Teaching Assistant / MDSA

Bungay Primary School, Bungay, Suffolk, NR35 1HA

Deadline is today

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  24 October 2025 at 1pm

• Date listed

  1 October 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 - £25,989.00 Annually (FTE) Grade 3, Point 4 to Point 6

Teaching Assistant / MDSA job summary

Post: Teaching Assistant 27.5 hours per week with a Lunchtime Supervisor Role 2.5 hours per week.

Salary: TA Grade 3 point 4 to Grade 3 point 6 £25,185 to £25,989 Pro-Rata , MDSA Grade 2 point 2 £24,413 Pro-Rata

Contract Details: 38 weeks per year

Job Type: Fixed Term until 31/08/2026

Bungay Primary School is a vibrant, thriving community bursting with enthusiastic and vivacious children and staff who are confident, happy and share a genuine love of learning. At Bungay Primary School, every voice matters and as a result children play a pivotal role in school leadership, empowering them every step of the way. Our core school values - Aspire, Encourage, Learn, Achieve, and Celebrate - are woven into the very fabric of our school day, from inspiring assemblies to engaging lessons and the joyful celebration of achievements every Friday.

We are a deeply inclusive school, proactively adapting our learning, curriculum, and provision to ensure every child, with their unique needs, can reach their full potential. Our clear and simple school rules - Ready, Respectful, and Safe - create a positive and supportive environment where everyone can thrive. From sizzling starters that hook children’s interest to exciting visitors and enriching trips, we offer a plethora of opportunities that open their eyes to new experiences and inspire children to achieve great things they never thought possible. What makes our learning truly special is its bespoke nature, where children connect with their local area, exploring the history of the Castle, understanding local farming, and discovering regional artists.

Consistency and collaboration are at the heart of our success. We have cultivated excellent relationships with our parents and the local community, fostering a true partnership. From warm greetings at the school gate to teachers welcoming families at classroom doors, we believe in open communication and a strong sense of belonging. Our popular coffee mornings and parent share sessions actively engage families within our vibrant school community.

Our enthusiastic and dedicated staff are the driving force behind Bungay Primary. They are flexible and adaptable, always putting the needs of the children first. With a commitment to continuous improvement, our staff regularly engage in high-quality professional development, both within the school, across the trust, and externally, ensuring they are at the forefront of educational best practice. Bungay Primary School isn't just in the community; it's at the heart of it.

As a school we pride ourselves in the continuous professional development that we offer our staff and as a result we are welcoming applications from experienced teaching assistants and teaching assistants that might be looking to return back to the profession after a career break.

The person that we are looking for needs to:

• Be highly committed to providing children with the best possible learning opportunities

• Be a teaching assistant who exemplifies excellent classroom practice, behaviour management and high expectations

• Have the skills to build good, supportive relationships with children that are built on mutual understanding and respect

• Have the skills to follow and set clear boundaries and support children to self-regulate enabling them to learn effectively in class, small groups or individually

• Work with dynamic, forward thinking staff who have high aspirations for our children

• Have an understanding of monitoring children’s progress and can provide detailed next steps in learning

• Have high expectations and aspirations for all children

• Lead small group activities or one-on-one instruction

• Be able to adapt teaching methods to meet the needs of individual pupils

• Work well as a member of the whole school team

• Be able to demonstrate initiative

• Have boundless enthusiasm and a keen sense of humour

This post will be based at Bungay Primary School.

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 Bungay Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 214 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Bungay Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/bungay-primary-school

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