Teaching Assistant

Role: Teaching Assistant

Contract: Fixed-Term, Term-Time Only (plus inset days)

Start Date: 2nd November 2026

End Date: 31st August 2027

Salary Range: NJC Outer London - Grade 3, Spine Point 5-7 £23,647.06 - £24,331 - Pro-Rata of (£29,434.00 FTE - £30,285.00 FTE Per Annum)

Hours of Work: Monday to Friday - 8:30am - 15:30pm - 32.5 Hours Per Week (half an hour unpaid lunch break)

This role will be based in our Nursery provision so an interest or experience in Early Years is preferred.

Inspire Partnership Academy Trust, is a family of schools across Croydon, Medway and Greenwich who aim to offer a life changing education to children. Our schools work in collaboration to transform the lives of the children and communities we serve.

Our core values of Collaboration, Excellence, Friendship, Resilience, Respect and Responsibility, define the way we care for, enrich and teach every child.

What sets us apart from others is the opportunity to work at the cutting edge of educational thinking and practice, supported by excellent training and development and opportunities to take part in ground breaking research projects and collaborative work with talented and innovative colleagues, both at a local and national level.

Woodside Primary School is rapidly improving and working to provide an exceptional learning experience for our wonderful children. Our vision is to ensure children receive the very best education. We aim to make a life-changing difference within our diverse community of Croydon.

We are seeking to appoint a committed, resilient, passionate and ambitious Teaching Assistant to join our school and partnership to inspire a generation of children.

Our benefits

• Ongoing professional development

• Commitment to staff well-being (members of the staff well-being charter)

• Annual Incremental Pay Increases

• Enhanced Family Friendly Pay (maternity, paternity/enhanced sickness pay)

• Teacher’s Pension Scheme

• Local Government Pension Scheme

• Eye care voucher scheme

• Extensive Training and Induction program

All aspects of the application form must be fully completed to be considered for shortlisting, furthermore, please ensure that the Personal Statement in your application form addresses how you meet the duties outlined in the Person Specification. Please note that we do not accept CV's.

If you share in our belief that success is gained by developing a growth mindset; one which values effort and believes anything is possible, then we want to hear from you!

For enquiries please contact - [email removed]

We reserve the right to interview and appoint at any stage during the recruitment process. Early applications are advised, as interviews will be ongoing.

Visits to the school are strongly encouraged - we would very much like to meet you and answer any questions you may have.

Further information about our Trust is available at: https://www.inspirepartnership.co.uk

To arrange a visit please contact:

Julie Allcott - Senior HR Officer - Email: [email removed]

Please note we will only accept applications from candidates who have documentary evidence that they have the right to work in the UK.

Woodside Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff, volunteers and external agencies to share this commitment. We are an equal opportunities employer. The successful candidate will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check, Medical Clearance and satisfactory Employment References.