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  • Job start date

    27 August 2025

  • Closing date

    9 July 2025 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    2 July 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Teaching assistant

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Key stage 1

Working pattern

Part time: 15 hours per week, 39 weeks per year Monday to Friday; 3 hours per day (mornings)

Contract type

Fixed term - 1 year

Full-time equivalent salary

£24,608 - £26,100 pa

Actual salary

£8,783 – 9,316 pa

What skills and experience we're looking for

  • Have experience of working with children across the primary phase
  • Be fully committed to both aspects of the role: working with children with additional needs on a 1:1 basis when assigned and supporting the class teacher as a general teaching assistant.
  • Have the skills to support the learning, social interaction and welfare of individual pupils with a range of needs.
  • Support the class teacher to provide the best opportunities and outcomes for our children
  • Be motivated, flexible and understanding
  • Have a willingness and enthusiasm to develop new skills

What the school offers its staff

  • A friendly, supportive and enthusiastic staff who work as a team
  • Relevant training and development
  • Opportunities to contribute to whole school and Trust development
  • Access to our Employee Assistance Programme

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.

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About Wickham Common Primary School

School type
Academy, ages 4 to 11
Education phase
Primary
School size
407 pupils enrolled
Age range
4 to 11
Ofsted report
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School location

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