Teaching Assistant

Sedley's Church of England Primary School, Gravesend, Kent, DA13 9NR

22 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  2 July 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  10 June 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £20,292.00 Annually (Actual) AAT B.2 £26,385 FTE

Teaching Assistant job summary

We are looking to appoint a dedicated and enthusiastic Teaching Assistant to support at Sedley's CE Primary School. As Teaching Assistant, your supportive role will enable children and their families to access good educational provision as soon as they join our school.

Our ideal candidate will be a qualified Teaching Assistant (or willing to work towards a qualification), with experience supporting children in a school setting. You will enjoy helping young people thrive, making learning accessible, engaging and enjoyable.

We are a friendly, dynamic and innovative school and pride ourselves on our commitment to ensuring student progress through high quality teaching and learning provision for all. The successful applicant will share these values and play an active part in delivering on this commitment.

This position is 32.5 hours per week 39 weeks per year (term time plus 5 inset days)

We would love to hear from you if you:

• Want to be involved in shaping and developing outstanding learning experiences to enable all children to thrive
• Want to work in a supportive and caring environment
• Are committed to enabling every pupil to achieve the very best they can.

For more information, including the key responsibilities of the role, please download the Vacancy Pack and apply online via MyNewTerm.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should a suitable candidate apply.

Why work for Aletheia Academies Trust? Some of our Trust benefits include:

• Trust-wide commitment to your ongoing Continuous Professional Development (CPD) including secondment options and mentorship opportunities
• Unlimited access for you and your family to 24/7 GP telephone consultations.
• Access to a wide array of discounts including Motorfinity, Kent Rewards and Blue Light Card.
• Free access to mental health and wellbeing support including counselling, mindfulness and physiotherapy sessions
• Free annual eye tests and flu vaccinations each year

Aletheia Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974

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 Sedley's Church of England Primary School

• School type: Academies, Church of England, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 99 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Sedley's Church of England Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/sedley-s-church-of-england-primary-school

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