Teaching Assistant

Snape Primary School, Saxmundham, Suffolk, IP17 1QG

13 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2026

• Closing date

  6 July 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  22 June 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £14,199.00 - £14,652.00 Annually (Actual) £25,185-£25,989 FTE

Teaching Assistant job summary

We are a small primary school, situated within the heart of the beautiful village of Snape with strong links to the community. Although a small village school we make fantastic use of space, with gardening, Forest Schools, adventure trails and a large playground outside; and indoors a well-stocked library and a group room.

Our vision is for children to be proud of themselves and strive to be the best that they can; to feel understood and supported to achieve success; to be safe and happy; to learn the skills to give them confidence to face the future; to know how to behave well; to be treated equally and to feel important within their school, family and the wider community.

We are looking to appoint a Teaching Assistant to join our friendly team to work on a one-to-one basis with one of our children. The hours of work are 25 per week, for 38 weeks per year (term-time only). Please view the job description for further details of the role.

We encourage interested candidates to visit our school so that we can show you around and answer any questions that you may have. Please contact recruitment@kingfisherschools.co.uk if you have any queries or would like to arrange to look around our school.

Our ideal applicant will:

• Be positive and enthusiastic, able to make learning enjoyable
• Be able to meet the needs of children with a variety of Special Educational Needs under the direction of a teacher or HLTA
• Be able to form positive relationships with children, staff and parents
• Have high expectations of behaviour, effort and attitude and the necessary strategies to promote these qualities
• Have recent experience of working in a primary school or other education setting
• Enjoy working as part of a team

We offer:

• A friendly school with a supportive staff team and well-behaved children who are ready to learn
• A pleasant working environment

Kingfisher Schools Trust offers a wide range of benefits, including:

• Excellent opportunities for continuous professional development
• Access to a huge variety of training courses through The National College
• Pension scheme (LGPS) with generous employer contribution
• Employee Assistance Programme for free and confidential advice
• Flu voucher scheme
• Optical voucher scheme
• Shopping and leisure discounts
• Cycle to work salary sacrifice scheme
• Affordable electric car salary sacrifice scheme

Please submit your application as soon as possible, as the closing date for this vacancy may be altered if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Our school is part of Kingfisher Schools Trust. The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check will be part of the pre-employment screening process for this role. An application form must be completed in full; CVs alone cannot be accepted.

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 Snape Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 76 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Snape Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/snape-primary-school

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