Teaching Assistant - Bridport Primary School

Bridport Primary School is looking for a Teaching Assistant G5 to join our fantastic team. Could this be you?

Actual Salary £17,023 - £17,293 per annum (Grade 5) pay award pending.

This job is Part Time - Term Time Only: for 30 hours per week and 38.4 working weeks per year.

It is offered on a Permanent basis 

Approximate start date: 1 September 2025.

Closing date: Wednesday 4 June 2025 at 12.00pm

Interview date: Monday 9 June 2025

We are looking for a skilled and dedicated member of staff to join our hard-working team of TA's. 

Essential qualities include discretion, empathy, professionalism and good personal organisation with great communication skills and a desire to see young people achieve their potential.  Understanding of learning difficulties, knowledge of subject areas and experience of working with young people in an educational setting will be advantageous. 

This position may include the running of our after school club 'Busy Bees'.

This post will involve support for children with Education and Health Care Plans who require additional support to access school life.

Working days will be Monday to Friday, and hours to be discussed at the Interview stage.  

A clean driving licence and your own transport is essential for travel across the Trust’s multiple sites and schools.

Please refer to the attached job description for more details about the role. 

If you have any further questions, please contact the recruiting manager Sarah Elliott by emailing [email protected]

Bridport Primary School values the diversity of our workforce and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people; this is a commitment which we expect all staff and volunteers to share. The successful candidate will be required to have a Disclosure and Barring Service check in line with the Governments safer recruitment guidelines.

The pro rata salary shown is based on the number of hours and weeks worked and includes appropriate paid annual leave and bank holiday entitlements.

This role is UK based and your Right to Work will need to be established as part of the appointment process.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (2013 and 2020)) provide that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. The MOJ’s guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.

Keeping Children Safe in Education

The school will conduct online searches of shortlisted candidates. This check will be part of a safeguarding check, and the search will purely be based on whether an individual is suitable to work with children. All aspects of social media and internet searches will be conducted. As care must be taken to avoid unconscious bias and any risk of discrimination, a person who will not on the appointment panel will conduct the searches and will only share information if and when findings are relevant and of concern.

We are a community school who work hard together to give the best possible care and education to our children, rated 'Good' by Ofsted in March 2023. We are passionate about working closely with our families and understanding their unique needs.  We strive to give rich and varied experiences to all, endeavouring to understand and embrace one another’s unique qualities, talents and skills.  The aim is that this learning will give them good life chances and choices in the future: ‘Learning today for our tomorrow.’

For more information please visit our school website: https://www.bridportprimaryschool.co.uk/

We welcome visits to our school - if you would like to arrange a visit or require more information, please refer to the contact details above.

Initio Learning Trust offers a welcoming and supportive environment and can provide:

• a genuine commitment to supporting professional development

• a supportive and flexible working environment which offers equal opportunities for all

• free onsite parking

• access to the local government or teachers pension scheme 

• a range of employee benefits including Cycle to Work and Health Cash Plan