Teaching Assistant - Stone Church of England Combined School
Location: Stone
Overview
We are seeking an enthusiastic and committed individual to join our school family as a Teaching Assistant supporting children with additional needs.
Working Hours 8.40am to 3.15pm with half hour lunch (Monday to Friday) these hours are negotiable.
Your role will be pivotal in providing essential support to small groups or individual children, helping them achieve their full potential academically, socially and emotionally.
The successful candidate will be required to support in class, work with small groups or support individual children and some with special educational needs.
Term time only: Yes
Salary type: Bucks Pay
Salary Details: Range 1b Point 6 to 10 (depending upon experience) £24,836.00 to £25,823.00 pro rata 39 weeks per annum Actual Salary £12,264.00 to £12,751.00 (0.4938 FTE) per annum
Contract type: Fixed Term
Hours: Part-time
Closing date: 04/09/2026, Please note that this deadline may be extended based on the needs of the school, or the application window closed sooner if a suitable candidate is found. Therefore, we strongly encourage any applicants to apply as soon as possible.
About us
At Stone Church of England Combined School we believe that our school is a special place, where children can learn, develop and thrive in a happy and nurturing environment. The school has high expectations of academic progress for all children, and our aspirations for their personal development are rooted in Christian values.
Website: http://www.stone.bucks.sch.uk/
About the role
You will provide support to either a small group of pupils or 1:1 under the direction of the class teacher, mainly within the classroom.
You will assist in promoting the learning and personal development of pupils enabling them to make best use of the educational opportunities available to them.
Please see attached Job description for further information.
About you
The successful candidate will have:
• A good level of literacy and maths.
• A passion for working with children and helping them overcome challenges.
• Experience of supporting young people in an educational setting, ideally pupils with special educational needs would be an advantage.
• An enthusiastic commitment to the children and school.
• A positive approach with patience and understanding with good communication skills and a commitment to fostering an inclusive and supportive learning environment.
• A dedication to raising attainment and progress of pupils with whom you work.
• Flair, imagination, creativity, flexibility, positivity and an ability to work effectively as part of a team, to embrace and embed new strategies and approaches to support young people.
Other information
Please note that this deadline may be extended based on the needs of the school, or the application window closed sooner if a suitable candidate is found. Therefore, we strongly encourage any applicants to apply as soon as possible.
We look forward to receiving your application.
Visits to the school are warmly welcome. To arrange a visit or to find out more about the role, please contact our school office on the number below.
Please send completed application forms to the email address below.
Tel No: 01296 748340
Email: [email protected]
Stone Church of England Combined School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Therefore, we expect all workers and employees to share this commitment.
All appointments are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks, including a satisfactory Enhanced Criminal Records with Barred List check through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
This role involves contact with children. It is an offence to apply for the role if an applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
Please find our Child protection policy and our Safer Recruitment (which includes our policy on employing ex-offenders) on our school website here: https://www.stone.bucks.sch.uk/information/policies
We will carry out an online search on shortlisted candidates to help identify any incidents or issues that are publicly available online
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.
