering a career in education?

33 hrs/week Term Time Only

Grade 4 £17697 to £17992 (Actual)

Possibility of additional salary for working in before, after school and holiday childcare.


We are seeking applications from experienced TAs as well as those new to the role.


You could be a recent graduate, school leaver or someone looking to move into the education sector. We believe that your success in our school is more dependent on your values and commitment rather than your experience.

Are you already an experienced TA or considering a career in education? Are you looking for an exciting challenge to continue to develop a school which has made rapid progress in the last two years? Would you like to work in a school that works to Inspire through Creativity, Kindness and Adventure? Where 98% of parents would recommend the school to other parents and where 100% of staff feel that their work has a strong purpose and makes a positive difference to the lives of children. Do you want a role where you will be making a difference in children’s lives and their future? Larkrise Primary School needs excellent Teaching Assistants with vision and a passion for working with our children in Lower School (aged 3 to 6) Middle School (aged 6 to 9) or Upper School (aged 9 to 11). Please state your preference in your application.

Can you motivate and support children to learn? Can you work with the Larkrise team to provide an excellent education? If so, we can offer the right candidate enthusiastic children, passionate staff and committed PTA (Friends of Larkrise) and Governors. Our leaders are ambitious for the staff, children and wider school community and are committed to your continued professional development and learning. We have extensive experience of supporting graduates to go onto the School-Centred Initial Teacher Training. We currently have three teachers at Larkrise that went through this programme and now teach full time at Larkrise. We also have a number of school leaver TAs who have gone onto University and will return to Lakrise to complete their SCITT.

Our school is part of the River Learning Trust: Education has the power to change lives, communities and society for the better. At RLT we believe that we can achieve more for our pupils, trainees, staff and communities by working together rather than alone. All of the schools in RLT are united by a common belief in the benefits of working together, and by our commitment to our shared principles.

OUR VISION is for our schools and SCITT to improve rapidly, continuously and sustainably: to be better faster together.

OUR ‘WHY?’ is that children and young people ‘only get one go’ in school and therefore as part of RLT we aim to ensure the best possible ‘go’ for our pupils.

OUR ‘HOW?’ is through the highest support and challenge for our schools and each other, underpinned by our principles.

Our employees benefit from a wide variety of support including wide ranging continuing professional learning and development opportunities, wellbeing and staff networks and access to Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (TPS and LGPS) for all staff. For more information on what it is like to work for the Trust, and the benefits you could access, please see our “Working in RLT” guide.

This role includes regulated activity relevant to children.

To find out more about this role, the schools and the Trust, please visit our website www.riverlearningtrust.org or go directly to https://www.larkriseprimary.org/vacancies/.

Application forms should be made via MyNewTerm

Closing date: This has been set at 31.12.2023, but we will be shortlisting and interviewing as applications are received.

Shortlisting and Interview date: Interviews will take place as applications are received.

The River Learning Trust and Larkrise Primary School are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and preventing extremism. The Trust is required to conduct a variety of checks and online searches about you as part of their recruitment process in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. It is an offence to apply for certain roles within schools if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

For all RLT Safer Recruitment Documentation candidates should click on the following link RLT Safer Recruitment Documents for Candidates

Our staff are expected to maintain high standards of ethics and behaviour, within and outside school, by not undermining fundamental British values including democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect, and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs.

What benefits does the Trust offer to its employees?

A Defined Benefit Pension Scheme with favourable terms for all employees

(Teachers Pension for Teachers; LGPS for Support Staff)

Moving from the public sector? Those without a break in service can be reassured that RLT will recognise their continuous service.

Employee centred and family friendly policies and practises that support you in and beyond your workplace.

Offering flexible working wherever we can, in order to support the work life balance of our employees.

Enhanced sick pay, maternity leave, paternity leave and parental leave.

Competitive holiday entitlement for support staff (minimum 24 days rising to 32 day plus bank holidays per annum - dependent on grade of role and length of service)

Cycle to work scheme

Funded eye tests and glasses for DSE users (subject to T/Cs)

Commitment to safeguarding

The River Learning Trust and Larkrise Primary School are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and preventing extremism. The Trust is required to conduct a variety of checks and online searches about you as part of their recruitment process in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. It is an offence to apply for certain roles within schools if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
For all RLT Safer Recruitment Documentation candidates should click on the following link RLT Safer Recruitment Documents for Candidates

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About Larkrise Primary School

School type
Academy, ages 3 to 11
Education phase
Primary
School size
418 pupils enrolled
Age range
3 to 11

Larkrise is a vibrant and diverse city school.

School location

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