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Teaching Assistant
Lift Hockley, Hockley, Essex, SS5 4UR14 days remaining to apply
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
29 September 2026 at 3:10pm
Date listed
15 September 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
- £16598 - £17397 per annum
Teaching Assistant job summary
28 hours per week
Are you passionate about helping children learn, grow and develop their confidence? We are looking for a Teaching Assistant to join Lift Hockley.
About the role
As a Teaching Assistant at Lift Hockley, you will work closely with teachers to help pupils access learning, develop their independence and achieve their potential.
You will get to know pupils' individual learning needs, including specific SEND needs, and provide the right support to help them take part fully in lessons. You will also deliver individual and small-group interventions, promote positive behaviour and support pupils' social, emotional and mental wellbeing, including personal care where required.
Working alongside teachers, the SENDCO, pastoral colleagues and families, you will play an important part in creating a safe, positive and inclusive learning environment where every pupil has the opportunity to succeed.
Key responsibilities
- Support pupils to access learning, including those with specific SEND needs
- Help pupils develop confidence and independent learning skills
- Deliver targeted individual and small-group interventions
- Support teachers with learning, assessment and monitoring pupils' progress
- Promote positive behaviour, wellbeing and an inclusive learning environment
What we're looking for
- GCSE Maths and English at Grade 4 or above, or equivalent, or a willingness to work towards the relevant Functional Skills qualifications
- A Level 3 Teaching Assistant qualification or equivalent, or a willingness to work towards this
- An understanding of how children learn and develop, or a willingness to learn
- Good communication, teamwork and IT skills, or a willingness to develop these
- A patient, calm, resilient and empathetic approach
- A commitment to safeguarding, equality and inclusion
About Lift Hockley
Lift Hockley is a thriving, ambitious primary school where children are at the heart of every decision and where staff are encouraged to grow, develop and make a genuine difference.
We are proud to be a strong school with highly motivated pupils, a caring family ethos and a team of committed staff who share high expectations for every child. Our vision, "Aim High", reflects our determination to achieve strong academic outcomes while giving children exceptional opportunities to develop personally, discover their strengths and find their remarkable.
Set within a beautiful woodland environment, Lift Hockley is a warm, positive school where relationships matter and where pupils and adults enjoy learning together. "Working happily together, inspiring a desire to learn" is more than a statement; it reflects the culture we work hard to create every day.
For the right candidate, Lift Hockley offers the opportunity to join an ambitious and forward-thinking school at an exciting point in its journey, working alongside colleagues who are committed to continually improving what we offer our children.
If you share our belief that every child deserves an excellent education, we would love to hear from you.
Who is Lift Schools?
Lift Schools is made up of 62 primary, secondary and special schools, educating more than 35,000 pupils across the country. We believe education can transform lives - and we want every child in our schools to achieve their full potential.
How we support you
We want you to feel supported, valued and able to grow throughout your career with Lift Schools. From high-quality professional development and career progression to wellbeing support and opportunities to connect and collaborate across our network, we invest in you so you can do your best work.
Discover how we'll support you to thrive, develop and grow your career in the way that's right for you: How we support you
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Lift Schools is committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our colleagues and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a fair and consistent recruitment process which is inline with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Lift Hockley
- Organisation type
- Academy, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- Size
- 331 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Website
- Lift Hockley website
We are so proud to have been judged as an Outstanding School. It is a great privilege to be the Principal of such a thriving school community where high aspirations and a caring family ethos are at the heart of what we do as well as being a part of Lift Schools.
Our school vision begins with the words “Aim High” – we want all of our pupils to achieve high standards academically alongside exceptional personal development.
Our beautiful woodland setting enables our children to learn in calm, peaceful and awe-inspiring surroundings. In the Early Years Foundation stage, outdoor learning is an integral requirement of the curriculum; our children enjoy an extensive woodland setting in which to learn and play together.
“Working happily together inspiring a desire to learn” underpins all that we do and reflects the beliefs of all pupils and staff here at our school. Collectively we build our pupils’ aspirations and give them the skills and learning experiences to achieve them.As our vision makes clear, our school is a space for aspirations. We know, however, that to help realise these aspirations, our school’s focus must be rooted firmly in our children’s success in the present. Here at Lift Hockley, we take inspiration for this task from our natural setting. Just like the woodland surrounding us, our school is a communal space. We share it, we grow within it and, most importantly, we nurture it. Our school has places to sit and feel part of something, places to shelter and places from which to admire the beauty of everything that has grown within it.
We are fortunate to receive tremendous support from our parents and carers. The home school partnership is one of exceptional importance to us as we firmly believe that this is the key to ensuring successful learning for your child.
On arriving at Lift Hockley, you immediately notice the excellent learning behaviour of our pupils and the passion, enthusiasm and friendliness of our staff. We believe that your children’s journey to learning is lifelong and we feel privileged that Lift Hockley is where this very important journey begins.
Mr Jenkins
Principal
Who is Lift Schools?
Lift Schools is made up of 57 primary, secondary and special schools, educating more than 33,000 pupils across the country. We believe education can transform lives – and we want every child in our schools to achieve their full potential.
Our mission:
We will provide an excellent education to every child, in every classroom, every day.
With excellent leadership and teaching in every school, we will help children go on to lead successful and happy lives.
We will work with others beyond our network to benefit more children and communities.
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