Job details Job role Teaching assistant Visa sponsorship
Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
Full time
Contract type
Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
£14.80 Hourly
Temporary Teaching Assistant job summary Principal Accountabilities
Supporting Pupils' Learning
Supervise and provide particular support for pupils, including those with special needs, ensuring their safety and access to learning activities.
Assist with the development and implementation of Individual Education /Behaviour Plans and Personal Care programmes.
Attend to the pupil's personal needs and implement related personal programmes, including social, health, physical, hygiene, first aid and welfare matters.
Supervise and support pupils ensuring their safety and access to learning.
Establish good relationships with pupils, acting as a role model and being aware of and responding appropriately to individual needs.
Promote the inclusion and acceptance of all pupils.
Encourage pupils to interact with others and engage in activities led by the teacher.
Set challenging and demanding expectations and promote self-esteem and independence.
Provide feedback to pupils in relation to progress and achievement under the guidance of the teacher.
Supporting Teachers
Create and maintain a purposeful, orderly and supportive environment, in accordance with lesson plans and assist with the display of pupils' work.
Use strategies, in liaison with the teacher, to support pupils to achieve learning goals.
Assist with the planning of learning activities.
Monitor pupils' responses to learning activities and accurately record achievement/progress as directed.
Provide detailed and regular feedback to teachers on pupils' achievement, progress, problems etc.
Promote good pupil behaviour, dealing promptly with conflict and incidents in line with established policy and encourage pupils to take responsibility for their own behaviour.
Establish constructive relationships with parents/carers.
Administer routine tests and assessments and undertake routine marking of pupils' work.
Provide clerical/administrative support e.g.
photocopying, typing, filing, collecting money etc.
Support for the Curriculum
Assist in the preparation and development of agreed curriculum activities.
Undertake programmes linked to local and national learning strategies e.g.
literacy and numeracy, RWInc and early years, recording achievement and progress and feeding back to the teacher.
Support the use of ICT in learning activities and develop pupils' competence and independence in its use.
Prepare, maintain and use equipment/resources required to meet the lesson plans/relevant learning activity and assist pupils in their use.
Support for the school
Be aware of and comply with policies and procedures relating to child protection, health, safety and security, confidentiality and data protection, reporting all concerns to an appropriate person.
Be aware of and support difference and ensure all pupils have equal access to opportunities to learn and develop.
Contribute to the overall ethos/work/aims of the school.
Appreciate and support the role of other professionals.
Attend relevant meetings as required.
Participate in training and other learning activities and performance development as required.
Assist with the supervision of pupils out of lesson times, including before and after school and at lunchtimes.
Accompany teaching staff and pupils on visits, trips and out of school activities as required and take responsibility for a group under the supervision of a teacher
Working hours:
Monday - Thursday 8:30am - 3:30pm
Friday 8:30am - 4pm
Temporary role from Monday 20th January - Wednesday 23rd July 2025
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.
We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
Visas cannot be sponsored.