Teaching Assistant (Maternity Cover)
Bellefield Primary and Nursery School, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, BA14 8TE27 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
17 November 2026 at 9am
Date listed
21 October 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
- £26,847 - £27,709 per annum pro rata | £13,530 - £14,281 per annum
Teaching Assistant (Maternity Cover) job summary
The working hours for this role are expected to be 22.25 hours per week. 2.5 of these weekly hours are to be worked as an MDSA. The start date for this role is as soon as possible.
At Bellefield, our Teaching Assistants play a key role in supporting pupils to thrive both academically and personally. Working closely with teachers and the wider school team, you will help deliver engaging learning experiences, support children's individual needs, and promote confidence, independence, and inclusion across the school. The role involves assisting pupils with their learning, monitoring progress, and helping to create a positive and nurturing classroom environment where every child can succeed. You will work collaboratively with colleagues, families, and external professionals to ensure pupils receive the support they need to reach their full potential. In addition to your Teaching Assistant responsibilities, you will work as a Midday Supervisory Assistant for 2.5 hours per week, supporting the school during the lunch period and helping to ensure pupils enjoy a safe, positive, and well-supervised break. We are looking for a caring, enthusiastic, and adaptable individual who is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. This is a rewarding opportunity to join the dedicated team at Bellefield and make a meaningful difference to the lives of young people every day. As a member of staff within our Trust, you will contribute to a collaborative working environment and play a key role in supporting the learning and development of all pupils.
For a complete Job Description, Person Specification, and Candidate Briefing Pack, please view the attached documents. We recommend viewing these documents as they will guide you in preparing a strong application and help you understand what we’re looking for in an ideal candidate.
About EQUA Mead Learning Trust
EQUA Mead Learning Trust is a leading educational institution based in Wiltshire. Dedicated to providing high-quality education to students from diverse backgrounds. Members of staff across EQUA Mead will be committed to improving the life chances of the pupils we educate and ensure we give Every Child, Every Chance. As a growing Trust, currently educating almost 6000 pupils across 22 different schools (pre-school, primary, secondary, and sixth form) we are immensely proud of our staff and endeavour to be an employer of choice. This is an exciting time as we continue to grow the number of schools and children we support.
Important Application Information
When completing your application, please ensure that you add at least 2 references, with the first being your most recent employer. Please ensure that you read the attached referencing guidelines to familiarise yourself with our process.
As part of our safer recruitment procedures, it is important that references are requested and, wherever possible, obtained before the interview. Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) guidance states that references should be sought before interview wherever possible and should be scrutinised as part of the recruitment process to help ensure that only suitable individuals are appointed to work with children.
Early applications are encouraged, as we reserve the right to interview before the closing date. Your application must include a full employment history, accounting for any periods of time where you were not in active employment. If this is not included it may not be possible to consider your application. To comply with safer recruitment regulations, we cannot accept applications using a CV. An incomplete application will not be considered.
This role will involve contact with children, and the post holder will be engaged in regulated activity relevant to children and will be subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check before appointment is confirmed.
We will only submit a DBS application to the relevant disclosure service when a position is accepted.
Further information about the job
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Bellefield Primary and Nursery School
- Organisation type
- Academy, Church of England, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- Size
- 317 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
Bellefield Primary and Nursery School is a very friendly and welcoming school with a happy and hard working team of staff. We are highly inclusive and put our children at the heart of everything that we do. We are a primary school with a Nursery on site as well as a Resource Base . We support a diverse range of children including a higher than average proportion of EAL and SEND children.
We have an excellent staff team who go the extra mile to create an environment and curriculum where the children thrive, are happy and make good progress. As a church school, we have a strong Christian ethos and our key values, which are Respect, Responsibility, Friendship, Honesty and Courage, form the basis of our day to day lives at Bellefield.
We are proud to be part of the EQUA Mead Learning Trust; a leading educational institution based in Wiltshire. Dedicated to providing high-quality education to students from diverse backgrounds. Members of staff across EQUA Mead will be committed to improving the life chances of the pupils we educate and ensure we give Every Child, Every Chance.
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