Exciting opportunity to join our school from September 2025.
We are seeking to appoint an experienced teaching assistant for the new academic year to work primarily in KS2 but also with strong knowledge of the Key Stage 1 curriculum. You will be supported by a passionate team of teachers in an inclusive, engaging environment where children love to learn.
Badbury Park Primary School moved into a state-of-the-art new building in November 2020 .We are passionate about outdoor learning, education for social responsibility and forest school and we have wonderful green spaces to bring the curriculum alive. We have engaged, happy learners in beautiful, authentic learning spaces with carefully chosen versatile resources that provoke creativity, curiosity, and concentration. The school building is spacious, and purpose built with the latest technology including an immersive room, VR headsets, coding robots and a 3D printer.
Our free school is part of The Blue Kite Academy Trust, a growing family of primary schools based in Swindon who offer excellent CPD and career opportunities, a competitive salary with scope for progression, a commitment to nationally agreed pay and terms, an excellent pension scheme, child care vouchers, free car parking and free staff health and well-being support.
Badbury Park has a great staff team who are supportive, passionate, and caring. Our aim is to work collaboratively together to nurture and develop every child through carefully planned lessons. We believe in teaching skills, sharing knowledge, and building special memories that children will take with them through the rest of their lives.
The successful applicant will:
- Be fun, creative and enthusiastic with a love for outdoor learning
- Have experience of working in both a KS1 and KS2 setting
- Have excellent communication and interpersonal skills with pupils, parents and other staff
- Be innovative and flexible, yet rigorous with an eye for detail
- Be passionate about inclusive practice
- Be adaptable to support the growth of our new school
- Have excellent organisation and time management skills
Please see job description for more information.
The hours of work will be Monday-Friday 08.30-3.15pm (31.25 paid hours per week) term time only plus teacher training days.
Applications should be submitted electronically by 20th June 2025, however we will review applications as they come in and may close this vacancy early, so please don’t delay your application.
Badbury Park Primary school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments will be subject to satisfactory references, an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), disqualification declaration, medical check and proof of right to work in the UK. References will be called and checked prior to interview (if you do not wish us to call references prior to interview please make this clear on your application). Proof of qualifications will be required and failure to disclose any other required information may render applicants liable to disqualification or dismissal if appointed, were the failure to come to light. Therefore it is imperative that you provide all relevant information requested in order to meet this safeguarding commitment.