Teaching Assistant

Long Lane Primary School, Reading, Berkshire, RG31 6YG

10 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  16 October 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  6 October 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Full time: Monday to Friday, 8.45 to 3.15. Term time only.
• Contract type: Permanent
• Hourly rate: £13.27

What skills and experience we're looking for

• Able to deliver learning activities with an individual or a group of children according to their needs under the direction of a teacher or lead a class as an HLTA.
• Committed to developing good relationships with; staff at the school, children, parents and outside agencies.
• Friendly, caring, hard working and supportive with high expectations.
• Able to support our lunchtime team.
• Supportive of our therapeutic approach.

What the school offers its staff

• A warm, friendly staff with a caring and professional ethos
• Bespoke training and professional development
• An amazing and inclusive community that put children at the heart of everything we do

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

Long Lane Primary School is committed to safeguarding children and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All shortlisted candidates will be asked to complete a criminal records self-disclosure form and successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks along with other relevant employment checks.
This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

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.

About Long Lane Primary School

• Organisation type: Local authority maintained school, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 212 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Long Lane Primary School website
• Email address: office@longlane.w-berks.sch.uk
• Phone number: 01189427187
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/long-lane-primary-school

Long Lane Primary is a Community School, opened in April 1966 and maintained by West Berkshire Council. There are around 214 children on roll who are taught in seven classes. We invest in Teaching Assistants, who support the work of whole classes, small groups, and individual children.
We have a large playing field, two smaller playgrounds, one large playground and an outdoor learning environment, which serves the needs of the Foundation Stage children. We are also working on an outdoor area for Year 1 and Year 2.
The school is very well equipped with ICT equipment and has a suite with 15 PCs, 2 or 3 computers in each classroom and from Reception to Year 6 each room has an Interactive Whiteboard or a large screen TV. Our whole school network encompasses all 45 PCs. We have wireless connectivity across virtually the whole site. In order to make the most of the technology we have a class set of 30 android tablets called Learnpads. The children love using them!
Teaching is class based and children are grouped within their classes for Maths and English. Children are given learning activities to complete with parents at home, called Shared Learning, as well as other regular activities to practice. Our reading scheme uses a colour coding system and draws upon books from a variety of publishers. We also have a Long Lane Reading List for recommendations to read or purchase.
The school believes in the many benefits to be derived from music and through visiting teachers currently offers tuition in Strings, Drums, Guitar, Brass, Violin, Woodwind, Piano and Keyboard and we have a school choir. We offer a variety of after school clubs, many of a sporting nature, which teachers and outside organisations run on a termly basis.
We have a simple uniform policy which is popular with parents and children alike.
The Long Lane Parent Teacher Association (PTA), a charity run by volunteer parents, is active and well supported by parents. It raises in the region of £7,000 each year, which is spent on various activities and resources at the School’s request.
The Governing Board is drawn from a variety of backgrounds including finance, legal, healthcare, secondary education, local council and school staff. The work of the governors is divided between three committees.

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