Teaching Assistant (Level 2)

Brookside Primary School, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE2 4FU

24 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  1st November 2026

• Closing date

  18 September 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  24 August 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 (Actual) Actual salary - £16409 to £16669 per annum (64.14% FTE)

Teaching Assistant (Level 2) job summary

Monday to Friday, 9.00am to 3.00pm

Until July 2027

Brookside Primary School is looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated Teaching Assistant to work with children with special educational needs in Key Stage 2. The successful candidate will be conscientious and organised with a passion for working with and motivating children. The role will involve standard TA duties supporting children with special educational needs, both one-to-one, and with small groups including other children. Excellent communication and personable skills are essential.

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.

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

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 431 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• 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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