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Teaching Assistant - Full-time

Leigh Academy Rainham, Gillingham

  • Ref:MED105-1002-337S
  • Posted:13/08/2025
  • Pay:Actual salary £19,855 per annum
  • Start Date:September 2025
  • App Close Date:01/09/2025 at 23:45
  • Interviews:TBC

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We are looking for passionate and committed Teaching Assistants to join our inclusive and aspirational learning community at Leigh Academy Rainham. This is an exciting opportunity to help shape a thriving, growing academy and make a real impact on the lives of our students.
 
As a Teaching Assistant, you’ll work directly with students, providing tailored support to help them access learning, overcome barriers, and reach their full potential. Whether supporting in the classroom, working with small groups, or delivering interventions, your role will be vital in fostering a nurturing, engaging and inclusive learning environment.
 

Why join us?

  • Be part of a welcoming, inclusive, and values-driven school

  • Work in a modern, purpose-built learning environment

  • Join a team that values collaboration, wellbeing, and professional growth

  • Receive high-quality training and development through Leigh Academies Trust

Plus, enjoy great staff benefits, including:

  • Local Government Pension Scheme

  • Enhanced family-friendly policies

  • Employee Assistance Programme

  • 24/7 access to a free virtual GP Service

  • Wellbeing support and staff recognition initiatives

  • Free onsite parking

This is a permanent opportunity, working 35 hours per week, Term Time + 1 week inset with an actual salary of £19,855 (£24,404 FTE). Working hours are 8.30am - 4.00pm (Mon-Fri) with a 30 minute unpaid lunch break.

Information about the school

Opened in September 2021 with 180 founding students, our co-educational comprehensive school for 11–18-year-olds is already oversubscribed and positioned to become a beacon of excellence in Medway. We place each student’s wellbeing and success at the centre of all we do, fostering a belief in their limitless potential. Through a broad, balanced, and inclusive curriculum, we offer a personalised and challenging education for every learner, regardless of background or starting point. Our aim is to develop inquiring, compassionate, and culturally aware young adults, equipped with the skills, knowledge, and values to thrive personally, contribute to their community, and lead in tomorrow’s world.

Our strong learning community works together and shares the value of collaboration; every member of our academy family works together to achieve success, cultivating a strong sense of belonging. Our belief in human-scale education, delivered through our college model, ensures every one of our students is known and valued. Strong pastoral care is at the heart of our academy and we place great importance on building strong partnerships with parents and carers.

Working in a brand new school is a unique opportunity. A flexible approach with a can-do ethos is required, as is drive, grit and boundless enthusiasm. We will be looking to recruit a staff body that has a multitude of talents to enable us to provide a rich academic and co-curricular offer from the outset and look forward to hearing what additional skills, talents and interests you could bring to a role at the Academy. A sense of humour is also essential!

"As a Rainham community member who was born, raised and educated in the local area, I am both passionately and personally invested in ensuring Leigh Academy Rainham plays an instrumental role in shaping the future lives of our young people and transforming the local community". - Alex Cramlington, Principal

"During lessons, attentive pupils focus extremely well. They show tenacity and maturity in their learning. Pupils appreciate their teachers, understanding that calm, quiet classrooms help them to learn best." - Ofsted, 2024

Job Contact Information

  • Name:Talent Team, Leigh Academies Trust
  • Address:Carnation Road, Strood, Kent, ME2 2SX
  • Telephone: 01634 412 258
  • Email: Joinus@LATrust.org.uk

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We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our students. You are advised that this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and therefore this post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). Please be aware that schools are also required to undertake online recruitment checks on shortlisted candidates under changes to Keeping Children Safe in Education.