Teaching Assistant: Maternity cover

The Heights Primary School, Reading, RG4 7LB

52 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  15 September 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  22 July 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: £10,000.00 Annually (Actual)

Teaching Assistant: Maternity cover job summary

‘Pupils enjoy coming to this exceptional school.

It puts pupils’ learning at the centre of everything it does.’

Ofsted 2024

The Heights Primary School is a two form entry school, situated in Caversham Heights, Reading. We want the very best for every child in our school and as staff we work hard to ensure our children are happy and safe, so they ‘Learn, Enjoy and Succeed’ every day. Our pupils’ behaviour and welfare is exemplary, our curriculum offer is outstanding and our academic outcomes across the school are well above national average.

We are excited to offer a fixed term opportunity for a Teaching Assistant to join our exceptional school community from September 2025, to provide maternity cover during the absence of the current postholder.

We are looking for someone who:

• Puts the children at the heart of everything they do

• Is patient, nurturing and motivational with a positive ‘can do’ attitude

• Is committed to delivering exciting and innovative learning experience for pupils of all needs and abilities

• Is able to use their own initiative and also work under direction

In return for your hard work and dedication we can offer you:

• An exciting opportunity to join a strong, caring and committed team of staff

• Incredibly enthusiastic, well-behaved and motivated pupils

• An extremely engaged and supportive community

• A warm and contemporary environment situated in a beautiful setting

  Application Procedure
  Please telephone 0118 3570123 or email recruitment@theheightsprimary.co.uk to arrange a visit to meet a member of the Senior Leadership Team who will be happy to show you around the school and answer any questions you may have about the post.

  Application process through My New Term. Applications will be considered on receipt after which suitable candidates will be invited to interview. Closing date: Monday 15th September. Interviews to be held: Wednesday 17th September.

  The Heights is fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.

  We welcome applicants from under-represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.

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 The Heights Primary School

• School type: Free School, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 359 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: The Heights Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-heights-primary-school

The Heights is an outstanding school in the Caversham Heights community which opened in September 2014. It currently has approximately 350 children from Reception to Year 6.

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