Bishop Gore School : Teaching Assistant

Cyflog: GBP 26,427.00 per year;GBP 26,847.00 per year

Teaching Assistant

Salary is Grade 04 SCP 05-06 (£26,427 - £26,847) pro rata.

(12 hours/week, 39weeks/year, term-time only) pro rata.

The Governors are seeking to appoint a part-time Teaching Assistant (2 days = 12 hours per week) as soon as possible working in the ALN department within Bishop Gore School. The post will be temporary until 31 st August 2027 in the first instance.

Teaching Assistants provide a high level of learning support and guidance to pupils with varying degrees of ALN. Therefore, experience in this sort of role is strongly desirable but not essential. The Teaching Assistant will be required to support pupils in mainstream classes providing support to the class teachers. The Teaching Assistant will need to be flexible and prepared to work to suit the child's learning needs. This post has a First Aid responsibility. Training will be provided.

The minimum qualification required for this post is a level 2 or equivalent standard in literacy, numeracy and IT skills. The role will require an applicant who can relate well with young people and has a good understanding of child development and the learning process.

Bishop Gore School is a popular, very successful 11-18 comprehensive school. In our recent ESTYN inspection our school was again judged to be "Excellent"

Any offer of employment will be subject to receipt of a satisfactory enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Please apply using the application forms and which can be downloaded from www.eteach.com We do not accept C.V's for applications.

Application form - school-based support staff ( Word doc, 134 KB )

The closing date is 9a.m. Monday 16 November 2026. Please use Eteach to apply or application forms should be emailed to: [email protected]

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Last modified on 03 November 2026

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