Teaching Assistant
Walliscote Primary School, Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset, BS23 1UYThis job expired on 11 July 2025 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
11 July 2025 at 11:59am
Date listed
3 July 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £20,277.95
Teaching Assistant job summary
Hours: 30 hours per week 8.30-3.30
Interview date 16 July 2025
A primary teaching assistant (TA) role is an excellent opportunity to make a real difference in children’s education, drawing on your commitment to developing pupil learning ability and knowledge accessibility. TAs have two main roles: supporting children’s learning, and supporting the main class teacher.
Working closely with class teachers, you will be helping children to expand their knowledge and play a positive role in school life. You will utilise your knowledge, creativity and listening and communication skills to help children understand the information presented. You will be able to provide varying levels of individual attention, reassurance and support with learning tasks as appropriate to children’s individual needs.
As a TA, every day is different and you will enjoy variety and a challenge. As a TA, you will be:
• Setting up equipment and helping to prepare the classroom for lessons, tidying up afterwards and helping with displays.
• Providing support to children who need additional help with their work. This can be one to one and in groups.
• Providing targeted interventions to help children make rapid progress
• Helping pupils develop independent learning skills, manage their own learning and prioritise their time.
• Helping the teacher with their marking and record-keeping.
• Covering the class when the teacher is absent (planned and reactive)
• Looking after children’s pastoral needs, including dealing with playground accidents and caring for children who are upset.
• Helping with school trips, events and outings.
You will need to have relevant experience and/or qualifications in working with primary-aged children as you will be working under the supervision of the class teacher and/or SENDCo to support whole class learning, small targeted groups and/or individuals.
NVQ/VRQ Level 3 Teaching Assistant Qualification.
Have some knowledge of Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and Additional Learning Needs (ALN)
Have a good level of understanding of the emotional needs of children with autism, ADHD and attachment issue
Further information about the job
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.
About Walliscote Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 309 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Walliscote Primary School website
School location
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