Teaching Assistant with Breakfast Club Support
Medina Primary School, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO6 3NH10 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
22 May 2026 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
12 May 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Part time: 7:45am – 3:30pm; Monday to Friday term time only (33.5 hours per week)
Contract type
- Permanent
Actual salary
- Actual salary £16,052 - £16,336 (pay award pending)
Pay scale
- Band 3
What skills and experience we're looking for
- Be committed to supporting individual children's social, moral, emotional and academic well-being
- Have an empathetic understanding of children's emotions and behaviour and actively seeks to remove barriers to learning
- Be patient, cheerful and understanding
- Have good interpersonal skills
- Be full of innovative ideas and strategies to adapt to daily challenges
- Communicate effectively with children, team members and the wider community
- Have the ability to use their own initiative and to work as part of a team
- Be calm, consistent and fair – ensuring that children are safe and happy
- Have experience working with Key Stage 2 pupils (preferred but not essential)
We are looking for an enthusiastic and energetic person to join our friendly team and we would welcome someone who has a passion for working with children. We offer a supportive team environment and will support the right person in developing their skills through on the job training. We will consider individuals who have not worked in a school before but hold the relevant qualifications and skills detailed below.
The successful applicant should have excellent numeracy, literacy and communication skills and relevant qualifications ie 3 GCSE’s at Grades A-C or equivalent, including Maths and English.
What the school offers its staff
Medina Primary School are seeking to recruit a highly motivated and inclusive individual to work with our amazing pupils. If you are ready for a new challenge and enjoy working as a team player
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.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on school website (opens in new tab)Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Medina Primary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained schools, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- School size
- 202 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Medina Primary School website
- Email address
- admin@medina.portsmouth.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 02392375475
Arranging a visit to Medina Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email admin@medina.portsmouth.sch.uk.
School location
Similar jobs nearby
Get a job alert when similar jobs are listed
Find more school jobs in Portsmouth and Hampshire