Teaching Assistant

St John's Marlborough, Marlborough, Wiltshire, SN8 4AX

7 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  19 November 2025 at 5pm

• Date listed

  12 November 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £18,124.89 - £18,707.22 Annually (Actual) Actual salary for 30 hours per week, term time only

Teaching Assistant job summary

We are looking to recruit an experienced and enthusiastic member of staff to become an essential part of the team. Duties will include:

• Supporting the learning of specific students with additional educational needs
• Maintaining student’s targeted support both in the classroom and with specially designed interventions.
• Extended support to other children in the class; leading small groups and working with other individuals.
• Assisting the class teacher with the classroom environment and resources.
• Assisting with student specific individual care; additional responsibility payment available

The ideal candidate will have a good standard of written and spoken English, and Maths skills (minimum Grade 4 GCSE or equivalent) to support children up to Key Stage 4.

Please see attached Job Description for more details.

St John’s has exceptional facilities in a state-of-the-art teaching environment. We lead our own Teaching School Alliance and there are numerous opportunities for career progression. Our CPD offer is an area of excellence.

Excalibur Academies Trust is an equal opportunities employer and reserves the right to appoint prior to the closing date. The Trust is proud to serve a diverse student and parent community. The aims of the Trust's recruitment policy are to ensure that the best possible staff are recruited on the basis of their merits, abilities and suitability for the position; to ensure that all job applicants are considered equally and consistently; to ensure that no job applicant is treated unfairly on any grounds including race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or religious belief, sex or sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, gender reassignment, disability or age; and to ensure that the School meets its commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people by carrying out all necessary pre-employment checks.

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 St John's Marlborough

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1712 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St John's Marlborough website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-john-s-marlborough-marlborough

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