Teaching Assistant

Job Description

Thorney Island School is looking to appoint a Teaching Assistant to start as soon as possible.  

The contract will be offered on a Fixed Term basis until July 2027.

This post is to work in an allocated class or with an allocated child either in KS1 or KS2 for 29.16 hours per week (Monday-Friday 8.30am – 3.15pm, term time only, based on 38 weeks per year).

We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and friendly person with previous experience to join our hardworking and dedicated team.

The position involves:

• Working closely with teachers and leaders to raise standards and help each pupil make good progress.
• Working with individuals and/or groups of children both in and outside of the classroom,
  under the direction of a teacher.
• Running intervention programmes for groups and/or individual children.

The successful candidate should:

• Have a good level of Maths and English, educated to GCSE Grade C/Level 4 or above
• Have experience of working with children with a range of additional needs
• Be flexible and adaptable to the daily changing life of the school and work as part of a team
• Have an empathetic understanding of children’s emotions and behaviour and actively seek to remove barriers to learning
• Have an ability to work independently and with initiative to ensure all learners achieve the best outcomes
• Have a ‘can do’ attitude with high aspirations for themselves, children and colleagues

We are looking for someone who can be flexible, reliable, have good communication and interpersonal skills and in return we can offer a happy, friendly school environment with supportive and dedicated staff. 

Visits to look around the school are warmly welcomed.  Please contact the school office on [phone removed] or email [email removed] to arrange this.

Closing date for applications is 10.00am on Friday 27 November 2026.  Interviews will take place on Thursday 3 December 2026.

Safeguarding Statement

Thorney Island Community Primary School and West Sussex County Council are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to an appropriate Disclosure and Barring Service check along with other relevant employment checks, including satisfactory references.

Thorney Island Community Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and we expect our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All posts are subject to an enhanced DBS check. 

How to Apply

NOTE TO CANDIDATES - Please do not select the ‘Apply online’ button as the school processes your applications directly rather than through this site.​

To apply for this role please click on the Application Attachment links below. 

Please complete the application form and ensure that you outline your motivations for applying and explaining the skills and experience you can bring to the role (please refer to the key skills in the job description). 

Once complete please return this to[email removed]

Should you have any questions regarding the role or the application please contact the school directly.

Application Attachments:

Application Form - Non Teaching

Teaching Assistant Advert

Teaching Assistant Person Specification

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