Teaching Assistant

Role: Teaching Assistant
Location: Chesterfield
Salary: £95-£105 per day (Depending on experience and/or qualifications)
Contract: Temporary – Long term Supply

About the role
We are seeking to appoint a committed, enthusiastic and caring Teaching Assistant to join our Year 3 classroom and become an integral part of our dedicated primary school team. This is an exciting opportunity for an individual who is passionate about primary education and committed to making a positive and lasting difference to children’s learning, progress, confidence and wellbeing.

Working closely with the class teacher, you will play an important role in supporting high-quality teaching and learning across the primary curriculum. You will provide effective one-to-one and small-group support, helping pupils to develop their knowledge, skills, confidence and independence while ensuring they are fully engaged in their learning.

A key focus of this role will be supporting pupils with Maths and Phonics, helping children to strengthen their core skills, address gaps in learning and make good progress. You may also support targeted learning interventions, reinforce classroom teaching and provide additional encouragement to pupils who may benefit from extra support.

The successful candidate will be nurturing, patient, proactive and adaptable, with a genuine commitment to helping every child achieve their full potential. You will have a positive and inclusive approach to supporting children with a range of learning needs and abilities, and be able to build strong, trusting relationships with pupils.

Requirements
Salary is dependent on experience, qualifications and training. All successful applicants will:
– Experience in working with children in a school or specialist setting
– A nurturing, patient and consistent approach
– Have referenceable experience working in a school setting.
– Be passionate about education, with a desire to help young people thrive.
– Be an excellent communicator with a positive, can-do attitude.
– Ideally hold a full, clean driving licence and have access to vehicle.

About Source Supply
Source Supply are local education recruitment specialists, with over 50 years’ experience working with schools and other education settings. We work closely with primary, secondary and SEND settings to recruit exceptional teachers, teaching assistants and other support staff for a range of day-to-day, short and long-term vacancies.
Source Supply welcome all applicants and do not discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, colour, religion, disability or sexual orientation.

What we offer
Source Supply are proud to offer our valued staff:
– Competitive rates of pay, paid PAYE on a weekly basis.
– Pension contributions, subject to a qualifying period.
– Full compliance with AWR (Agency Workers’ Regulations).
– Free online and face-to-face training, plus regular social events
– Local, dedicated support from our experienced recruitment team.
– Generous referral scheme – earn £100 for each successful recommendation.
– A £100 welcome bonus for all staff. T&C apply.
– FULLY FUNDED DBS

How to apply
To join us as a teaching assistant, apply via this website or email an up-to-date CV to [email removed]. For an informal chat about the role, or more information about Source Supply, call [phone removed].