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Year 5 Teaching Assistant

Job details
Posting date: 02 February 2026
Salary: £27,000.00 per year
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 04 March 2026
Location: IG1 1BA
Remote working: On-site only
Company: JobsinED Ltd
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: YEAR5TEACHINGAS-260202-1729

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Summary

Year 5 Teaching Assistant – Launch Your Educational Career in Redbridge

Are you a high-achieving graduate with big ambitions in teaching, psychology, or child development? Take your first step to a rewarding educational career as a Year 5 Teaching Assistant at a dynamic Redbridge school, where your energy, ideas, and aspirations will make a daily impact on young minds. This rare opportunity promises challenge, growth, and the fulfilling chance to inspire, support, and help shape future leaders from within a creative, forward-thinking classroom.

Joining this school as a Year 5 Teaching Assistant means immersing yourself in a progressive, collaborative learning environment where innovative teaching meets genuine purpose. Experience extraordinary mentorship from outstanding teachers, access unrivalled resources and training, and become a valued part of a close-knit, high-performing team. You’ll unlock real classroom expertise, benefit from ongoing professional development, and gain hands-on insight that accelerates your path towards teaching, educational psychology, or SEND specialism. This is a launchpad, not just a job.

Key Highlights:
• Year 5 Teaching Assistant in a thriving, welcoming Key Stage 2 class
• Circa £27,000 pro-rata salary – exceptional support staff package
• Prime Redbridge location with excellent transport links
• Graded as Good to Outstanding – ambitious, forward-thinking school
• Outstanding CPD, accredited training & mentorship programmes
• Ideal for aspiring teachers, psychologists, or future SEN specialists
• Purpose-built KS2 classrooms, state-of-the-art tech & creative resources

What You’ll Be Doing:
• Actively supporting Year 5 children’s learning across the curriculum
• Delivering targeted interventions in literacy, maths and social skills
• Assisting with classroom management and individual SEN support plans
• Preparing learning materials and enhancing the creative learning environment
• Collaborating with teachers to personalise learning and raise attainment
• Fostering children’s confidence, independence, and curiosity

Ideal "Year 5 Teaching Assistant" for this Redbridge School:
• Graduate with a 2:1 or above (all disciplines considered)
• High aspirations to teach or progress in psychology or SEN
• Resilient, proactive, and deeply motivated by pupil progress
• Empathetic communicator with natural rapport with children
• Relishes new challenges and thrives in a fast-paced school
• Brings creativity, reliability, and positivity to the school day

Why Join This Redbridge School?:
• Exceptionally supportive, nurturing team environment
• Continuous personal and professional growth, plus future teacher training pathways
• Outstanding behaviour and a truly inclusive ethos
• Strong staff wellbeing priorities and a collaborative staff culture
• Real community spirit, diverse student body, and parental engagement
• Access to innovative schemes, partnerships, and enrichment activities

Seize the extraordinary opportunity to become a Year 5 Teaching Assistant in one of Redbridge’s most ambitious schools. Accelerate your professional journey, effect lasting change, and gain career-defining experience – applications are open now, and interviews are being arranged swiftly. Step up and make your mark with us.

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