Teaching Assistant

• Teaching Assistant
• Salary: Level 2: Grade C- 6-7 (£20,578 - £20,906 Actual Salary)
• Closing Date: Monday 28th September 2026
• Interviews: Thursday 1st October 2026
• Start date: Monday 5th October 2026
• Contract Type: Fixed Term
• Working Pattern: 32.50 hours per week
• Location: Guisborough

We are seeking a highly motivated, competent and enthusiastic Teaching Assistant to join our Early Years teaching team. Candidates will need to possess both initiative and creativity and be proven effective team members.

Chaloner Primary is a good school with happy and enthusiastic children and adults. We achieve high academic standards through a carefully planned progressive curriculum which is creative, fun and purposeful.

We can offer you:

• An ethos of kindness and respect- which is evident in the everyday life of the school
• Pupils who are enthusiastic and eager to learn.
• Wonderful families who want to work with us.
• A beautiful and well-resourced learning environment.
• A talented and dedicated team of colleague to work with and learn from.
• A commitment to your professional and personal development.

The successful candidate will:

• Be an excellent practitioner.
• Have high expectations of behaviour (including learning).
• Have the ability to inspire and be a positive role model.
• Be caring and determined to make a difference.
• Be passionate to develop in your individual practice and within a team.
• Be a reflective practitioner, responding well to advice.
• Communicate effectively with adults and children.

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. The post is subject to a successful DBS clearance (certificate of disclosure form from the Disclosure and Barring Service). Pre-employment checks including an online and social media search (KCSIE) will be undertaken before an appointment is confirmed.

The post will be based in Chaloner Primary School however, the Trust reserves the right to require you to work at other schools within the Trust. As part of Lingfield Education Trust, there are exciting opportunities to work across the Trust and for career progression.

If this sounds like you and you would like to join Chaloner Primary School, please look carefully at the following materials and complete the application form.

Visits to the school are welcomed; please contact the school office to arrange a time.

You can download an application pack from our school website

Alternatively, ask for an application pack from our school office. All applications must be on the supplied proforma; we will not accept CVs.

All completed application forms can be returned to the school by hand or by email to office@chaloner.lingfieldtrust.org.uk

• Closing Date: 28th September 2026 at 12.00 noon
• Shortlisting: 29th September 2026
• Interviews: 1st October from 9.00am