Teaching Assistant

Roundswell Community Primary Academy, Barnstaple, Devon, EX31 3WJ

13 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  20 October 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  7 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 1
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £25,583

Teaching Assistant job summary

Salary: NJC Grade C: £25,583 FTE (This will be paid pro-rata to reflect hours and weeks worked)

Working Pattern: This is a part-time, fixed term position working 27.50 hours per week, 39 weeks per year until 31st August 2026 (08.30 - 15.10 Monday to Friday).

We are seeking a kind, caring and passionate Teaching Assistant to join our dedicated team and help deliver the very best for our wonderful children.

About you:

Can you help to give me the best quality of life within my abilities, and help me learn and develop, and enjoy as many things as possible?

Are you a dynamic, creative, extra special person who wants a role that will give you as much as you give me? Do you have skills in working with a child with complex physical and communication needs?

You will be kind and nurturing and will show reliability, good teamwork and commitment to working with me, working within my school and helping me access the curriculum. You will be given training by specialists and therapists to teach you how to get the best out of me.

This post includes provision of personal care. You will be working alongside a second one to one.

About me:

I am a young child with cerebral palsy and I live with my lovely family and I attend school, currently in Year 4. I need help with my daily living including personal care, with playing and learning and accessing activities, and with daily therapy exercises to help me develop to my greatest potential. You will work on a 2:1 basis with me in the classroom along with the Teacher and other staff.

Training will be given for this role.

If you think you are the right person for this job, please apply to work with me.

The successful applicants must show:

Enthusiasm to work as part of a team Ability to liaise effectively with colleagues, parents and carers Positive attitude and take pride in your work Great organisational skills Flexible approach to work Ability to use initiative Committed to providing a high-quality service Awareness of the importance for confidentiality You will work in a highly supportive team within a positive setting. High levels of initiative and flexibility are essential along with excellent communication skills.

To apply for this role please submit your application online; your supporting statement should outline your suitability for the post.

The closing date for applications is 12 noon on Monday 20th October 2025, interviews will be held on 23rd October 2025.

All shortlisted applicants will be subject to an online search.

The Harbour Schools Partnership require all applicants to be eligible to work in the UK with no restrictions, as we are unable to offer sponsorship/work visas. You will be required to provide proof of Right to Work at interview stage.

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 Roundswell Community Primary Academy

• School type: Free School, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 298 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Roundswell Community Primary Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/roundswell-community-primary-academy

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