Teaching Assistant - One day per week

Charlbury Primary School, Oxfordshire, OX7 3TX

17 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  20 March 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  3 March 2026

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 Annually (FTE) Actual Salary £3567.00 based on 6.15 hours per week.

Teaching Assistant - One day per week job summary

We are recruiting a Teaching Assistant to cover staff absence. The time frame is fluid, but could be until the end of the academic year. The post is for working on Friday, from 08:00- 15:15. There will be addional hours as required.

We are looking for someone 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

      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 with excellent opportunities for professional development.

      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 River Learning Trust 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

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 Charlbury Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 173 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Charlbury Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/charlbury-primary-school

Charlbury Primary School is a wonderful school in rural Oxfordshire, serving the town of Charlbury as well as the surrounding villages. The school converted to become part of the River Learning Trust in December 2019 and is on a journey to become a school that provides an incredible education to its children. We also aspire to be a school that all of its stakeholders can be proud to be associated with.

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