Job Description

Salary

Salary 26,019 actual per annum (30,154 per annum FTE)

Contractual hours

37.5

Basis

Full Time

Region

London

Date posted

19/08/2025

Job reference

REQ003768

Teaching Assistant

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Job Title: Teaching Assistant

Department: Inclusion

Directly Reporting to: Assistant Principal

Banding & Salary: Salary 26,019 actual per annum (30,154 per annum FTE)

Hours: 37.5 hours a week - 39 weeks per year (term-time only)

Responsible for: N/A

Overall Job Purpose:

To provide in class support so that students with a range of different learning needs are able to access lessons and make strong progress. To also implement intervention programmes for individuals or small groups to address their specific learning needs. This could involve supporting students with SEN or EAL, or specific learning difficulties. This may require detailed and specialist knowledge of SEN.

Pupil Support

To take into account the student/s' needs and ensure their access to the lesson and its content through appropriate clarification, explanations, equipment and materials. To build and maintain successful relationships with students, treat them consistently, with respect and consideration. To help promote independent learning. To help reinforce learning. To assist students with physical needs. To help students record work in an appropriate way. To develop study and organisational skills. To help keep the students on task and to build motivation. To model good practice. To help build the student/s' confidence and enhance self-esteem. To escort students between the two school sites, accompany them to the sports field or on school trips as appropriate, ensuring their safety at all times. To assist students with their physical, medical or welfare needs whilst also encouraging and allowing independence. To support students through assigned gross / fine motor skills work or simple physio- therapy sessions, with appropriate training and under guidance of the Occupational Therapy team. To collect feedback, contribute and review EHCP outcomes and attend the EHCP annual reviews for specific students. Provide evidence to support relevant access arrangements for exams. Work directly with students to facilitate access arrangements, such as acting as a reader/scribe.

Teaching Support

Work with the teacher in lesson planning, evaluating, and adjusting lesson plans as appropriate Monitor and evaluate pupils' responses to learning activities through observation and planned recording of achievement against pre-determined learning objectives Provide objective and accurate feedback and reports when required to the teacher about pupil achievement and progress, ensuring the availability of appropriate evidence. Be responsible for keeping and updating records as agreed with the teacher, contributing to reviews of systems/records as requested. Undertake marking of pupils' work and accurately record achievement/progress. Promote positive values, attitudes, and good pupil behaviour, dealing promptly with conflict and incidents in line with established policy and encourage pupils to take responsibility for their own behaviour. Liaise sensitively and effectively with parents/carers as agreed with the teacher and participate in meetings with parents with, or as directed. Administer and assess routine tests and invigilate exams/tests. Provide general clerical/admin support e.g. administer coursework, produce worksheets for agreed activities etc. Have formal and informal meetings with teachers to contribute to planning lessons / activities. Prepare students beforehand for a task and work on differentiated activities with identified groups. Support the teacher in implementing specific teaching programmes and supervise practical tasks. Carry out structured classroom assessment/ observation and feedback outcomes. Termly formal review of performance with SENCO. Regular meetings for the team of TAs (morning briefings three times a week, other meetings as per the school calendar)*
Observation of classroom support work by SENCO or HLTA as per school's performance development review process and instructional coaching.

Curriculum support

Implement agreed intervention programmes e.g., literacy, numeracy and social skills programmes. Support the use of ICT in learning activities and develop pupils' competence and independence in its use. Help pupils access learning activities through specialist support. Determine the need for, prepare and maintain general and specialist equipment and resources.

School support

Be aware of and comply with policies and procedures relating to child protection, health, safety security and data protection, reporting all concerns to an appropriate person. Be aware of confidential issues linked to home/pupil/teacher/school/work and keep confidences as appropriate. Be aware of and support diversity and ensure all pupils have equal access to opportunities to learn and develop. Contribute to the overall ethos/work/aims of the school. Establish constructive relationships and communicate with other agencies/professionals, in liaison with the teacher, to support the achievement and progress of pupils. Attend and participate in regular meetings. Participate in training and other learning activities as required. Recognise own strengths and areas of expertise and use these to advise and support others. Assist in the supervision, training and development of staff. Undertake planned supervision of pupils out of school hours. Supervise pupils on visits, trips and out of school activities as required. To support the academy by training for and carrying out first aid duties To support the school day and students by carrying out one lunch duty and one break duty per week Any other tasks as directed by the Head teacher which fall within the purview of the post.

Safeguarding

Undertake regular safeguarding as required. Ensure that statutory and Ofsted requirements for Safeguarding are met To promote the safeguarding of young people.

General responsibilities

Contribute to the overall ethos / work aims of the school. Provide a courteous reception to staff, young people and visitors. Carry out lunch duty as required as part of the role. Carry out First Aid duties as required as part of the role. Help to foster and enhance strong links with local, national and global business and education providers to support and develop opportunities for the school. Participate in training and other learning activities as required. Undertake relevant training as required to support the functions of the post and to enhance personal development. Attend meetings as and when required. Set a good example in terms of professional dress, punctuality and attendance. Undertake any other duties as specified by the Principal and Assistant Principal

This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive and the successful candidate is expected to be flexible and proactive in meeting the needs of the school and willingly undertake any further duties required that are commensurate with the role.

This post is subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure and MUST have the right to work in the UK. The post holder must be committed to safeguarding the welfare of children, and positively support equality of opportunity and equity of treatment to colleagues and students in accordance with the United Learning Equal Opportunities Policy and Code of Conduct.