Level 2 Teaching Assistant

Inglehurst Junior School have an exciting vacancy for a Level 2 teaching assistant to join our team in order to support KS2 learners to achieve their full potential. We are a welcoming and diverse school with approximately 300 wonderful children currently on roll. We pride ourselves on being the centre of our community: a place to learn, a place to feel safe, a place to be supported, and a place to have fun. Our school is truly diverse with children coming from a very wide range of culturally, ethnically and socially diverse backgrounds. They are resilient, funny, confident and ensure that no two days are ever the same! We ask all our children to be the best ‘me’ that they can be and, being passionate about inclusion, we give our children whatever they need to succeed and thrive, striving to ensure no one is left behind. Our staff are welcoming, dedicated and highly-skilled – this is truly a lovely school in which to work.

The vacancy is for a Level 2 teaching assistant who will be employed to support our fantastic children and enhance our provision. Please ensure you make it clear in the supporting statement section of your application form how your experience, skills and abilities make you right for the role. The role is temporary until the end of the academic year in the first instance, with the possibility of the role being made permanent at a later date.

You would be required to work 32.5 hours per week (8.30 – 3.30 with ½ hour lunch). We would like you to:

• Work closely with teachers to support learning in the classroom
• Provide tailored support to children with a wide range of abilities and needs, including those with SEND and SEMH needs
• Deliver small group and 1-2-1 interventions

The right candidate will:

• Be flexible, adaptable and reliable and have excellent attendance
• Be calm, patient, kind and confident with children
• Work effectively and imaginatively to provide first class support
• Have experience in working with children aged 7-11 from a wide range of backgrounds, with a wide range of needs
• Be a team player, who can work under direction but also using their own initiative
• Work with individual pupils to carry out specific interventions

We offer:

• A fantastically resourced school with supportive and friendly staff.
• A school dedicated to supporting staff and pupil wellbeing
• Children who are fun, funny and confident, and who enjoy learning.
• A chance to make a real impact in a school that values every child
• Opportunities for personal and career development
• Term-time hours (plus INSET days - equating to 39 weeks per year)

To fully appreciate our wonderful school, we would love you to come and visit. Please contact the school office to make an appointment.

Please note that while we recognise that AI tools can be extremely useful for brainstorming and refining ideas, we ask that your application form be completed using your own words. We are genuinely interested in hearing your own voice, experiences, and motivations, as this helps us get to know you!

Closing Date: Wednesday 2nd September 2026 at 9am. Interviews to be held during the week beginning 7th September – please indicate on your application form any days / times you would NOT be available for interview.

Inglehurst Junior School 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 under-represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.