Teaching Assistant

Start Date: 1st September 2026

Grade/Pay Scale: Actual Salary: £17,817 - £18,976 annual gross pro rata (Based on
Grades E4-8) (Pay award pending)
Contract: 30.5 hours per week, 39 weeks per year (term time plus 1 week), Permanent
Responsible to: SEND Lead Practitioner

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Cheltenham Bournside School as a Teaching Assistant. We are looking to appoint a Teaching Assistant with Communication and Interaction specialism to work within our Special Educational Needs Department, supporting the effective operation of the SEND provision on a day to day basis in school. Teaching Assistants with experience of supporting with Maths are especially desirable. We would also welcome applications from HLTAs with the salary being adjusted accordingly.

Teaching Assistants play a vital role in our SEND support and provision as part of the SEND Team which is led by the SENDCO and the SEND Lead Practitioner. They are fully immersed into our subject departments, working closely with subject leaders/teachers both in the classroom and during departmental meetings to ensure students with SEND make excellent progress. Teaching Assistant support students through 1:1 interventions, small group work as well as main classroom support.

Person Specification
Qualifications: 

Essential

• Excellent literacy and numeracy skills (minimum of grade C/4 at GCSE or equivalent) in both English Language and Maths
• Communication and Interaction specialism and/or Subject knowledge and a desire to support within Maths.

Desirable 

• Subject knowledge and a desire to support other subjects

Experience:

Essential

• Ability to self-evaluate learning needs and actively seek learning opportunities
• Ability to relate well to children and adults
• Work constructively as part of a team
• Shows a personal commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and rights of young people.
• Excellent interpersonal skills both in working relationship with young students and in forming effective professional relationships
• Enthusiasm, drive and love for the job
• Committed to high personal standards at all times
• Ability to form and maintain appropriate relationships and personal boundaries with children and young people

Desirable

• Experience of working within an educational setting
• Experience of work within specific areas of SEND
• Adaption of ICT equipment to specific student needs
• Understanding of child development
• Working knowledge of national curriculum and other relevant learning programmes

Employee Benefits

Lifestyle and wellbeing

• Family-friendly policies
• Attractive salary and pension
• Generous annual leave entitlement/term time only working options
• Free one-to-one wellbeing support
• Onsite parking facilities and cycle storage
• Four electric car charging points
• Free/discounted access to the school’s onsite
• Gym (conditions apply)
• Cycle to work scheme
• Techscheme – save money on the latest tech from Apple and Currys PC World
• Blue Light Card - Discount Scheme
• Staff social events
• Onsite catering (8.00am - 1.30pm daily)

Statutory and other benefits

• The full range of statutory benefits including sick pay, maternity, parental, and adoption leave
• Enhanced Paternity Leave Policy
• We will honour your continuity of service in other state-funded schools in relation to sick pay and pension rights.
• Provision of all necessary IT equipment.

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