Teaching Assistant

Staplehurst School, Tonbridge, Kent, TN12 0LZ

13 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  To be confirmed once employment checks completed

• Closing date

  12 October 2026 at 8am

• Date listed

  29 September 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: £26,168.00 Annually (FTE)

Teaching Assistant job summary

We are looking for an enthusiastic and creative person to join our school. We wish to appoint a Teaching Assistant to join our support staff team, providing 31.25 hours support every week between the hours of 08:30am- 3.15pm daily, with a half hour, unpaid lunch break, Monday to Friday on a fixed term basis until August 2027. This is a term time only contract for 38 weeks per year.

We are looking for candidates with commitment, energy and drive to join our team and work closely with staff to provide positive learning experiences for all our pupils. This post would suit either experienced TAs or we can provide training.

We expect the successful candidates to:

Be able to support in the delivery of high quality learning experiences for all pupils.

Have high expectations of learning and behaviour and inspire and motivate our children;

Be supportive, nurturing and understanding with high expectations.

Seek to make learning exciting and a positive experience.

Communicate well with parents, carers and members of staff, as well as pupils.

Demonstrate good communication skills both orally and written.

Work well as part of a team;

Be willing to contribute to school life outside of the classroom.

The benefits of joining Coppice Primary Partnership:

Excellent professional development

The support of committed, enthusiastic and dedicated colleagues

A supportive and challenging environment

Pupils who are eager to learn and a credit to the school

Supportive parents

A family first approach - cover to ensure that you don’t miss important family events

Free access to wraparound care for primary aged children attending trust schools when staff are required to work. This includes access to the holiday play scheme.

The holiday play scheme is also open and free to staff who have children who attend other schools when staff are required to work.

All staff have access to Kent Rewards, a site offering cash back, discounts and vouchers for a range of popular high street stores

Throughout the year, school and trust wide social events will be available. These will all be optional, but we believe in developing relationships and social events can certainly help! Events will be informal affairs, usually in informal settings and are open to all staff

An opportunity to share a real, relevant and engaging curriculum.

Please note, we review applications on a rolling-basis and will therefore close the advert early if we find the right candidate. We look forward to receiving your application.

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 Staplehurst School

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: Up to 525 pupils
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Staplehurst School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/staplehurst-school-tonbridge

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