Teaching Assistant (part-time and full-time) - The Wymering School
The Wymering School, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO6 3YB23 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
11 January 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
15 December 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 2, Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Working pattern
- Full time, part time: Full-time - 36.5hrs Part-time - 3 days per week (Wednesday to Friday) – 22hrs Core working hours: 8.30am - 4pm
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £25,583-£26,403
Actual salary
- Full-time actual salary £21,597 - £22,290, Part-time 3 days per week actual salary £13,018 - £13,434
What skills and experience we're looking for
(Please note in your application form if you are applying for the full-time or part-time position)
Do you love the idea of helping young people discover what they’re capable of? Are you someone who can bring calm, kindness and a well-timed smile to a busy school day?
As a Teaching Assistant at The Wymering School, you’ll help students engage with their learning, support their emotional well-being and build their confidence in school. You’ll be a key part of the classroom team and a steady presence during those inevitable ups and downs (because let’s face it, the classroom can be an emotional rollercoaster).
You’ll be the glue that holds things together – the calm in the storm – helping our students navigate their day without it ever feeling too overwhelming. If that sounds like your kind of challenge, we’d love to hear from you.
What you’ll do:
- Become the trusty sidekick every student needs – helping them stay focused, encouraging them to try again, or offering a reassuring, “You’ve got this.”
- Bring learning to life by helping tailor activities so they feel fun, accessible and meaningful for every student.
- Keep the school day running smoothly with your organisational wizardry (no actual magic required… but we won’t complain if you have some).
- Help create a classroom where students feel safe to be themselves – even on days when that self is a little wobbly.
- Team up with teachers and colleagues to make each day the best it can be. We really are better together.
What we’re looking for:
- Someone who communicates with clarity, warmth and a positive, approachable manner.
- A reliable multitasker who can juggle several things at once – no circus skills needed, though bonus points if you can keep a straight face while doing it.
- Experience working with children is great, but kindness, empathy and a willingness to learn matter even more.
- A calm, steady presence who can navigate tricky moments and bounce back with resilience (and maybe a cup of tea).
- A champion for young people who brings patience, positivity and genuine enthusiasm to every day.
- Someone flexible enough to adapt to whatever the day brings – because every student (and every Tuesday) is different.
- Above all, someone who shows up with the right attitude and a big heart.
What the school offers its staff
Why join us?
- The chance to make a huge difference in the lives of young people, one small victory at a time.
- Comprehensive support, Induction and training package
- We’re a supportive team who’ll have your back during the good, the bad, and the “Did that really just happen?” moments.
- Professional development opportunities because we’re all about helping you grow!
- You will be part of an inclusive and collaborative team that, no matter what the challenge may be, are ready to face it head on and are committed to seeing it through.
- A school that celebrates progress, not just results.
- A rewarding role where no two days are the same and every day makes a difference.
- The opportunity to develop your career in a School and Southern Education Trust, a growing Trust.
About us:
At The Wymering School, part of the Southern Education Trust, we’re passionate about “making lives better” by creating an environment where every child, regardless of their challenges, can shine.
We specialise in supporting young people with Social Communication and Interaction difficulties, associated Speech, Language and Communication Difficulties and high level of anxiety and/or associated distressed behaviour.
If you’re ready for a role where patience, care, and encouragement make a real difference – helping young people grow, celebrate their successes, and shine in their own unique way – then we’d love to hear from you.
Further information about the job
Become part of our journey, by completing our Support Staff Application Form and returning it to recruitment@southern.education if you would like to apply. See our Teaching Assistant Job Description for further details on the role and our Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy.
Closing date: 11th January 2026
Interview date: W/c 26th January 2026
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, this role involves directly working with children and significant contact with children, and therefore we expect all staff and volunteers to share the same commitment. Please ensure a full work history is completed in your application form including any gaps of employment. Applicants will be required to complete satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check for this post prior to commencement. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The Trust is an equal opportunities employer.
If successfully shortlisted the HR Department will also be conducting an individual online search including social media platforms of your ‘name, education and employment’, to demonstrate due diligence following ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ guidance. The search will not form part of the actual shortlisting process and any concerns arising from the search will be discussed directly with you.
Commitment to safeguarding
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share the same commitment. Please ensure a full work history is completed in your application form including any gaps of employment. Applicants will be required to complete satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) check is required for this post prior to commencement. The Trust is an equal opportunities employer.
If successfully shortlisted we would carry out an individual online search to demonstrate due diligence following the updated ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education 2022' guidance.
Applying for the job
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About The Wymering School
- School type
- Free School, ages 9 to 16
- School size
- 73 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 9 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- The Wymering School website
- Email address
- recruitment@southern.education
Our new school opened in April and we are now looking to grow our amazing team ready for the next intake of pupils in September. A brand new, purpose-built school, truly in the heart of its community; the choices you make with the pupils and the creativity you bring to the classroom will give the children the opportunities they deserve.
At the Wymering School our vision is to build a creative community which learns together to become knowledgeable, self aware, independent and happy people who make a positive difference, wherever life takes them.
Learning can look different for everyone; learning is continuous and enabled by the broad curriculum, therapeutic interventions, and the environment the school and staffing team create. It’s only through your awesome teaching that we will create that environment together to ensure the pupils progress towards a happy life that they can enjoy.
Staff are an inclusive and collaborative team that work together, no matter what the challenge may be are ready to face it head on and are committed to seeing it through - together.
The Wymering School is a Special Free School, an important part of the local community, caters for 66 children between 9 and 16 years of age who have an Education and Health Care Plan.
So why should you choose The Wymering School? Our pupils have a social communication and interaction difficulties, associated Speech, Language and Communication Difficulties (a neurodiverse profile) and high levels of anxiety and / or associated challenging and distressed behaviour and this is why they deserve you.
You will have the opportunity to develop your career in a School and Delta Education Trust, a small but growing Trust. Our ethos is encompassed in our vision “Learning together in pursuit of happiness”. We put this into practice by ensuring:
• All decisions are made in the best interests of staff, students and families.
• High support, high challenge and evidence informed in everything we do.
• We work collaboratively and make team, not individual, decisions.
• We acknowledge our mistakes and use them to learn and improve.
• We are always open to learning and seeking new ideas.
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