Teaching Assistants

Government of The United Kingdom

Teaching Assistants

£27306

Government of The United Kingdom, West Norwood, Lambeth

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Onsite working

Posted 1 week ago, 12 Sep | Get your application in now before you're too late!

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: 848a89065c544cd28e29a881106796d5

Full Job Description

  • All staff are required to read and comply with policies and procedures relating to Child Protection and Safeguarding, and report concerns to the appropriate person. Our child protection and safeguarding policy can be found on our website.


  • All our roles are school-based and will involve some work with children. Therefore:


  • It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity with children.


  • You will be required to obtain an enhanced disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

    is committed and reliable;


  • is positive, enthusiastic, flexible, helpful and friendly;


  • has good literacy, numeracy, communication and IT skills;


  • has some experience of supporting or working with children;


  • is interested in education and child development;


  • ideally has some experience of working in a primary school (not essential).

    Monday to Friday, school term time


  • Support staff, Inner London pay scale, Grade 1, Spine point 2 (Annual full time salary £27,306, salary will be pro-rata for 39 weeks per year)

    Start date As soon as possible

    We are looking for great Teaching Assistants to join our team of education support staff.

    Belleville is a large outstanding school in Wandsworth borough, south London. We have over 900 children on two sites close to Clapham Common. Belleville is part of the Quality First Education Trust, a successful multi-academy trust (MAT).

    You will support our pupils to access learning, and provide general support to teachers in the management of resources, pupils and the classroom. Your work may include work with small groups or individual pupils, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).,
  • A varied and interesting teaching assistant role, with lots of room to grow;


  • An exciting, dynamic school with a strong curriculum, high quality teaching, amazing opportunities for children and a relentless drive for excellence and equality;


  • A friendly, supportive staff team;


  • Excellent training, with induction before starting in the classroom, followed by fantastic on-the-job learning and professional development once in the role;


  • Active support for staff who are thinking of becoming a teacher in future.


  • Belleville is an ambitious, vibrant and supportive place to work.

    Ofsted (March 2022) say:

  • Pupils thrive at Belleville. Pupils speak with enthusiasm about the rich curriculum they learn. Pupils behave very well and engage positively with their learning


  • Staff are proud to work at Belleville. They receive extensive professional development and are appreciative of this. They feel their workload is well managed by leaders who welcome their input on how the school operates.


  • We are a very successful, popular, outstanding school with a focus on positive learning behaviour and high expectations for all children. We have two school sites (Belleville Webbs and Belleville Meteor), a fantastic staff team and a supportive parent/carer community. We are in a vibrant area of south London with excellent transport links. Our proximity to Clapham Junction gives us easy access to central London and out across the south of England.

    We have strong systems in place to help children achieve, so learning behaviour is excellent here. We provide amazing enrichment opportunities including visits, trips and clubs. We have a committed staff team, supportive parents and carers, and most importantly, truly incredible children!

    Belleville is part of Quality First Education (Q1E), a successful Multi-Academy Trust with four primary schools on five sites across south London. This is an exciting time for us and we want the best people to join us. We would love to hear from you.