Teaching Assistant
| Posting date: | 13 September 2025 |
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| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 26 September 2025 |
| Location: | Melksham, Wiltshire, SN12 7ED |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | b9db9c89-6f4d-466c-97d5-5768d8c322b8 |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
For vacancy specific information please view the attached Job description, Person specification and Candidate briefing pack.
What the school offers its staff
River Mead School is a single entry primary and nursery school with an average number of children on roll of 245. The proportion of disadvantaged pupils eligible for pupil premium funding is well above the national average, as is the proportion of pupils who have special educational needs and/or disabilities. The school has a 35-place Resource Base providing specialist provision for pupils with a range of complex needs; these children spend time with their peers in mainstream when appropriate. There is a wide range of outdoor spaces, gardens and playgrounds including a multi-functional all weather activity pitch.
The staff pride themselves on the pastoral support they offer the children and creating a ‘school family’. There are a number of children who receive support from social services and staff recognise that it is only when children feel safe and secure that they are able to learn at their best. As a result, the school offers a wide range of spaces for nurtured learning.
It is a very friendly school with a committed staff where everyone embraces the ‘River Mead family’ ethic, and where the mutual respect for all who work in the school is very evident.
“The team at River Mead is very warm, welcoming and supportive." - River Mead staff member, Staff Wellbeing Survey, October 2022
Commitment to safeguarding
This role involves contact with children. The post-holder will be engaged in regulated activity relevant to children and subject to an Enhanced DBS check before appointment is confirmed. We submit DBS applications upon position acceptance. We follow Safer Recruitment procedures. Interviews include safeguarding questions. Our Safeguarding Policy is on our website. Posts involving direct contact with children are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Amendments to the Exception Order 1975 (2013/2020) provide certain spent convictions/cautions are ‘protected’. These are not subject to disclosure and cannot be taken into account. Guidance is on the Ministry of Justice website.
For vacancy specific information please view the attached Job description, Person specification and Candidate briefing pack.
What the school offers its staff
River Mead School is a single entry primary and nursery school with an average number of children on roll of 245. The proportion of disadvantaged pupils eligible for pupil premium funding is well above the national average, as is the proportion of pupils who have special educational needs and/or disabilities. The school has a 35-place Resource Base providing specialist provision for pupils with a range of complex needs; these children spend time with their peers in mainstream when appropriate. There is a wide range of outdoor spaces, gardens and playgrounds including a multi-functional all weather activity pitch.
The staff pride themselves on the pastoral support they offer the children and creating a ‘school family’. There are a number of children who receive support from social services and staff recognise that it is only when children feel safe and secure that they are able to learn at their best. As a result, the school offers a wide range of spaces for nurtured learning.
It is a very friendly school with a committed staff where everyone embraces the ‘River Mead family’ ethic, and where the mutual respect for all who work in the school is very evident.
“The team at River Mead is very warm, welcoming and supportive." - River Mead staff member, Staff Wellbeing Survey, October 2022
Commitment to safeguarding
This role involves contact with children. The post-holder will be engaged in regulated activity relevant to children and subject to an Enhanced DBS check before appointment is confirmed. We submit DBS applications upon position acceptance. We follow Safer Recruitment procedures. Interviews include safeguarding questions. Our Safeguarding Policy is on our website. Posts involving direct contact with children are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Amendments to the Exception Order 1975 (2013/2020) provide certain spent convictions/cautions are ‘protected’. These are not subject to disclosure and cannot be taken into account. Guidance is on the Ministry of Justice website.