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• Title: Teaching Assistant
• Reference: SCC/TP/287916/3970
• Positions: 1
• Salary: 21,552 to 23,077 per annum
• Category: Education & Learning
• Contract type: Permanent
• Working hours: 36 hours per week
• Posted on: 2 October 2025
• Closing date: 13 October 2025
• Directorate: Partnership
• Location: Wey Valley College, Southway, Guildford, GU2 8AA

Description
Please note that this vacancy is not part of Surrey County Council, we are advertising this on behalf of a partnership organisation.
The salary range for this role is 21,552 to 23,077 per annum based on a 36 hour working week.
Rewards and Benefits
As a Trust, IET offers staff the following benefits:

• A competitive salary
• A chromebook
• 'Growing Great Staff' programme that enables you to flourish as a practitioner
• Weekly internal CPD and numerous external CPD opportunities
• Opportunities to work with colleagues across the Trust to share resources, ideas and build collaborative relationships
• A genuine commitment to staff wellbeing and work/life balance
• Employee Assistance Programme & Pension Scheme
• Sociable and friendly staff
• Free onsite parking
• Most importantly...free tea, coffee and biscuits!

About the Organisation
Are you passionate about education and committed to supporting students who need it most? Make a difference as a Teaching Assistant at Wey Valley College, Guildford!
We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic Teaching Assistant to support our Primary team of excellent teachers at Wey Valley College (WVC). The role is a permanent position for 36 hours a week, Monday to Friday, term time. The successful candidate will have excellent support skills and good all-round knowledge of supporting the education of students and an understanding of special education, mainstream education and / or Pupil Referral Units.
WVC is a 5 - 16 Alternative Provision school and we are seeking to appoint a Teaching Assistant to complement our Key stage 1 & 2 curriculum.
About You
The successful candidate will be:

• Passionate about inclusion and making sure all students gain an inspirational education.
• An outstanding practitioner with high expectations of pupils' achievement and behaviour who is committed to providing high quality support for all children.
• Able to maintain and drive forward outstanding standards whilst meeting the needs of a very vulnerable group of students.
• An excellent communicator, able to work inclusively with pupils, staff, parents, Management Committee and other stakeholders.

If you have a strong commitment to inclusive values, excellent interpersonal skills, the ability to strengthen partnerships, are ambitious to make a difference to the lives of young people and play a significant role in our exciting journey to become a truly excellent school, we would like to hear from you.
Additional information
For further details regarding this role please contact the Head of School Simon Whittington - / 01483 518212
The close date of this advert is 13th October at 11:59pm with interviews planned for Monday 20th October.
Early application is strongly encouraged as we reserve the right to close the advert ahead of the closing date.
Candidates will only be considered for shortlisting on completion of a full application form. In accordance with KCSiE and Safer Recruitment we cannot accept CVs.
To apply for this role via the Eteach website use reference 1511278 or click .
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• Reviewed: 03 Oct 2025

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