Job Description

Bildeston Primary School

Address:

Ipswich, Suffolk IP7 7ES

Salary:

23,657 pro rata

Hours:

8.40am - 3.20pm, Monday - Friday, 28 hours 20 minutes per week, 38 weeks per year

Contract:

Permanent, required from September 2025

Reference:

7685

We are looking to appoint a

Teaching Assistant

who has a passion for supporting and developing children in Key Stage 1 to work in our mixed Year 1 and 2 class from September 2025.



The work will involve supporting the class as well as helping individual children during unstructured times at lunch and playtimes. You must be enthusiastic, patient and highly organised, working under the supervision of the class teacher, assisting with creating a positive learning environment and purposeful continuous provision.


Working within a team, you should be a good communicator, able to be flexible to work across the school at times and be sensitive in responding to the needs of the children. An interest in professional development is important. Experience in this kind of work would be an advantage.


We are a nurturing school and are developing our knowledge of Zones of Regulation. We are keen to make all school experiences fun and rewarding for children whose anxieties can make the environment more challenging.

For more information

Visits to the school are welcome, to arrange an appointment, please contact the school business manager by calling

01449 740269

or by emailing

office@bildeston.suffolk.sch.uk

.

How to apply

Please read

Application Guidance (Word)

and submit your completed

Application Form (Word)

by email at

office@bildeston.suffolk.sch.uk

.

Closing date: 8 August 2025.

Interview date: 14 or 15 August 2025.