Teaching Assistant (1:1 Support) - Hugo Meynell CofE (VC) Primary School in Market Drayton

Hugo Meynell CofE (VC) Primary School is looking to fill the following vacancy:

Teaching Assistant (1:1 Support)

• Part Time, Fixed Term Contract
• Grade 3, Scale Point 5, £13.70 per hour, £18,513.61 per annum
• Full time, whole year equivalent salary - £26,427.
• This position is temporary until 31st December 2027
• 30 hours per week
• Monday to Friday, Term Time plus 5 Inset days
• Start Date: 4th January 2027

Local Government Pension Scheme

This position benefits from membership of the Local Governor Pension Scheme. Staffordshire County Council also makes a generous employer contribution (currently 28.1%) for scheme members.

Hugo Meynell Primary School is seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and motivated Teaching Assistant to provide one to one support for a child with an EHCP within Key Stage 1 (Year 2).

If you:

• Are a caring and warm individual who wants to be part of a friendly and motivated team
• Genuinely enjoy supporting children and believe that every child can achieve
• Are enthusiastic, have excellent communication skills and believe that learning should be creative and fun

Then we can offer you an opportunity to work in our happy, friendly school.

The person appointed will work with the child to:

• Develop interaction skills so the child can imitate play actions and take turns.
• Develop non-verbal communication skills so the child can make requests, show a preference through reaching and pointing and expressing wants and needs.
• Develop the child’s receptive language skills so they can engage with some classroom routines, understand simple instructions involving a choice, and follow directions containing two key words.
• Develop listening and attention skills on a one to one and a small group basis to allow the child to complete, and transition between, adult directed activities.
• Develop literacy skills so the child can imitate sounds, words and phrases and join in with familiar rhymes and songs.
• Develop numeracy skills so the child can use early maths concepts including matching, categorising, and counting.
• Develop mark making skills so the child can use a range of resources and materials to further develop their recording and handwriting skills.
• Assist children in matters of personal needs and their additional needs including first aid and welfare matters.
• Follow guidance from the Speech and Language Therapist and SEND Inclusion Team.
• Encourage pupils to interact with others and engage in activities led by the teacher.

The full job description is attached to this advert, but if you would like more information please contact the school.

Closing date for applications: 9am Monday 23rd November 2026

Interviews will take place on Thursday 26th and Friday 27th November 2026.

Hugo Meynell Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The person appointed will be engaging in regulated activity with children.

This is because they will either:

• be responsible on a regular basis in a school for teaching, instructing, caring for or supervising children,
• be working on a regular basis in a school, where the work gives opportunity for unsupervised contact with children, OR
• engage in intimate or personal care, even if this happens only once.

It is an offence to apply for this vacancy if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. A policy statement on the recruitment of ex-offenders can be found on the school website.

The successful candidate will be subject to necessary pre-employment checks, including: an enhanced DBS, Prohibition List, Barred List, Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work. All applicants will be required to provide two suitable professional references.

In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education, and as part of our pre-employment checks, publicly available social media profiles of shortlisted candidates will be reviewed before interview.

Hugo Meynell Primary School’s Safeguarding Policy and Child Protection arrangements are available on the school website.

Hugo Meynell Primary School, Eccleshall Road, Loggerheads, Market Drayton, Shropshire, TF9 4NU

01630 672287

office@hugomeynell.staffs.sch.uk