Teaching Assistant

Job Description

Salary: Rate of pay: Grade 3 £25,185.00 FTE salary = £17,216.72 

Hours: Hours of Work: 8.45 am to 3.25 pm Monday to Friday (30.5 hours a week) term time only. 

Contract: Full time 

Reports to: The Headteacher

Closing date: 2nd November 2026– 9:00am

Are you a caring, enthusiastic and dedicated Teaching Assistant who is passionate about helping children flourish and bringing The Albourne Way to life every day?

Purpose of the job:

• Providing learning activities for an individual under the professional direction and supervision of a qualified teacher, differentiating and adapting learning programmes to suit the needs of the pupil 
• Assessing, recording and reporting on development, progress and attainment as agreed with the teacher 
• Monitoring and recording the pupil’s responses and learning achievements, drawing any problems which cannot be resolved to the attention of the teacher 
• Selecting and adapting appropriate resources/methods to facilitate agreed learning activities 
• Supporting the pupil with social and emotional well-being, reporting problems to the teacher as appropriate 

Our ideal Teaching Assistant will be:

• Kind, enthusiastic and endlessly encouraging.

• Passionate about helping children become confident, independent and successful learners.

• Skilled at supporting children with a range of needs and abilities.

• Patient, flexible and ready to find creative ways to help children flourish.

• A positive team player who enjoys being fully involved in school life.

• Committed to safeguarding, inclusion and the wellbeing of every child.

• Ready to embrace our ethos and bring The Albourne Way to life every day.

Safeguarding Statement

Albourne C of E 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.

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]

Any questions can be directed to the Headteacher, Ms Fiona Keeling, via the office: [email removed]

Application Attachments:

Application Form

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Qualifications

• Good general education to GCSE level (Maths & English Grade C or above) 

• NVQ3, or equivalent, in Teaching and Learning 

• Current First Aid qualification (desirable)

• Experience of working both under direction and using own initiative, as appropriate 

• Experience of working with children with individual needs 

• Knowledge of the key aspects that affect the development of children’s learning 

• Experience of working with children in KS1 and KS2 

• Read, Write, Inc Phonics trained (desirable)

• Driving Essential 

• Love of cooking (desirable) as we have built a bespoke kitchen to teach children to cook