Join Our Welcoming Team as a Teaching Assistant
Start Date: As soon as possible
We're excited to welcome a dedicated and enthusiastic full-time Teaching Assistant to support learners across all key stages initially. This role offers a wonderful opportunity to collaborate closely with our Class Teachers, fostering an inclusive and enriching learning environment where all children can thrive. The position is initially fixed-term until 22nd July 2025, we anticipate the role continuing beyond this.
We're looking for someone who brings:
• Experience supporting children in a learning environment and working with diverse individual needs.
• A solid understanding of how children learn and develop across different age groups, and a passion for supporting high-quality learning experiences.
• A genuine interest in becoming an active and valued member of our wider school community.
• A patient and thoughtful approach, coupled with a good sense of humour to bring positivity to our team.
At Nutfield Church Primary School, we truly value the unique contributions of every individual and warmly encourage applications from people of all faiths, races, sexualities, backgrounds, and cultures.
Nutfield Church Primary School is a friendly, one-form entry Voluntary Aided School deeply rooted in Christian values in our vibrant village community. We take great pride in our happy children, our committed staff, and the wonderful support we receive from our parents and carers. Our school benefits from spacious grounds, providing a fantastic space for children to play and learn. We actively promote outdoor learning through our Wellbeing curriculum and our developing on-site farm.
The full-time Teaching Assistant position involves:
• Working 28.75 hours per week. 5 days a week, during school term times.
• The working day will be from 8:45 am to 3:15 pm.
• Salary will be based on the Surrey Pay Scale Grade 3, currently starting from £23,576 per annum (pro-rata equivalent of £16,032 per annum for 28.75 hours per week, term time only, inclusive of 3 INSET days).
This role will involve contact with children. Nutfield Church 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 applicants should read the school’s safeguarding policy (available on our website) and are required to declare any criminal convictions, cautions or disciplinary proceedings related to young people. We will follow Safer Recruitment Practice in our recruitment process and the successful candidate will be required to undertake an Enhanced DBS Disclosure from the Disclosure & Barring Scheme and provide satisfactory references.