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  • Start date details

    ASAP

  • Closing date

    21 February 2025 at 9am

  • Date listed

    3 February 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Teaching assistant

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Part time

Contract type

Fixed term

Full-time equivalent salary

£12,102.00 - £12,294.00 Annually (Actual) Grade 5, Point 5-6: 12,102 -12,294 per annum (subject to experience)

Teaching Assistant job summary

Salary: Grade 5, Point 5: £12,102 -12,294 per annum (subject to experience)

Contract: Fixed Term until July 2025 (with the potential for a permanent role), 21 hours per week, 39 weeks per year (term time plus inset days)

We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and resourceful Teaching Assistant to join our KS2 team at St Mary’s Primary School, on a fixed-term basis until July 2025. There is potential to be offered a permananet role within SAST at the end of the fixed term period. The successful applicant will be required to provide lunch cover as part of this role. This post represents an outstanding opportunity for a qualified member of support staff who is keen to develop. Previous Teaching Assistant experience is desirable.

Should you wish to arrange a visit to view the school, please contact the office on 01935 476515 or via email on office@bradfordabbas.dorset.sch.uk.


SAST will conduct online searches of shortlisted candidates. In line with KCSIE guidance, this will be part of safer recruitment checks, and the search will purely be based on whether an individual is suitable to work with children. As care must be taken to avoid unconscious bias and any risk of discrimination, a person who will not be on the appointment panel will conduct the searches and will only share information if and when findings are relevant and of concern.


Safeguarding responsibilities associated with this role may include engagement in regulatory activity, such as administering first aid or supporting an upset child. It will have contact with young people on a day-to-day basis. SAST is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will have to meet the person specification, and the post is subject to safeguarding checks, including an enhanced DBS check and Children’s Barred List check. The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.


Sherborne Area Schools’ Trust (SAST) recognises the benefit of having a diverse workforce and is committed to building a workforce which reflects diversity from the communities it serves. SAST values the contributions from all staff from a wide range of different backgrounds and actively seeks to promote an environment that is free from discrimination and harassment and at the same time supports fair promotion and cultural acceptance. Under the provision of the Equality Act 2010 SAST welcomes applications from everyone and operates a recruitment process which is fair and does not discriminate against or disadvantage anyone because of their age, disability, gender reassignment status, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race or nationality, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.


This role is UK- based and your right to work will need to be established as part of the appointment process.

Commitment to safeguarding

Safeguarding responsibilities associated with this role may include engagement in regulatory activity, such as administering first aid or supporting an upset child. It will have contact with young people on a day-to-day basis. SAST is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will meet the person specification and pass all safeguarding checks, including an enhanced DBS check Barred List check. The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.

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About St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Bradford Abbas

School type
Academy, Church of England, ages 4 to 11
Education phase
Primary
School size
94 pupils enrolled
Age range
4 to 11

Our school is situated in the centre of Bradford Abbas, a thriving village community around St Mary’s Church, the Rose & Crown Pub, the Village Hall and the Sports & Social Club. With currently 103 pupils on the school roll, our children learn to value the experience of being part of the wonderful community of Bradford Abbas.

There is a strong relationship between the school and the Church. The school benefits by making use of the Church for religious events and the Vicar is actively involved in Assemblies. Our most recent inspection by Salisbury Diocese found us to be outstanding in every area!

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