Teaching Assistant

Riverside Primary School, Barking, IG11 0FU

9 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  Immediate

• Closing date

  9 January 2026 at 10am

• Date listed

  10 December 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: APT&C Scale 3 (£25,318 pa Term Time only)
• Additional allowances:

  APT&C Scale 3 (£25,318 pa Term Time only)

Teaching Assistant job summary

Are you passionate about supporting children’s learning and eager to make a positive impact in a vibrant school community?

We are seeking a dedicated and enthusiastic Teaching Assistant to join our friendly primary school in London.

Your opportunity:

We can offer you the opportunity to advance your career within a supportive academy environment. You will be a part of our team in a school that prioritises in developing practitioners, with unrivalled opportunities for progression; whatever your aspirations as a practitioner, our school supports all staff in their progression through a range of bespoke courses and qualifications.

What we are looking for:

We look for talented individuals who want to be a part of transforming education, and helping create exceptional places of learning. We are looking for:

• A qualified practitioner who holds NNEB or equivalent
• Experience of working with SEND
• A passion for children’s learning and development;
• A willingness to try new things and to help develop new strategies in curriculum and assessment;
• To develop their own practice through a coaching model;
• High aspirations for all children and a desire to raise standards;
• High aspirations for themselves and a commitment to further development.

About Riverside Primary School:

Riverside Primary is a growing mixed community school which is based in Barking within the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. We are fortunate to be housed in a fabulous modern building which boasts large class rooms that provide a clean and spacious environment for our children to learn in. We pride ourselves on providing a caring and friendly atmosphere associated with smaller schools. We provide a curriculum that acknowledges the importance of the basic skills, but endeavours to teach those skills in an exciting way, as well as finding time to focus on more creative and artistic skills and making sure that we enjoy what we learn, using our local and wider environments and opportunities to support this.

Riverside Primary School Ethos:

At Riverside Primary School we take pride in growing the personal qualities of confidence and resilience, and develop the skills, for lifelong learning. We challenge all children to strive for academic, creative, sporting and personal success within a broad, vibrant and enriched curriculum.

Our core values can be summarised as RESPECT - Resilience, Empathy, Self- belief, Perseverance, Effort, Courage and Tolerance.

We encourage children to take ownership of, and responsibility for, their learning and behaviour. We aim for our children to fulfil their potential and shape their future.

Why work at Riverside Primary School?

• Amazing, well-behaved children, who are happy at school and excited by what they are learning each day.
• A fantastic new build, which includes access to secondary school resources for sport.
• A local school with all the advantages of a successful academy group, including a strong central team of support, teaching and leadership staff.

Riverside Primary is located on the Riverside campus site which is close to the A13. Riverside Barking station and the EL1 bus, stop directly outside the campus.

Visits to the school are highly recommended. Please contact the school office on the number or email below to arrange your visit with a member of the Senior Leadership Team.

The school is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and as such all appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS check. Appointments are also subject to satisfactory references/medical clearance.

To arrange a visit please contact the school via:  02039465888 (option 1) or primary@riverside.bardaglea.org.uk

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 Riverside Primary School

• School type: Free School, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 375 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Riverside Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/riverside-primary-school-barking

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