Teaching Assistant
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking for a passionate Teaching Assistant who:
- Educational Background: At least 5 GCSEs (including English and Maths at C or above) with a relevant teaching assistant qualification (e.g. NVQ Level 3 or equivalent preferred).
- Experience: A minimum of 2 years of recent classroom support experience; additional experience with pupils with extra needs is desirable.
- Skills & Behaviours: Strong communication, IT, teamwork, and organisational skills; ability to work independently, use initiative, and contribute to a collaborative teaching environment.
- Professional Commitment: Willingness to pursue continuous professional development, demonstrate school values, and pass an enhanced DBS check (and ideally be a qualified first aider).
- Passion for creating a supportive and inclusive environment for all members of our school community.
- Alignment with our trust-wide values by bringing a positive, collaborative approach to their work and a willingness to continuously develop professionally.
- Professional Growth: Continuous Professional Development (CPD), inset days, rotation and secondment opportunities, and leadership succession programmes.
- Wellbeing Support: Initiatives like ‘Wellbeing Moments,’ flexible working arrangements, and access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for mental health support.
- Comprehensive Benefits: Generous defined pension schemes, Health Cash-back Plan (covering dentist, physiotherapy appointments etc.), and multiple retail discount schemes.
- Sustainability Commitment: Reducing our carbon footprint through our Climate and Nature initiatives across all schools.
- Inclusive Culture: A collaborative environment where diversity is celebrated, helping staff bring their best selves to work and thrive in their roles.
Further details about the role
Are you a passionate professional ready to build your future?
Do you want to work in a supportive environment where your skills and contributions are valued?
Join us!
At Futura Learning Partnership, we are committed to creating an environment where every employee - whether in teaching, support, or leadership - can flourish. We strive to attract, develop, and retain the very best talent by creating a culture that values professional development, wellbeing, and inclusion.
Your Role in Building Brighter Futures
As a Teaching Assistant at Chestnut Park, you will play a key role in contributing to the delivery of Futura’s mission statement of “Building the brightest future for all, enabling every individual to flourish”. We are looking for an individual who is passionate about living our values and making a positive impact on all the young people in our Trust.
Chestnut Parkis a creative and innovative place of learning where children are encouraged to be as successful as they can be in all that they do. Pupils develop lively and enquiring minds to acquire knowledge and skills relevant to a fast changing world.We work in partnership with families and the local community to support the children, enabling them to develop and flourish, fulfilling their potential at school and in life as good citizens.
As Teaching Assistant, you will be responsible for:
- Pupil Support & Supervision: Ensure pupils’ safety, promote inclusion, and encourage independent learning by supervising classroom activities and out-of-class times (lunchtimes, trips, exams).
- Assisting Teaching Staff: Help with lesson planning, resource organisation, classroom management, and the development/implementation of individual education/behaviour plans.
- Curriculum & Assessment Support: Aid in implementing local and national learning strategies (e.g. literacy and numeracy), use ICT effectively in lessons, and monitor/record pupils’ progress.
- Safeguarding & Compliance: Uphold data protection, child safeguarding policies, and health and safety regulations in the school environment.
Key Information:
Expected Start Date: 01/09/2025Working Hours: 32.5 per week
Contract Type: permanent, part time, term time only
PLEASE NOTE: Early applications are encouraged. We reserve the right to interview and appoint prior to the closing date of the advertisement.
Futura Learning Partnership is Committed to Safeguarding:
Futura Learning Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Your suitability to work with children and young people will form part of the selection process.For this post, prior to appointment Futura Learning Partnership will apply for a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring check, a Children’s Barred list check, two satisfactory references, one of which must be from your existing/most recent employer and completed by a Headteacher/appropriate senior manager/HR Lead, satisfactory pre-employment health screening, online searches and for Teachers, a Prohibition Check in relation to the children’s workforce.
In some settings a Declaration will be required in order to meet our obligations under the ‘Disqualification under the Childcare Act 2006.
Equal Opportunities:
At Futura Learning Partnership, we are committed to creating an inclusive environment where diversity is celebrated, and everyone is treated fairly. We encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds and are dedicated to supporting our staff to achieve their full potential.
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.