Teaching Partner

Wilbury Junior School, Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire, SG6 4DU

15 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  31 October 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  16 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £24,796.00 - £25,989.00 Annually (FTE) H2-H3

Teaching Partner job summary

About this Role

Actual annual salary from £16,888.36 to £17,700.91 per annum

30 hours per week

Monday to Friday - 08:30-15:15

Term time only

Required to start as soon as possible

Fixed term contract until the end of the 2025/26 academic year, with the potential for extending

Interviews: Dates and times to be confirmed

Wilbury Junior is looking to appoint a Teaching Assistant (who we like to refer to as a Teaching Partner) to work alongside qualified Teachers to provide support in the classroom for children. You will need to able to work flexibly and use a variety of adapted strategies to meet the individual needs of the children.

At Wilbury Junior we provide a stimulating and caring environment, where everyone associated with the school is devoted to providing the very best opportunities for the children. The school has recently been graded as 'Good', with 'Outstanding personal development' by Ofsted. We have 360 places for pupils aged between seven and eleven years. Our school motto, underpins all aspects of school life:

Together Believe Achieve Shine

We work together in an inclusive and organised environment.

We believe in working in a respectful, tolerant and sustainable way.

We achieve by showing resilience in our approach to work and wellbeing.

We have the courage and confidence to shine as an individual and as a school community.

For more information about the school, please visit our website.

Wilbury Junior is part of the Agora Learning Partnership Trust (formerly the Herts for Learning Multi Academy Trust), which is an inclusive, collaborative and forward looking Trust where we all work together, learn together and succeed together in order to give all of the children in our academies the best possible education and learning opportunities. The Agora Learning Partnership consists of 9 schools. The schools within the Trust each maintain their own clear identity, however, working collaboratively within the Trust means there is a huge amount of opportunity and support for staff in each school. For more information about the Trust, please visit their website.

At Wilbury Junior, we can offer you:

• a friendly, welcoming and hardworking team.
• happy, enthusiastic children who want to learn.
• a positive learning environment.
• opportunities for career development within the school and the Trust
• a well resourced school.

If you are interested in this post, please feel free to contact us to arrange a visit and meet the team; please call the office on 01462 620410, or e-mail admin@wilbury.herts.sch.uk.

To access the online application, please select the “Apply for job” button and enter your details.

You must “Submit” our fully completed application by the closing date/time.

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.

CVs will not be accepted. This Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is likely to come under the requirements of the Childcare (Disqualification) 2009 Regulations, therefore successful candidates will be required to complete a declaration form to establish whether disqualified under these regulations. Applicants must be prepared to undertake an Enhanced DBS check. Right to Work in the UK will need to be established. We are an equal opportunities employer.

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 Wilbury Junior School

• School type: Academy, ages 7 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 241 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 7 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Wilbury Junior School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/wilbury-junior-school-letchworth-garden-city

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