Teaching Assistant

Woolpit Primary Academy, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP30 9RU

10 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  15 October 2026 at 8am

• Date listed

  5 October 2026

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: 32.5 hours per week, 38 weeks per year - Permanent Monday to Friday, 8.30am - 3.30pm
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £25,185- £25,989per annum (Dependent on qualifications and experience)

What skills and experience we're looking for

• Woolpit Primary Academy, Woolpit
• 32.5 hours per week, 38 weeks per year - Permanent
• Monday to Friday, 8.30am - 3.30pm
• Salary: £25,185- £25,989per annum (Dependent on qualifications and experience)
• Actual Salary: £18,614 - £19,213 per annum

Woolpit Primary Academy is looking for a caring, patient and enthusiastic Teaching Assistant to join our team and support pupils to achieve their full potential. Working closely with the class teacher, you will help create a positive and inclusive learning environment, providing support with learning, social, emotional and welfare needs. You will encourage pupils to engage in activities, develop their independence and interact positively with others, while helping to scaffold learning and provide feedback on their progress.

The successful candidate will have GCSEs in English and Maths at Grade C/4 or above, or equivalent, with a recognised Teaching Assistant qualification such as Level 2 or 3 in Supporting Teaching and Learning in Schools being desirable. Previous experience working with EYFS or primary-aged children, ideally in an educational setting, would be an advantage, as would experience supporting children with SEN or EAL. You will need excellent communication and interpersonal skills, patience, empathy, strong organisational skills and the ability to work flexibly as part of a busy school team. Basic ICT skills, including using word processing applications and iPads, are also required.

This is a rewarding opportunity for someone who is passionate about supporting children's learning and development and who can demonstrate behaviour that promotes our school values of respect, kindness and perseverance. You will work collaboratively with teachers, the SENCo, pastoral staff, parents and external specialists, helping to support pupils' individual needs and contribute to their progress.

What the school offers its staff

• Membership into Local Government Pension Scheme
• Family friendly policies and flexible working
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Employee wellbeing initiatives
• Free parking
• Company events
• Access to various memberships and discount schemes
• Learning and development opportunities, including staff development days
• Funded subject course development for your role
• Range of staff communities, including EDI and neurodiverse communities
• Career progression opportunities

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

Keeping children safe at Woolpit Primary Academy is everyone's responsibility. All Staff and Governors are committed to creating the safest possible environment in which children can learn and achieve. We will listen to the children in our care and take appropriate action when we need to. We will work with other agencies and seek to establish effective working relationships with parents and carers. We will seek to equip our children with essential life skills and help them make good choices about their own safety.

Applying for the job

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CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Woolpit Primary Academy

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 5 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 123 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 5 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Woolpit Primary Academy website
• Email address: recruitment@easterneducationgroup.ac.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/woolpit-primary-academy

Woolpit is an attractive village school, which boasts an idyllic location in the Suffolk countryside, close to Bury St Edmunds, but with very easy access to the A14. There are currently 123 pupils on our roll from Reception to Year 6 but we expect to grow rapidly over the next few years due to local housing developments.

Arranging a visit to Woolpit Primary Academy

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@easterneducationgroup.ac.uk.

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