Teaching Assistant, part-time, four mornings per week, fixed-term.

Farmborough Church Primary School, Bath, Somerset, BA2 0FY

16 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  6 January 2026

• Closing date

  11 December 2025 at 10:59pm

• Date listed

  20 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: £7,731.00 - £7,854.00 Annually (Actual) BANES Grade 3 (SCP5-6)

Teaching Assistant, part-time, four mornings per week, fixed-term. job summary

We are looking for a Teaching Assistant (level 2) who, under the instruction & guidance of our wonderful teaching team, can undertake work, care and support programmes to assist in managing the students & classroom, whilst ensuring that every pupil has access to learning and is achieving their full potential. This position would suit a positive, energetic, proactive team-player who is enthusiastic about making a difference!

Responsibilities include:

• Attending to the pupils’ personal needs, and implementing related personal programmes, including social, health, physical, hygiene, first aid and welfare matters
• Undertaking programmes linked to local and national learning strategies to support pupils to achieve learning goals, recording achievement & progress and feeding back to the teacher
• Supervising and providing particular support for pupils including those with special needs, ensuring their safety and access to learning
• Encouraging pupils to interact with others and engage in activities led by the teacher
• Creating and maintaining a purposeful, orderly and supportive environment, in accordance with lesson plans

We can offer you:

• Children who will make you smile everyday
• A commitment to professional development, and being able to develop personal areas of interest linked with the role
• A school where staff enjoy working as part of a dedicated, supportive and creative team, aiming for excellence
• A supportive and encouraging Leadership Team and Governing Body
• An excellent Employee Assistance Programme offering a wealth of advice & support

We warmly encourage visits to our school so you can see for yourself all that we can offer. Please contact the school office to arrange a convenient time.

This is a fixed-term role until the end of August 2026.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

Please note: The salary indicated is based on a pay scale. New appointments are normally made at the bottom of the scale. Progression through the scale is dependent on length of service in line with our pay policy

All applications should be made via MyNewTerm

The Partnership Trust 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 subject to an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references.

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

The Partnership Trust 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 subject to an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references.

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 Farmborough Church Primary School

• School type: Academy, Church of England, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 150 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Farmborough Church Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/farmborough-church-primary-school

Farmborough is very much an inclusive school and our aim is to provide the opportunities for all our pupils to fulfil and even go beyond, their own potential. They are engaging, well behaved and motivated and we have very high aspirations for them, both academically and socially. Our Vision,
Christian values and caring ethos lie at the heart of all that we do and help develop and shape who we are. There is a welcoming family atmosphere throughout the school and a strong relationship with the wider community.

Farmborough is part of The Partnership Trust, which is a multi-academy trust.

We are looking for applicants with commitment and passion to educating the whole child and maintaining very high standards in teaching and learning. We have a fantastic group of hardworking and talented staff and governors and require someone who is a highly effective team member and great role model to others.

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