Teaching Assistant (Level 2)

Brookside Primary School, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE2 4FU

12 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  19 August 2026

• Closing date

  24 June 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  12 June 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £25,583.00 - £25,989.00 Annually (FTE)

Teaching Assistant (Level 2) job summary

Brookside Primary School is looking for enthusiastic and highly motivated Teaching Assistants to work with children with special educational needs. The successful candidate will be conscientious and organised with a passion for working with and motivating children. Both roles will involve standard TA duties supporting a child with special educational needs, both one-to-one, and with small groups including other children. Excellent communication and personable skills are essential.

The Roles:

Year 2, working Mondays and Tuesdays, 8.30am to 3.30pm,13 hours per week, £7,757 to £7,879 pro rata salary (30.32% FTE)

Year 5, working Monday to Friday, 9.00am to 3.00pm, 27.5 hours per week, £16,409 to £16,669 pro rata salary (64.14% FTE)

Brookside Primary School provides a friendly, supportive environment where all staff are valued. Pupil achievement is due to the high commitment of staff in partnership with parents and carers. We are committed to providing pupils and staff the opportunity to grow their talents and realise their potential. All staff at Brookside are provided with welfare cover under our staff absence insurance which includes access to physiotherapy, nursing advice and much more.

Please refer to the Job Descriptions and Person Specifications for full details of these roles. We look forward to receiving your application. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any queries, or if you would like to arrange a visit to see the school.

Safeguarding Statement

Brookside Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

GDPR

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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 Brookside Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 440 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Brookside Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/brookside-primary-school-leicester

Brookside is a large primary school and shares a site with Manor High School, with whom we have very close links. Brookside is part of the Oak Multi Academy Trust. There are 5 schools in the trust,
namely, Manor High School, Woodland Grange, Overdale Infants, Overdale Juniors and ourselves.
We are all like-minded schools with the same goals and interests but equally each one of us serve our own community and have our own unique identity. We are ambitious for all our pupils and work together to ensure our schools are outstanding. We are known as an innovative, creative trust, committed to working together for all our pupils.

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