Class Teaching Assistant - Part-time

Thurnham CEI School, Maidstone

• Ref:KCC886-3081-116S
• Posted:19/06/2025
• Pay:KSA
• Start Date:September 2025
• App Close Date:06/07/2025 at 18:00
• Interviews:11th July 2025

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We are seeking a dedicated part time Class Teaching Assistant to join our team at Thurnham CE Infant School. This role is for two days per week to be worked either: Monday and Tuesday or Monday and Wednesday each week.

• Are you passionate about helping young people fulfil their potential?
• Are you looking for a varied role which enables you to support a variety of children across a variety of subjects? 
• Do you have experience working with children in Key Stage 1? 

Then look no further: come and join Team Thurnham as a Teaching Assistant.

You will work closely with the class teachers to support children both in the classroom setting, in small groups and on a one-to-one basis. You will be expected to plan, organise, support, extend and enrich the lives of children. You will have bags of initiative and will be a reliable team player.

This is a great opportunity to join our team in a setting which cares and nurtures children. We are always looking to develop the ways we work and strive to offer a broad range of approaches and activities to support our children's learning.

If you have the skills and qualities we're looking for, we would love to hear from you!

Personal Qualities:

• Be well organised;
• Excellent interpersonal skills;
• Able to use your own initiative;
• You will be flexible in your approach, reliable, enthusiastic and have a positive attitude, and;
• Have a sense of humour!

The successful candidate will need to have relevant experience and / or qualifications in working with infant or primary-aged children. We also require high standards of spoken and written English and mathematics.

We can offer you:

• A strong, supportive ethos across the school based on our Christian vision and values
• A supportive Governing Body
• An understanding and approachable senior leadership team
• Regular training, including mentoring and coaching
• A commitment to supporting staff wellbeing

Responsibilities will include:

• Supporting pupils and addressing their specific needs, as directed by the class teacher and SENCo
• Delivery of interventions
• Supervision of pupils at break times and lunch times

We would love to show you our warm and welcoming school so please call us on 01622 737685 if you would like to arrange a visit.

Information about the school

We are a Good rated school, with a reputation for very high standards of achievement, pastoral care, outreach work and teaching and learning.

Our latest Ofsted inspection (February 2023) highlighted:

Pupils are joyful and safe in this nurturing school. Children make a strong start in early years, where the school's exceptional pastoral care begins. Pupils feel special and highly valued. Staff are dedicated to finding unique talents in every pupil.

The school roll is currently 270 pupils, spread over nine classes (three classes per year group).

Team work and positive working relationships are very important to us and we are very much at the heart of our community, working closely with our local church, Holy Cross.

Our last diocese inspection was graded Outstanding (March 2018).

Job Contact Information

• Name:Tony Pring, Headteacher
• Address:The Landway, Bearsted, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 4BL
• Telephone: 01622737685
• Email: Manager@thurnham-infant.kent.sch.uk

Documents

Below are documents that have been added to this vacancy.

• Job description
• Ex Offenders policy
• Child Protection Policy