Teaching Assistant Level 2 (Maternity Cover)

Burford CofE Primary School, Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire, WR15 8AT

19 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  15 October 2025 at 1pm

• Date listed

  25 September 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £13.47 Hourly

Teaching Assistant Level 2 (Maternity Cover) job summary

BURFORD C.E. PRIMARY SCHOOL

Maternity Cover Teaching Assistant Level 2 (Grade 5) 25 hours a week. Term time only.

1 year Fixed Term to 31st October 2026

To start as soon as possible

Burford C of E Primary School are looking to appoint a committed, talented, specialised SEN Teaching Assistant to join our successful friendly team.

We are a nurturing school, set in Burford, a growing Shropshire village, separated from the Market town of Tenbury Wells (Worcestershire) by the River Teme, which acts as the county boundary.

We empower our staff and support them through our Christian foundations and values. You will be working alongside committed and dedicated colleagues.

As part of the Diocese of Hereford Multi Academy Trust, we work alongside other schools supporting and inspiring, both staff and children, allowing us to reach our full potential.

Are you enthusiastic, professional and committed to nurturing and supporting our children, allowing them to flourish? If so, then we will offer you a team that will support and encourage you.

We are seeking to appoint a SEN Teaching Assistant who:

• Has specialist knowledge of strategies to support children on the SEN register
• Has a flexible approach and ability to work as part of a team
• Is willing to participate fully in all aspects of school life
• Can work closely, communicating effectively, with an experienced and skilled SENDCo and classteachers and other staff
• Has the ability to think on their feet and use their initiative
• Is motivated , passionate and reflective about their work
• Has a commitment to professional development and the skills to engage positively with practitioners, parents/carers and families

The school and Trust can offer you:-

• The opportunity to work in a happy and vibrant school
• Well behaved, enthusiastic and motivated children
• A talented, dedicated and supportive team

Visits to the school are very much welcomed.

A job description is attached.

In your application please describe your particular strengths and interests, and how they can relate to the above criteria, and please do add any other attributions you feel to be relevant.

Closing date is 15th October 2026 and Interviews will be held on 21st October.

Thank you very much for your interest in the post.

Please feel free to make an appointment to visit the school if you would like to, and ask any further questions you may have, by contacting our School Business Manager, Ms Piper, on 01584 810244 or email admin@burford.shropshire.sch.uk. To apply for this post please follow the following link https://www.dhmat.org.uk/topic/vacancies

The Diocese of Hereford Multi Academy Trust and Governors are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expects all staff, and volunteers, to share the same commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check and will follow a safer recruitment policy.

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 Burford CofE Primary School

• School type: Academy, Church of England, ages 5 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 144 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 5 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Burford CofE Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/burford-cofe-primary-school

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