Teaching Assistant - Maternity Cover

Castle Hill Junior School, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 6QD

13 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  January 2026

• Closing date

  8 December 2025 at 1pm

• Date listed

  25 November 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: £25,185.00 Annually (FTE) Grade 3, Point 4

Teaching Assistant - Maternity Cover job summary

Castle Hill Infant and Junior Schools are established schools based in Ipswich. We are two schools, working as one. We are part of a thriving multi-academy trust, ASSET Education.

We are incredibly proud of our schools; our curriculum is inspiring and engaging, supporting pupils to uncover new worlds and opportunities.

We have high expectations for our learners to achieve and develop them to be active members of our school community through our values of PASSION, RESILIENCE, INTEGRITY, DETERMINATION and EQUITY

We nurture the whole child; understanding the importance of developing pupils socially, emotionally and culturally. Castle Hill is proudly inclusive. Everyone is valued and celebrated within our community. All are lifelong members of #TeamCastleHill. If you would like to find out more about our incredible schools, contact our office to arrange a visit. We can't wait to show you around.

Be your best, give it your all, do it with PRIDE

We are offering an exciting opportunity for a motivated and committed teaching assistant to join our team to work in upper KS2, to start in January to cover maternity leave. This is expected to be until at least 31 August 2026. Experience is welcomed but full training will be given. You will be

consistently good / outstanding classroom assistant

committed to achieving high standards

flexible and can use their own initiative, understanding a range of duties

able to work independently and as part of a team

resilient, hardworking and self-motivated

able to adapt to suit the needs of individual learners

• able to manage change well, and support children in a variety of situation

You will:

Be required to provide support in small groups

Be a team player who is solution focused, patient and caring.

Have the ability to think on your feet and use your own initiative.

Have a good knowledge of or be prepared to learn about sensory strategies and how to use these to support children to self-regulate or be willing to learn.

Have an understanding of different communication methods.

Provide support for children by implementing an effective range of learning strategies to ensure outstanding learning outcomes for all students

Work closely with the class teacher

Liaise with teaching staff to plan and deliver classroom support

This post will be reporting directly to one of our Phase Leaders and will be based at Castle Hill.

For further details, or to arrange an initial discussion with the Headteacher Jennifer Smith, please contact:

Joanne Sparkhall, Office Manager, jsparkhall@castlehillprimary.org.uk 01473 741758

Please also see our website - https://www.castlehillprimary.org.uk/

We welcome visits to the school. For an informal tour please contact the school office to arrange.

ASSET Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.

The successful candidate will have to meet the requirements of the job description and will be subject to pre-employment checks including an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and children's barred list check, health check, online search and satisfactory references. Copies of our safeguarding and safer recruitment policies are available on request.

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 Castle Hill Junior School

• School type: Academy, ages 7 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 286 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 7 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Castle Hill Junior School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/castle-hill-junior-school-ipswich

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