Teaching Assistant / MDSA
Bungay Primary School, Bungay, Suffolk, NR35 1HA23 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
6 June 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
13 May 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
- £24,404.00 - £25,183.00 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 £24,404 to £25,183 Pro-Rata MDSA Grade 2 point 2 £20,258 Pro-Rata Contract Details: 38 weeks per year Job Type: Fixed Term until 31/08/2026 Shortlisting Date: Friday 6th June 2025 (noon)
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.
For further details, or to arrange an initial discussion with the Headteacher, please contact:
Amy Chambers, Headteacher at Bungay Primary School, Wingfield Street, Bungay Suffolk, NR351HA.
Telephone Number: 01986 892209 or email: office@bungayprimary.co.uk for more details.
Please also see our website – www.bungayprimary.co.uk
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.
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 are not accepted.
About Bungay Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 186 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Bungay Primary School website
School location
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