Teaching Assistant
Wood Field Primary School, Carshalton, SM5 3HW6 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
4 July 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
27 June 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, part time: Up to 30 hours per week term time only
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- NJC Scale 4/5 Points 5-10
What skills and experience we're looking for
- Attend to the pupils’ personal needs, and implement related personal programmes, including social, health, physical, hygiene, first aid and welfare matters.
- Supervise and support pupils ensuring their safety and access to learning.
- Establish good relationships with pupils, acting as a role model and being aware of and responding appropriately to individual needs.
- Promote the inclusion and acceptance of all pupils.
- To aid access to the full range of learning experiences both inside the classroom and provide modified materials as required e.g. worksheets, games, visual prompts etc.
- Encourage pupils to interact with others and engage in activities led by the teacher.
- Provide reinforcements, praise and rewards to pupils.
- To facilitate inclusion in small group activities with peers and support interaction between them.
- To make and modify resources as suggested and advised by the Class Teacher, SENCo, Educational Psychologist or other outside agencies.
- Prepare classroom as directed for lessons and clear afterwards and assist with the display of pupils’ work or books.
- Be aware of pupil problems/progress/achievement and report to the teacher as agreed.
- Undertake pupil record keeping as requested.
- Support the teacher in managing pupil behaviour, reporting difficulties as appropriate.
- Gather/report information from/to parents/carers as directed.
- Be keenly aware of the responsibility for safeguarding children and to help in the application of the Safeguarding Policy within the school.
What the school offers its staff
Why join Wood Field Primary School and Greenshaw Learning Trust?
With our school vision of ‘We are Limitless’, we believe that the wellbeing of every single child is at the heart of everything we do. We set high expectations in all areas, including behaviour, and through a creative and exciting curriculum, inspire a love of learning and help to develop the skills and attitudes that our children need to flourish and be the ‘best they can be’.
Greenshaw Learning Trust is a highly successful multi academy trust that provides excellent quality, comprehensive and inclusive education through primary schools and secondary schools. Our schools are based in London, Surrey, Berkshire, Gloucestershire and South Gloucestershire, Bristol and Plymouth. We also have three shared service hubs where our central teams can be based out of. We are building a family of like-minded schools, that collaborate to provide mutual support, share their good practice and learn from each other, whilst retaining and developing their own distinctive character. We thrive from collaboration at every level. We encourage a culture of sharing ideas and learning from one another. As a Trust of schools, we are ‘Always Learning’.
To get a feel of life at Greenshaw Learning Trust, please download our ‘Why you should work for GLT’ recruitment brochure on our jobs portal.
We offer our staff a range of benefits including:
- Professional development and career progression
- Generous pension scheme
- Blue Light Card
- Eligibility for Teacher Art Pass (teaching staff only)
- An Employee Assistance Programme
- Gym Discounts
- Free eye tests
- Cycle to work scheme
- Green car scheme
- Being part of a great team and expanding organisation
Further details about the role
Wood Field Primary school have an exciting opportunity for a committed and enthusiastic Teaching Assistant to join our ASD Oak Field provision on a part-time or full-time, term time only basis.
Oak Field is a highly specialist primary base for children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder, situated on the same grounds as Wood Field. As a welcoming and expanding base, we take pride in our strong sense of passion, commitment, and community.
Our dedicated staff celebrate each child’s strengths and personality while encouraging them to reach their full potential. We take pride in delivering a highly tailored and engaging curriculum that focuses on independence, social interaction, and communication. We use a variety of Autistic Spectrum Disorder specific strategies, bringing all ‘the best bits’ together to offer an eclectic approach. With class sizes ranging from 6 to 8 students and an adult-to-child ratio designed to meet individual needs, we ensure personalised support for every child.
Teaching Assistants provide valuable support to teaching staff and are able to make a significant contribution to the education and well-being of pupils.
The successful candidate will be a proactive, collaborative team player with a positive, 'can-do' attitude and a genuine passion for working with young children. You will work closely with teachers and other staff to provide high-quality support for teaching and learning, help maintain a safe and stimulating environment, and contribute to our commitment to providing exceptional and stimulating education experiences for our pupils.
We want our children to have exciting learning experiences with lessons that fully engage all learners. The lessons taught here at Wood Field Primary School are active and children are equal participants and leaders in their learning.
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
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About Wood Field Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 748 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Email address
- ematthews@greenshawlearningtrust.co.uk
School location
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