Ks2 Teaching Assistant - Maternity Cover - Part-time

Rodmersham School, Sittingbourne

• Ref:KCC886-2239-37S
• Posted:01/08/2025
• Pay:KSA
• Start Date:September 2025
• App Close Date:25/08/2025 at 14:00
• Interviews:5th September 2025

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🌟 KS2 Teaching Assistant – Maternity Cover (15 Hours per Week) 🌟

Starting Setpember 2025 - December 2026

Are you passionate about helping children achieve their full potential? Do you have experience supporting pupils in Key Stage 2 and want to be part of a nurturing, inclusive, and forward-thinking school? If so, we would love to hear from you.

Rodmersham School is a small, community-centred primary school with a big heart. We are seeking a committed and caring KS2 Teaching Assistant to join our team on a maternity cover basis, working 15 hours per week during term time.

This role involves working flexibly across Key Stage 2, providing both classroom support and targeted assistance to children who may need additional help with learning, behaviour, or confidence. You’ll work closely with our experienced teaching staff and wider support team to help ensure that every child feels included, supported, and ready to thrive.

What will the role involve?

• Supporting teaching and learning across KS2, both in-class and in small groups

• Helping to deliver specific interventions and personalised learning plans

• Promoting positive behaviour, resilience, and a love of learning

• Supporting the emotional and social development of pupils

• Working collaboratively with colleagues and being proactive in supporting the needs of the class and individual children

The successful candidate will:

✅ Have previous experience working with primary-aged pupils, particularly in Key Stage 2
✅ Demonstrate an understanding of how children learn and how to support them effectively
✅ Be confident in supporting English and maths learning
✅ Be calm, adaptable, and patient, with a nurturing approach to pupil wellbeing
✅ Be committed to safeguarding and the highest standards of support
✅ Communicate well with both children and adults and be a team player

In return, we offer:

🌈 A warm and welcoming school environment with strong community values
📚 Access to ongoing training and professional development
🌿 A beautiful rural setting with exciting outdoor learning opportunities, including Forest School and Beach School
🎉 A supportive team who are passionate about inclusion and high-quality learning
👫 Happy, engaged children who love to learn and thrive on encouragement

Whether you’re looking to return to the classroom, develop your skills further, or take on a fulfilling part-time role, this is a wonderful opportunity to make a difference.

We appreciate that this advert is running during the Summer break, therefore if you have any enquires please contact me on headteacher@rodmersham.kent.sch.uk We highly recommned a visit to our little village school in the first week of term.

Information about the school

Rodmersham School is an oversubscribed and popular seven small class primary school situated in a picturesque spot on Rodmersham Village Green, two miles south of Sittingbourne. The school serves an area that includes local farms, the village with its mixture of old and new owner occupied properties.

The Victorian school building was built in 1869 and over the years the school buildings have been developed. We have endeavoured to make the environment bright and pleasant for all and have a large school field, which is used for many activities and recently we have added outdoor apparatus to the field; it also houses our Forest School. We have highly supportive parents and teaching team and consider the positive well being of all to be a top priority, including monitoring the workload of teachers to ensure that a healthy home/work life balance is achieved.

At Rodmersham we can offer a host of training and teaching experiences to fully enhance your career; we actively encourage and seek training opportunities.

If you want to work in a school with amazing, inspiring children then Rodmersham School could be the school for you. We highly recommend and welcome visits.

Rodmersham School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this committment. This position is subject to a DBS check and it will be necessary to complete an application form for DBS Enchanced Disclosure.

Job Contact Information

• Name:Nicky McMullon
• Address:Rodmersham Green, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME9 0PS
• Telephone: (01795) 423776
• Email: office@rodmersham.kent.sch.uk