Teaching Assistant

Nythe Primary School, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN3 3RR

12 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  5th January 2026

• Closing date

  9 December 2025 at 10:59pm

• Date listed

  27 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: £25,583.00 - £25,989.00 Annually (FTE) Full Time - Term Time 39 weeks per year

Teaching Assistant job summary

Nythe Primary School is looking to appoint 2 outstanding KS2 teaching assistants who are resourceful, enthusiastic and self-motivated. We would like someone with a tolerant and compassionate nature, a sense of humour and the ability to work both on their own and as part of our supportive team.

This role is 30 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 8.45am - 3.15pm, Term Time plus one week 39 weeks per year

Our ideal candidate would be:

• An outstanding KS2 teaching assistant with experience of supporting children with special educational needs.
• Fully committed to inclusion.
• Friendly, positive, flexible and energetic. Someone with high expectations.
• A team player.
• Able to complete observations and assessments, and support with record keeping.
• Able to run interventions with instruction from the class teacher
• Good numeracy/literacy skills to GCSE grade 4 level or above.

In return we offer:

• A committed, hardworking and friendly team,
• A supportive leadership team.
• Opportunities for professional development.
• Use of a dedicated, well resourced intervention space.
• Use of a fully-resourced sensory room.

As an Academy we work within the support of Excalibur Academies Trust, which offers our employees many wide ranging opportunities for future professional development.

Closing date: 9th December 2025

Interviews: W/C 15th December 2025 (We will consider interviewing and closing early for the right candidate)

Nythe Primary School and Excalibur Academies Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All applicants will be subject to a full Disclosure and Barring Service check before appointment is confirmed.

Safeguarding Statement

Excalibur Academies Trust is an equal opportunities employer. The Trust is proud to serve a diverse student and parent community. The aims of the Trust’s recruitment policy are to ensure that the best possible staff are recruited on the basis of their merits, abilities and suitability for the position; to ensure that all job applicants are considered equally and consistently; to ensure that no job applicant is treated unfairly on any grounds including race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or religious belief, sex or sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, gender reassignment, disability or age; and to ensure that the School meets its commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people by carrying out all necessary pre employment checks.

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.

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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 Nythe Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 176 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Nythe Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/nythe-primary-school-swindon

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