Teaching Assistant - Castlefield School
Location: High Wycombe
Overview
We are looking to recruit highly effective Teaching Assistants to join our friendly and dedicated staff. Previous experience is desirable but induction, support and training will be given.
The school welcomes applications from all communities, including those from BAME backgrounds, and would actively encourage all appropriately qualified candidates to apply - without hesitation.
Term time only
Salary Type: Bucks pay
Salary details: Bucks Pay Spine 1a/5 – 3/20 £23,104 - £29,295) pro rata (wage negotiable depending on experience and qualifications)
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: 32.5 hours per week post, Monday – Friday 8:30am – 3:30pm, term time only, including INSET days.
Closing date: 09/07/2025 12:00
Interviews to be held: week beginning 14th July 2025. Castlefield School reserves the right to interview and recruit before the deadline if suitable candidates apply.
About us
Castlefield School is a large, forward thinking and highly successful primary school in High Wycombe. We have undergone a period of significant growth in recent years, both physically and in our reputation as a school of choice. We are keen to meet enthusiastic and eager candidates and would invite anyone brave enough to confront the out-dated view of Castlefield School and to see us in action.
Please follow the link to watch a short video about us https://www.castlefieldschool.co.uk/web/about_us/221594
About the role
The successful candidate will be:
• Organised, enthusiastic and highly motivated
• Able to provide creative, enriching and learning opportunities for our children
• Committed to raising standards
• Able to work in a team
• Caring and patient
• Have high standards of numeracy and spoken and written English
• Able to support children with barriers to learning
• Qualified to NVQ Level 3 as a minimum.
About you
We will offer you:
• Hard-working, well-behaved and enthusiastic pupils
• Commitment to your CPD
• A forward-thinking leadership team
• A supportive working environment
• An ambitious, diverse school community with enthusiastic colleagues and supportive Governors and parents/carers.
Other information
Visits to the school are warmly welcome. To arrange a visit or to find out more about the role, please contact our school office on the number below. Please send completed application forms to the email address below.
Tel No: 01494 436018
Email: [email protected]
At Castlefield School, the health, welfare and safety of every child is paramount. We listen to our pupils and take seriously what they tell us.
We want to work in partnership with all stakeholders to ensure our children reach their full potential and make a positive contribution; now and in their future. We aim to ensure all children aspire to do something positive with their lives and play a productive part in modern British society.
Castlefield School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. References, an enhanced DBS check and an online profile search will be carried out will be sought from the successful candidate.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:
- All unspent convictions and conditional cautions
- All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).
For further information on filtering please refer to Nacro guidance and the guidance issued by the Ministry of Justice (see, in particular, the section titled ‘Exceptions Order’).
It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All shortlisted applicants will be required to complete self-disclosure form and return prior to interview.
