Teaching Assistant

Wenhaston Primary School, Halesworth, Suffolk, IP19 9EP

13 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  26 October 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  13 October 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: £26,016.00 - £26,847.00 Annually (FTE) Grade 3, Point 4 to Point 6. Salary posted is FTE, there are additional hours available in a lunch supervisory capacity

Teaching Assistant job summary

Contract Details: Teaching Assistant role

Hours: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm daily (30 hours per week) , this role is 0.68 FTE

Term: 38 weeks per year (Monday to Friday)

This post is 5 days a week and involves working primarily within a Key Stage 1 class. The role includes supporting teachers across the school to deliver high-quality learning to all. You will preferably have had experience of working with children, as well as with small groups of individual children, some of whom may have Special Educational Needs. You will assist staff to ensure that the aims and objectives of the school are achieved. The role will require a dedicated, consistent, and patient approach.

Key Requirements

The successful applicant will need to be an exceptional individual who can:

• Preferably show experience of working with children who have SEND needs.

• Form strong, positive, and therapeutic relationships with pupils, while maintaining professional boundaries.

• Work proactively and collaboratively with the class teachers and SENDCO (Special Educational Needs Coordinator) to implement specific learning plans and behavioural strategies.

• Communicate effectively and confidently with parents/carers and external professionals involved in the pupil's support.

• Are able to contribute to the whole school community

• Have confidence to work as part of a team, demonstrating flexibility and contributing to the continuing development of the school

This role is a fixed term contract running until the end of the school year. There is potential for this or a similar role within the school to become permanent in the future.

Visits to the school are warmly welcomed. For further details, or to arrange an initial discussion with the Headteacher, please contact:

Victoria Cowley, School Business Manager Wenhaston Primary School - victoria.cowley@wenhastonprimary.co.uk Hall Road, Wenhaston, Halesworth, Suffolk, IP19 9EP

Please also see our website - wenhastonprimary.co.uk

ASSET Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.

The successful candidate will have to meet the requirements of the job description and will be subject to pre-employment checks including an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and children's barred list check, health check, online search and satisfactory references. Copies of our safeguarding and safer recruitment policies are available on request.

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 Wenhaston Primary School

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 93 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Wenhaston Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/wenhaston-primary-school

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