Teaching Assistant - Full-time

Illuminate Minds Trust

• Ref:KCC-F104-2-S
• Posted:18/09/2025
• Pay:BEX 05.1
• Start Date:TBC
• App Close Date:01/10/2025 at 23:45
• Interviews:TBC

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We are looking to appoint a class-based Teaching Assistant for 33 hours per week, 39 weeks per year to work with our pupils and provide support with learning and engagement. Monday 8.45am - 5.15pm, Tuesday - Friday 8.45am - 3.30pm

This is a role where truly getting to know each pupil and being able to build positive relationships with clear boundaries combined with care and compassion are vital elements of the role. Our expectations for all our pupils are high and we promote a fully inclusive culture where barriers to learning are addressed through targeted interventions and everyone in the school promotes quality first teaching, outstanding learning and confidence in the understanding and management of behaviour. If you are ambitious for all children and keen to develop your skills and expertise, this role could be for you! 

Pelham Primary School is a two-form entry primary school within Illuminate Minds Trust, a small thriving academy of two trust schools. The school is located in the centre of Bexleyheath with excellent transport links. Fairford Academy Barnehurst is a three-form entry primary school within Illuminate Minds Trust, the school is located on the borders of Barnehurst and Erith with excellent transport links. . Partnership working between the schools is essential!

Information about the federation

Illuminate Minds Trust is a small but aspirational trust with ambitions to grow and work collaboratively with primary, secondary and SEND schools in order to creatively meet the needs of all pupils in our communities. We are highly inclusive and forward-thinking, believing that every child deserves the best education with the mission statement of “Excellence Every Day” as the golden thread woven through our schools.

Illuminate Minds Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practice across the school.

Illuminate Minds Trust is committed to equality and diversity in employment practice and service delivery and expects employees to comply with our values of promoting equality and diversity, treating colleagues and service users with dignity and respect at all times. This commitment must be evidenced in practice. Any behavior that falls below these standards is unacceptable to the School and potentially constitutes misconduct.

This post is considered to be a customer-facing position; as such it falls within scope of the Code of Practice on English language requirement for public sector workers. The school therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the person specification. These will be applied during the recruitment/selection and probationary stages.

A copy of the job description, our child protection & safeguarding policy and recruitment pack are attached for your information.

References will be requested for shortlisted candidates prior to interview. Only those shortlisted for interview will be contacted.

Link to our website: https://www.illuminateminds.org/

We reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

Job Contact Information

• Name:Kiran Gahir
• Address:Pelham Road,
  Bexleyheath,
  Kent,
  DA7 4HL
• Telephone: 020 8303 6556
• Email: hr@illuminateminds.org

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Documents

Below are documents that have been added to this vacancy.

• IMT Recruitment Pack
• Teaching Assistant Job Description
• Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy