Job Description

Lockyer's Middle School is looking for a Teaching Assistant G5 to join our fantastic team. Could this be you?


Actual Salary 16,418 - 16,678 per annum per annum (Grade 5)


This job isfor 28.33 hours per week and 38 weeks per year.


It is offered on a Temporary basis until 31st August 2026


Approximate start date 23/02/2026.


We are seeking two inspiring and committed Teaching Assistants to join our dedicated team. The successful candidates will play a vital role in delivering a high-quality learning experience for our students.


This is a fixed-term contract until 31st August 2026, although there may be a future opportunity for this role to be considered for a permanent position.


We are looking for enthusiastic, skilled, and motivated professionals who hold high expectations for student behaviour and achievement. The ideal candidates will be positive, flexible, and nurturing, with a proven ability to build strong relationships with students, staff, and parents.


This varied and rewarding role involves supporting teachers in the classroom and providing targeted small-group or one-to-one support across Years 5 to 8. If you are a creative team player eager to learn and adapt to the diverse needs of our students, we offer excellent professional development opportunities and a chance to make a valued contribution to our school community.


We are looking for someone who:

Can inspire and engage children. Is proactive and able to use their initiative to personalize and adapt support for individuals and small groups. Is reflective and committed to professional development. Has a genuine passion for children's education across the curriculum. Is able to build and maintain positive working relationships. Has a good sense of humour and is an excellent team player.

In return we will offer you:

Enthusiastic and hardworking children; a supportive staff body; a progressive, forward-thinking Academy Trust; a welcoming environment; a school where our core values support all that we do; access to an Employee Assistance Programme, offering discounts across a range of wellbeing discounts and initiatives.

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


If you have any further questions, please contact

Julie Brook

on

01202 692779

or by emailing

recruitment@lockyersmiddle.org

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.

About our School

Lockyer's Middle School is part of a successful pyramid of first, middle and upper schools in the Corfe Mullen area and is part of Initio Learning Trust. Our children join us in Year 5, aged 9 and make the important transition from Key Stage 2 to Key Stage 3, before moving to upper school at the end of Year 8, aged 13.


At Lockyer's, the talents and needs of every pupil are recognised and nurtured. We value the importance of developing the whole child through enriching academic, cultural, creative and sporting endeavours. Our aim is to ensure that, through the highest quality teaching of a broad, balanced and challenging curriculum, pupils are encouraged to develop an aspirational mind set which will enable them to respond positively to life's challenges and opportunities. Our excellent pastoral care system fosters an environment where children feel safe and able to learn. Our expectations of high standards of behaviour and self-discipline encourage children to grow into respectful, inclusive global citizens.


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

Initio Learning Trust comprises 17 schools across Dorset, with our head office based in Wimborne. Formed in February 2022 from the merger of The Minerva Learning Trust and Wimborne Academy Trust, we offer outstanding education through every stage of schooling, from nursery through to upper sixth form. We believe in enabling every person to thrive within their role, and our core values of Ambition, Collaboration and Respect underpin the pride we take in offering genuine professional development opportunities for all our staff; and in our focus on staff wellbeing.