Teaching Assistant - Carrington Junior School
Location: Flackwell Heath
Overview
Do you want to work in a school with high standards and a strong focus on wellbeing? Can you juggle red kites with equivalent fractions, or leap from stag beetles to subordinate clauses? Our ARP provision means we have a higher proportion than most schools of children with autism and other special needs, and it adds to the richness of what we do, as well as bringing some interesting tangents to our conversations!
We have a vacancy for a Teaching Assistant to join our team to support our pupils across the school. This is a temporary position, initially, until July 2026, from Monday to Friday (8.30 am-3:30pm) term time only. The vacancy has arisen as a result of expanded levels of staffing.
Start date: 3rd September, 2025
Term time only
Salary Type: Bucks pay
Salary details: Range 1B (£18,522-£19,448) FTE, depending on experience.
Contract type: Fixed Term
Hours: 32.5
Closing date: 04/07/2025 23:59, however applications will be considered on receipt.
Interviews to be held: Applications considered on receipt
About us
We are a two-form entry Junior School in the village of Flackwell Heath on a linking site to the Infant School. Our school benefits from friendly, happy, motivated children and staff team, and is well supported by parents/carers and governors. Our school has an 8 place ARP for pupils with ASD. Our school has an active extra-curricular offer, with sports, music, learning and drama clubs taking place most days before and after school.
Carrington Junior School is a dynamic place to work with lots going on and a supportive staff team. Our recent Ofsted (October 2024) stated, “The ‘Carrington Way’ guidance for staff makes it clear how pupils’ knowledge and skills in each subject should develop over time…..This guidance helps with their workload and well-being”.
Website: www.carringtonjs.co.uk
About the role
We are looking for an experienced, highly motivated and committed person with an enthusiastic ‘can do’ attitude to join our Teaching Assistant team. The role involves individual and group working across the school, including the possibility of working within our ARP, as well as general support in the classroom.
We can offer:
• commitment to your professional development in an exciting and creative learning environment;
• a well-resourced school and stable staff team;
• opportunities to work to develop skills working with a range of pupils: including mainstream support, supporting children with medical needs and children with SEND needs;
• well-behaved, enthusiastic, confident and motivated children;
• a hard-working and committed staff team and supportive governors.
For more information, please see the job description below.
About you
We are seeking an enthusiastic, flexible, patient, motivated and committed teaching assistant, someone who:
• ideally has previous experience of working in Key Stage 2
• can work creatively and independently
• is keen to work as part of our friendly team
• can show initiative and be self-motivated
• can work with pupils of all abilities and have high expectations
• is caring and will foster excellent working relationships with children
You will also have good communication and interpersonal skills and an ability to work flexibly and cooperatively in a team context. Appropriate and accurate use of English in written and oral communications and good organisational skills are also required.
Other information
To arrange a visit, please contact our school office on the number below. Please send completed application forms to
the email address below.
Tel No: 01628 521457
Email: [email protected]
Carrington Junior School is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Any offer of employment is subject to satisfactory references and an enhanced DBS check. All posts are subject to a probationary period.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:
- All unspent convictions and conditional cautions
- All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).
For further information on filtering please refer to Nacro guidance and the guidance issued by the Ministry of Justice (see, in particular, the section titled ‘Exceptions Order’).
It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All shortlisted applicants will be required to complete self-disclosure form and return prior to interview.
