Teaching Assistants

Castle Mead School, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, BA14 6GD

11 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  14 July 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  2 July 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time, full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £25,183.00 - £25,992.00 Annually (FTE) Non L3 Qualified candidates will start on Grade D, £24,404 - £25,183

Teaching Assistants job summary

Whether you are an experienced Teaching Assistant looking for a new challenge, or someone early in their career looking for the next step, these posts will be rewarding and fulfilling. If you are passionate about giving Every Child Every Chance, and ready to support all of our learners to flourish, we would love to hear from you.

We pride ourselves on our comprehensive induction process and delivering ongoing professional development to all of our staff. We will give full training to the right person, as we believe strongly that it’s much more about attitude and approach than it is about experience. As a result, we welcome applications from people who are passionate about working with children, no matter what their background is.

We have two Teaching Assistant positions available,

Teaching Assistant position 1: 28.5 hours per week. 08:45 – 15:15 daily with one additional hour for planning on Thursday (MDSA for 2.5 hours per week too.) Fixed-Term position.

Teaching Assistant position 2: 37.5 hours per week. 08:30 – 16:30 daily, Permanent position.

A brief outline of the responsibilities of the role,

Duties and responsibilities,

• Support individuals and groups to help them learn
• Establish an effective and purposeful learning environment in partnership with teachers and other colleagues
• Support teachers in assessing the needs of individual children

Qualifications

• Competent to NVQ Level 2 standard in Supporting Teaching and Learning or equivalent (or willing to achieve this)

Knowledge and understanding

• An understanding of special learning needs such as SEND, ASD, ADHD, Global Delay, Attachment, Physical and Speech & Language needs
• Good knowledge of how to support learning, with practical ideas on how to achieve this
• Recognise that each child has specific needs that need to be nurtured and developed through careful and sensitive support and intervention

Personal qualities

• Inclusive, passionate, and principled
• High standards of personal organisation
• Resilient and hard-working

Pay Grade is dependent on qualifications. Please contact Emma, admin@castlemead.equamead.org for further information or any queries.

This role will involve contact with children and the post holder will be engaged in regulated activity relevant to children and will be subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check before appointment is confirmed. We will only submit a DBS application to the relevant disclosure service when a position is accepted.

This Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow Safer Recruitment procedures and all interviews, regardless of role, will include questions about approaches to safeguarding. Our Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy is available on our website and follows all guidance in the most recent Keeping Children Safe in Education.

All posts involving direct contact with children are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. However, amendments to the Exception Order 1975 (2013 & 2020) provide that certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’. These are not subject to disclosure to employers and cannot be taken into account. Guidance and criteria on the filtering of these cautions and convictions can be found on the Ministry of Justice website.

Please note that by submitting an application, you acknowledge that we reserve the right to view any publicly available information published online (including social media platforms) as part of our shortlisting process, in line with current KCSIE guidelines.

Commitment to safeguarding

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

All posts involving direct contact with children are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. However, amendments to the Exception Order 1975 (2013 & 2020) provide that certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’. These are not subject to disclosure to employers and cannot be taken into account. Guidance and criteria on the filtering of these cautions and convictions can be found on the Ministry of Justice website.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Castle Mead School

• School type: Academy, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 391 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Castle Mead School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/castle-mead-school

Castle Mead school is a vibrant, growing primary school in the heart of East Trowbridge. Rated ‘Good’ at its last Ofsted inspection, the school continues to go from strength to strength under the new leadership of Mrs Emma Larkham, with two form entry, an onsite Nursery and Complex Needs Resource Base.

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