POSITION: TEACHING ASSISTANT
CONTRACT: One year Fixed Term
WORK PATTERN: Full Time: 8.45am to 3.15pm – Monday to Friday
(PT considered, please indicate hours available on application form)
PAY GRADE / SCALE: Grade 3 / SCP6
SALARY: £25,989 (FTE)
CLOSING DATE: Noon 8th July 2026
INTERVIEW DATE: Tuesday 14th July 2026
START DATE: 1st September, 2026
About the Role
This is a fixed term contract (term time only) for an experienced Teaching Assistant to provide support required by individual pupils, some small group work and whole class support. This is a fixed term contract which will terminate July 2027 but may be extended for the academic year 2027-2028 subject to approved funding.
About Us
Gorse Ride Schools is a vibrant, 1 form entry federated Nursery, Infant and Junior School with an environment designed to encourage every child, of all ages and abilities, to achieve their maximum potential. Our children are energetic, keen to learn and enjoy being challenged. We are immensely proud of our school and our children – who are our greatest ambassadors. They are respectful, responsible, hard-working, fun-loving and well-rounded individuals who thrive in the ethos of a school that allows them to discover their strengths, take risks in their learning and set challenges for themselves.
We take our safeguarding responsibilities very seriously, and we work hard to make sure our school has effective safeguarding systems in place. We expect everyone working in the school to share a common objective to help keep children and young people safe by contributing to:
Providing a safe environment for children and young people to learn in
Identifying children and young people who are likely to suffer significant harm and taking appropriate action with the aim of making sure they are kept safe both at home and in the education setting.
We can offer you:
A positive, caring ethos with children and learning at the heart of all we do
Happy children who are enthusiastic, motivated and engaged learners
Talented, friendly and supportive teaching and admin teams
Good relationships with parents, carers and the wider community
About You
Your role will be to support the learning and wellbeing of children with additional needs alongside and in consultation with other school staff. As part of the role you would also support during lunchtimes. We are looking for an enthusiastic, proactive Learning Mentor who can work within a classroom alongside a teacher, 1:1 and with small groups. Experience with working with children who have additional needs is advantageous but not essential.
Can you:
show creativity in motivating, engaging and challenging children in their learning
be resilient and reflective, always striving to improve
be positive, caring and enthusiastic
be a team player who supports others and shares good practice
be flexible and adaptive to change
work alongside outside agencies to deliver specific programmes of work
Do you have:
good behaviour management
experience of working with children with special needs such as ASD / learning difficulties
ability to work in a team
ability to work 1:1 and in small groups
Application Forms are available on our school website: www.GorseRideSchools.co.uk. Please forward completed application forms to Nicole Wallace School Business Manager:
[email protected]
Executive Head Teacher: Miss E.M Rogers
Pay: Up to £25,989.00 per year
Benefits:
Work Location: In person
