Teaching Assistant - Level 2

Blackfen School for Girls, Sidcup, Kent, DA15 9NU

25 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  2 November 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  8 October 2026

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: 27.5 hours per week, 8.30am until 15.10pm, Monday - Friday
• Contract type: Permanent
• Actual salary: £19,467- £19,745

What skills and experience we're looking for

Good literacy skills

Good numeracy skills

Ability to communicate well

Professional and pro-active

What the school offers its staff

• Local Government Pension Scheme

• Automatic Incremental Progression

• Employee Assistance Programme

• Kaarp Benefits Scheme

• Effective CPD opportunities

• Excellent ICT facilities

• Opportunities for flexible working

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.

Our Governors want to appoint a Teaching Assistant Level 2 who will join our Team of Teaching Assistants in the Special Educational Needs Department.

Candidates will need good literacy, numeracy and ICT skills to be able to support pupils in a variety of curriculum areas. Previous experience of working with children in primary or secondary school is preferred.

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 job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

Job Description and Person Specification.pdf - 43.3 KB (opens in new tab)

About Blackfen School for Girls

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 1324 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Blackfen School for Girls website
• Email address: vacancies@blackfen.bexley.sch.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/blackfen-school-for-girls

Blackfen school is an 11-18 non-selective school in the London Borough of Bexley. The school has 1350 students and around 330 of those are in our thriving mixed sixth form. Our school motto is “raising aspirations – releasing potential” which continues to be a key focus for the school.


To us “raising aspirations – releasing potential” is not just about results.  We aim to develop our young people as citizens who readily take on responsibility.  As a school we know that we have a key role to play in this.  We want our young people to develop confidence and self- esteem through a variety of opportunities available to them. 

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