Teaching Assistant G5 - Burton Bradstock Primary School

Burton Bradstock Primary School is looking for a skilled and dedicated member of staff to join our hardworking team of Teaching Assistants.

This post involves supporting teaching and learning across the school and includes working with children. Essential qualities include discretion, empathy, professionalism, and good personal organisation with great communication skills and a desire to see young people achieve their potential. The right candidate would also demonstrate adaptability and resilience. Understanding of learning difficulties, knowledge of subject areas, and experience of working with young people in an educational setting will be advantageous.

Role Details:

• Contract: Fixed term contract (approx start date of October 2026 – 16 July 2027), linked to specific work which is funded for a fixed term only.

• Hours: 10.5 hours per week. Working 38 weeks per year.

• Working Pattern: Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday in the afternoons (subject to change according to business need).

• Salary: TA Grade 5, SCP 5-6 (£6,085 - £6,181 actual salary pay award pending).

• Closing date: 24 September 2026

• Interview date: week commencing 28 September 2026

A current driving licence and your own transport are 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 Sarah Elliott on 01308 422846 or by emailing [email protected]

Please Note: the actual salary shown is based on the number of hours and weeks worked and paid annual leave entitlement for an employee with under 5 years' service.

Burton Bradstock 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.

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.

Burton Bradstock CE Primary school is a small, happy and caring school, nestled for over 150 years in the beautiful village of Burton Bradstock on Dorset’s Jurassic Coast. We seek to provide a happy and purposeful environment for our staff to work in and where children can learn, play and grow.

As well as providing a high-quality education our children have access to extracurricular activities and cultural enrichment whilst our close links to the church and local community enable us to live out our vision to: 'Do justice, love kindness and walk humbly with God' (Micah 6:8). 

 We are proud of our wonderful team of teachers and support staff. As a part of Initio Learning Trust, a group of seventeen schools, our staff have access to genuine professional development opportunities, enabling every person to thrive within their role.

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

For more information please visit our school website: https://www.burtonbradstock.dorset.sch.uk/