About Us
Medmerry Primary School is situated in the beautiful coastal town of Selsey and is at the heart of the community. Our pupils attend school from Selsey itself and from various neighbouring villages and other nearby towns. We are a one form entry school ranging from Early Years through to Year 6.
We have designed our curriculum to capitalise on and celebrate all our local environment has to offer; the beach with its lifeboat station and local fishing industry, the nature reserve etc. However, our curriculum is also designed to reach beyond the
closeness of this community and to give our pupil experiences and knowledge about life beyond the peninsular.
Our high expectations allow our children to believe in themselves, take risks and learn from mistakes and successes. We aim to develop life long, confident, happy,
independent learners with a strong sense of right and wrong who will be equipped with life skills for their whole future ahead of them.
Job Details
Ref: 500106
Required: September 2026 or as soon as practicable
Contract: Fixed Term to July 2027, Term Time Only
Hours: 20.75 hours per week, worked over 5 mornings (38 weeks per year, plus 5.8 weeks annual leave)
Salary: NJC Grade 3, SCP 3 - 4, £24,796 - £25,185 p.a. pro rata
Actual salary: £11,713 p.a.
Visits to the school are warmly welcomed in term time. If you are interested in applying
and would like to visit the school please contact Anna Souffe , Office Manager Tel: 01243
602738.
We do recommend that you also visit our school website
https://www.medmerryschool.co.uk/ for further information about our
school.
Closing Date: Friday 4th September 2026
Interview Date: Friday 11th September 2026
What You Need to Succeed
We are looking for a positive, caring and well motivated teaching assistant to work within this friendly and supportive school. Ideally, you are already a teaching assistant with experience of working with children in an educational setting or have experience in working with children and are looking to progress your career in education.
You will be a Class teaching assistant supporting the class teacher and working with small groups of children as well as having some SEN responsibilities. This will require you to have a flexible approach and emotional understanding of the children's needs.
In return we can offer you:
- A happy and supportive environment in which to grow.
- A forward looking school with high aspirations and standards
- Collaborative working across all 10 schools in the trust.
- Employee benefits including Local Government Pension, Staff wellbeing (EAP)
The successful applicant will be someone who will:
- Experience of working with children who have special educational needs
- Engage and motivate children to do their best, whilst having a passion and desire to
want the very best for all children and a belief that every child can succeed, will
creating a culture of friendship, positivity and teamwork at lunchtimes, in line with
our school values.
- Like all children and will be able to establish excellent relationships with children and
colleagues.
- Be an inspirational, positive, enthusiastic and supportive colleague, whilst being an
excellent role model to children.
- Previous experience of working in a similar role and/or relevant training is desirable,
but not essential.
Further Information
Medmerry Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children. This post is subject to rigorous pre employment checks, including references, qualifications, health, enhanced DBS checks. Medmerry Primary School is part of the Schoolsworks Academy Trust and the trust is fully committed to supporting the career development of all its staff.
Medmerry 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
To apply for this role please download the information pack and application form below.
Applicants should clearly state on the application form their current expertise and previous experience. Please make reference to the Job Description and Personal Specification when completing the Skills and Competencies part of the application
Once complete please return your application form to [email protected]
Should you have any questions regarding the role or the application please feel free to email us at [email protected] or contact us on 01903 278206
NOTE TO CANDIDATES - Please do not select the ‘Apply online’ button as the School processes your applications directly rather than through this site.
The reference number for this role is SCHO02950.
