Teaching Assistant - Whitchurch Combined School
Location: Whitchurch
Overview
Required: as soon as possible
Term time only: Yes
Salary type: Bucks Pay
Salary Details: Salary: currently £24,836 - £25,823 Full Time Equivalent (FTE) Actual Salary approx: £16,212 - £16,857 per annum
Contract type: Fixed Term initially, starting on 2 September 2026 or as soon as possible thereafter.
Hours: Part-time, 29.16 hours per week, term time only, possibly with additional hours to cover the school lunch time.
Closing date: 17/08/2026
Interviews to be held: Wednesday, 19th August 2026
About us
Whitchurch Combined School is a village school just north of Aylesbury.
Our vision is that every child attending our school will have the opportunity to develop their full academic and personal potential in a caring and stimulating environment. We pride ourselves in providing an excellent, exciting, broad and balanced curriculum and ensuring high standards in the core subjects of Reading, Writing and Maths. We aim to equip all pupils to develop as independent learners, have excellent social and emotional skills and fulfil their potential. Our pupils have positive attitudes to learning, high standards of behaviour and a pride in their school. This is nurtured by supportive parents, carers and governors, inspiring and skilled teachers and excellent support staff.
We are a committed and enthusiastic team and are looking for the right person to join us.
Please visit our school website: www.whitchurchcombined.co.uk/
About the role
This is an exciting opportunity to work as part of our dedicated support staff team at Whitchurch Combined School. We are looking for a hardworking, resilient person with a sense of fun who will always put the children first and is able to respond appropriately to the wide ranging needs of our pupils. We anticipate that the successful candidate will work with an individual child.
The successful candidate will have the opportunity to:
- Work with and support individual children on a 1:1 basis and groups on specific activities;
- Constructively help children participate in activities by adapting and/or interpreting lessons and instructions accordingly.
- Implement support plans for identified child / children;
- Assist with the general management, supervision and organisation of children and any resources related to the children's needs.
- Assist with the supervision of children within the classroom and all other areas of the school as necessary.
- Undertake lunchtime duties and supervision
Please see attached Job description for further information.
About you
Previous experience of working with children is essential.
We are looking for candidates who can show that they have:
- Good literacy and numeracy skills
- Ideally have experience of working with children with special educational needs, or are willing to undertake training
- The ability to use their own initiative;
- The ability to show patience, always remaining calm and consistent;
- A warm and approachable manner towards others
- Well organised but also flexible enough to respond to the needs and enthusiasms of the child.
Above all we are looking for someone who has a belief in the unlimited potential of every pupil. If you think that person is you, we would be delighted to meet you!
Please see attached Person specification for further information.
Other information
As this interview is during the holidays, please email the Headteacher with any queries or more information.
A tour of the school will be given during the interview.
Please send completed application forms to the email address below.
Tel No: 01296 641418
Email: [email protected]
Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Any offer of employment will be subject to satisfactory DBS enhanced disclosure and references.
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.
