Teaching Assistant

Level 1 Teaching Assistant 

Required from 2^nd June 2025

Full time – 32.5 hrs a week

Term time only

Fixed term until 25^th July 2025

Salary Grade C point 5-6 (£24,790-£25,183 FTE per annum)

Burford Primary & Nursery School is seeking to appoint a suitably qualified, enthusiastic and hard-working Level 1 Teaching Assistant to support teaching and learning in the classroom to maximise the participation of our children. The role will include complementing the class teachers’ delivery of the national curriculum, work collaboratively with teaching staff assisting in the whole planning cycle and the management/preparation of resources and deliver high quality lessons following the planning given.

Sitting on the border of the City of Nottingham in Arnold, we are a single-form entry school with around 50% of catchment eligible for Pupil Premium. Our teaching team go above and beyond to ensure learning is exciting and engaging and our wider school community ensure children at Burford know they belong and feel safe.

We warmly welcome applications from those who are passionate about making a real difference to the lives of children and thrives on challenging themselves and others to keep on improving.  Our working relationships are positive, supportive and forward looking. This post is fixed term ending 25^th July 2025.

You will:

• have the patience to provide 1 to 1 support to children with complex needs
• be creative in your approach to learning and delivering the curriculum;
• have high expectations of pupils’ achievements and a commitment to excellent standards;
• work well as part of a team 
• be literate and numerate;
• be enthusiastic, energetic and committed to making learning exciting;
• have excellent communication skills with children and adults

In return we offer:

• A welcoming community and a highly motivated, professional staff team that are driven towards continuously raising standards.
• Excellent professional development opportunities through an extensive range of network groups and other Transform Trust initiatives
• Calm and purposeful learning environments
• Friendly, polite, well behaved children who deserve the very best
• Excellent partnerships between pupils, staff, parents, governors and community 
• A forward-thinking approach to teaching and learning throughout the school
• Career opportunities as part of a successful Multi Academy Trust

Visits to our school are warmly welcomed, please contact the school office to arrange an appointment.

How to apply

Equality and diversity matters to us. If you think you’d be suited to one of our roles we’d love to hear from you regardless of age, disability status, ethnicity, gender, religion or sexuality. We are a Disability Confident Committed Employer and as such anyone who is registered disabled and meets the essential person specification criteria will be shortlisted for interview.

Please complete the online application form which you will find on the Transform Trust website https://transformtrust.face-ed.co.uk/vacancies. Please ensure that you follow the instructions within the application form and ensure that there are no gaps in your education or employment history that are not accounted for.

Any questions or queries should be directed to Lisa Lister at Burford Primary and Nursery School on headteacher@burford.nottingham.sch.uk or Telephone: 0115 9151560

Closing date for applications: Friday 16^th May 2025

Interviews will be held on: Thursday 22^nd May 2025

Transform Trust is a Multi Academy Trust with over 8800 children in 25 Primary Schools covering Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, Derby and Derbyshire. Joining us, you will be part of an ambitious and innovative organisation. We have a strong focus on empowering our member schools to drive their improvement journey whilst maintaining their own individual identity and community focus.

We believe education has the power to transform lives and communities. Our purpose is to be an innovative and inclusive Trust working for all children.

We are an employer that encourages flexible working and promotes wellbeing through workload considerations.