Full Time Teaching Assistant (28.75 hours per week), with additional mealtime assistant responsibility (2.5 hours per week)
Term time only (38 weeks per year)
Teaching Assistant - £16,076 per year (NJC point 3); FTE £24,796
Mealtime Assistant - £1,376 per year (NJC point 2); FTE £24,413
Required from 5th January 2026
Fixed term until 17th July 2026.
Uffculme Primary wishes to appoint a Teaching Assistant.
You will have a passion for working with children from different backgrounds to ensure they receive the education they deserve. You will bring a creative approach to the classroom and be willing to work with children on a 1:1 basis and in small groups as well as supporting in the classroom.
A warm, firm and caring approach to children is essential. No experience is necessary; however we are seeking someone who is compassionate and wants the very best for children.
If you would like to be part of our friendly team of dedicated staff, then we would be delighted to hear from you.
Closing date: 9.30am 11th December 2025.
Interviews to be held on 17th December 2025. Please note that interviews will be held during school hours and cannot be rearranged.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 under the Exceptions Order 1975 (as amended in 2013 and 2020). This means that both spent and unspent convictions and cautions may need to be disclosed. However, certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ under filtering rules and do not need to be disclosed. Guidance on what should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974.
Blackdown Education Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We particularly welcome applications from underrepresented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexuality or religion.
The successful candidate will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the Disclosure Barring Service (DBS). As part of our due diligence process when shortlisting, we may carry out an online search of publicly available material to identify any incidents or issues which we might want to explore with the applicant at interview.
References: References will be taken up on short-listed candidates that will include questions about past disciplinary actions or allegations in relation to behaviour with children, previous employers may be approached for information to verify particular experiences or qualifications before interview.
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