Teaching Assistant - Maternity Cover

Tower Hill Community Primary School, Witney, Oxfordshire, OX28 6NB

16 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 January 2026

• Closing date

  5 December 2025 at 10:59pm

• Date listed

  19 November 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £25,185.00 Monthly Actual Salary £18,545 pro rata

Teaching Assistant - Maternity Cover job summary

This is a Term-Time only position starting in January and ending on the last day of term in July (contract will end 31st of August).

The role is 32.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday, from 8.30 to 3.30. The salary is Grade 4 with the actual salary £18,545 per year (FTE £25,185), based on 43.60 paid weeks per year paid monthly (this includes 5.6 weeks holiday pay) . A recruitment incentive may be available for the right candidate - £500 in total - £250 following the first 3 months of service and a further £250 at the end of the contract.

We are looking for an excellent Teaching Assistant with vision and a passion for bringing out the best in all children and can make a real difference in our school. Specifically, we would like someone who has the following qualities:

• Calmness

• Empathy

• Enthusiasm

• Flexibility

• Initiative

The successful candidate will:

• Have a positive attitude and dedication to providing the best care for our pupils

• Enjoy working in a collaborative team

• Have a good level of English and maths

We can offer you the following:

• Confident, friendly children who are enthusiastic and keen to learn

• A hard-working, supportive colleagues

• Excellent support from the Teaching and Inclusion Team

• A quirky working environment, with fantastic outdoor facilities including a large sports field, a forest-school Dell and a Library Bus

• The opportunity to make a significant impact on our children and our school

Visitors comment on the warm atmosphere in the school. Our children are friendly, enthusiastic, and welcoming. They strive to do their best and enjoy attending school. We offer candidates the opportunity to join our supportive and motivated team of staff and governors, which offers excellent opportunities for professional development.

To arrange a visit to the school, don't hesitate to get in touch with our Office on 01993 702599 or email office@towerhillschool.org.uk

Tower Hill School is part of the River Learning Trust (RLT).

Education has the power to change lives, communities and society for the better. At RLT we believe that we can achieve more for our pupils, trainees, staff and communities by working together rather than alone. Schools in RLT are united by a common belief in the benefits of working together, and by our commitment to shared principles.

OUR VISION is for our schools and SCITT to improve rapidly, continuously and sustainably: to be better faster together.

OUR ‘WHY?’ is that children and young people ‘only get one go’ in school and therefore as part of RLT we aim to ensure the best possible ‘go’ for our pupils.

OUR ‘HOW?’ is through the highest support and challenge for our schools and each other, underpinned by our principles.

Our employees benefit from a wide variety of support including extensive continuing professional learning and development opportunities, wellbeing and staff networks and access to Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (TPS and LGPS) for all staff. For more information on what it is like to work for the Trust, and the benefits you could access, please see our “Working in RLT” guide.

This role includes regulated activity relevant to children.

The school reserves the right to consider and interview candidates ahead of the closing date if appropriate. An offer may be made to an exceptional candidate in this instance.

The River Learning Trust and Tower Hill Primary School are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and preventing extremism. The Trust is required to conduct a variety of checks and online searches about you as part of their recruitment process in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. It is an offence to apply for certain roles within schools if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

For all RLT Safer Recruitment Documentation candidates should click on the following link RLT Safer Recruitment Documents for Candidates. Please see our website for up to date policies including our Child Protection and Behaviour Policies.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. For further guidance for applicants click on this link List of offences that are not filtered

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

The River Learning Trust and Tower Hill School are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and preventing extremism. The Trust is required to conduct a variety of checks and online searches about you as part of their recruitment process in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. It is an offence to apply for certain roles within schools if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.

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 Tower Hill Community Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 186 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Tower Hill Community Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/tower-hill-community-primary-school

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