Teaching Assistant

William Morris Primary School, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN25 2PP

10 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  8 May 2026 at 10am

• Date listed

  28 April 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £24,448.00 - £26,422.00 Annually (FTE)

Teaching Assistant job summary

Come and work in our school, with a fab staff team, where teaching and learning is fun and exciting!

William Morris is a happy place to teach and learn. Our team is a family growing together to develop our school for the children. We are welcoming and supportive. The children at William Morris are friendly and engaged, they are keen to learn and have strong positive relationships with staff. Parents are supportive of the school and our PTA offers activities and fundraisers.

We are situated in the beautiful Tadpole Garden Village and housed in a purpose-built new building. We have children from nursery to year 6 and are a 2 form entry primary school.

We wish to appoint a Teaching Assistant for Key Stage 2 to join us here at William Morris Primary School. This is an exciting opportunity to become part of our team and provide excellent care and education for our pupils.

The hours of work will be 8.30-3.10pm, Monday to Friday including an unpaid lunch break of 30 minutes per day and 30 minutes as a midday supervisory assistant under a separate contract (paid at NGC K Grade 1). The Teaching Assistant hours of work will total 28 hours and 20 minutes per week and will be paid at NJC Grade K (£12.73 to £13.27 per hour). This is a term time plus INSET days contract (39 working weeks per annum and 44.84 paid week per annum).

The successful candidate will have a passion and enthusiasm for working with children, be creative, dedicated and have a positive attitude to joining a forward-thinking school.

You must be able to demonstrate that you can build excellent relationships, want to make a difference to all children and have excellent communication and organisational skills.

Your role will include contributing to the delivery and monitoring of interventions for individuals and small groups, supporting assessments and evidencing learning, working with the teacher to create stimulating classroom displays and learning resources plus building positive relationships with the children by being an approachable, caring and supportive role model.

For further details about the role please read the attached recruitment pack or contact us using the details below.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.

We are part of the Blue Kite Academy Trust, a growing family of primary schools based in Swindon and Wiltshire, who offer excellent CPD and career opportunities, a competitive salary with scope for progression, a commitment to nationally agreed pay and terms, an excellent pension scheme and free staff health and well-being support.

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 William Morris Primary School

• School type: Free School, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 413 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: William Morris Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/william-morris-primary-school

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