Teaching Assistant - Tylers Green First School
Location: High Wycombe
Overview
Are you ready for a change? We are looking for an enthusiastic and ambitious teaching assistant to join our friendly and hardworking team. You will be supporting children with additional needs across the school day and will be key to their success in school. If you are looking for a new career opportunity, exciting challenges, a friendly team and amazing children to work with, this is the school for you!
Staff feel valued at the school and all are proud to work at Tylers Green. The school is considerate of the workload and well-being of staff. There is a great collaborative team spirit, with staff supporting each other well. OFSTED 2024
Job salary: Pay range is Bucks 1B point 6-10 £24,836 - £25,823 pro rata, Actual Salary £17,484.54
Contract: Fixed Term: 12 months
Hours: Term Time only – 31.5 hours per week, Mon - Fri 8.30am – 3.15pm
Closing date: Friday 22nd May 2026
About us
Tylers Green First School is a two-form entry village infant school in the beautiful village of Penn in Buckinghamshire. We believe that children should be at the heart of the school, and the school at the heart of the village. Our children and staff are happy here, and children achieve well.
Please do look at our school website www.tylersgreenfirst.co.uk for more information.
About the role
Our children say:
“A new Teaching Assistant should be helpful, kind and friendly. They should help us in class to think of answers. They should help us if we need to find a friend to play with. They should be fun and enjoy playing”
General duties
- Follow timetabled activities as directed by the Teacher/Assistant Headteacher or Headteacher
- set up indoor/outdoor areas for start of session ensuring all equipment and resources are ready and confirming with colleagues that all areas are set-up and ready
- ensure resources and equipment are tidied away at end of sessions so that areas are ready to be set-up for next session/day
- carry out administrative duties efficiently and effectively as directed by the class teacher/head teacher
- deal with accidents, emergencies and illnesses
- Support pupils who have intimate care needs, or who have had a toileting accident, in accordance with the school’s intimate care policy.
- prepare and maintain safe learning environments
- contribute to the planning and evaluation of teaching and learning activities through participation in team meetings
- Attend TA meetings as directed by the Assistant Headteacher
For further information please see attached Job description.
About you
We would welcome applications from people with classroom experience, holders of NVQ 3 in Supporting Teaching and Learning or graduates who are looking to go into teaching eventually.
Other information
To apply please complete an application form which is on the school’s website https://www.tylersgreenfirst.co.uk/vacancies/ and email to Mrs Turner (PA to the Headteacher) at [email protected]
Tylers Green First School reserves the right to close and shortlist early, therefore early applications are encouraged.
Tylers Green First School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. An offer of appointment is subject to satisfactory references, DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) Enhanced Disclosure and medical clearance.
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.
