Teaching Assistant Teaching/Child Support - Part-time

Ryarsh Primary School, Ryarsh

• Ref:KCC886-2189-237S
• Posted:06/10/2025
• Pay:Temporary position at KSA (12.5 hours per week)
• Start Date:27th October 2025
• App Close Date:15/10/2025 at 08:00
• Interviews:TBC

Advert

Would you like to join our Ryarsh family? We are looking for someone to join our passionate and dedicated team of teaching assistants. 

We are looking for a new SEN teaching assistant to join our team. This part-time position (8:30am-3:15pm, Tuesday & Wednesday) is to support children with additional needs. 

This will be a temporary contract, as it is linked to the support needed by specific children.  

We are looking for someone who will be able to fit into our culture and ethos of putting the children at the heart of everything we do. You will be enthusiastic, flexible, compassionate, friendly and reliable. The ability to work well as part of our team is crucial. In terms of the specific role, we are ideally looking for someone with experience and expertise in any of the following areas of special educational needs:

• Cognition and learning
• Communication and Interaction
• Social, Emotional and Mental Health
• Sensory and/or Physical Needs 
• A knowledge of early reading/phonics and early maths
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  Experience of supporting speech development under guidance of a speech and language therapist

However, if you have the passion and desire to support individual children on their educational journey, we are able to offer personalised professional developmen in order to strengthen your expertise in these areas.

At Ryarsh Primary School we can offer you:

• a welcoming school, genuinely at the heart of its community
• a supportive and friendly staff team
• enthusiastic, friendly and caring children
• a strong professional development program, including dedicated professional development time
• flexibility to build on your strengths and talents

To find out more about this opportunity, please feel free to contact the school to discuss the role in more detail. We are also happy to provide a tour of the school for any interested candidate. 

We reserve the right to interview early should a suitable candidate apply.

Ryarsh Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Appointment to the position will be subject to an Enhanced Criminal Records Bureau Disclosure check

Information about the school

Schools across the country will spend a great deal of time analysing the measurable outcomes of children: assessment scores, progress measures, work in books, in-class contributions and conversations, but schools do so much more than that which can be measured. Whilst we are very proud of the high level of outcomes achieved by our children, we place great importance on developing the type of culture that allows children and adults to thrive.

When you become part of Ryarsh Primary School, you become part of a family which we all take great pride in being part of. In our view, communities are brought together by location, circumstance or shared characteristics. We define ourselves as a family as we are bonded by relationships.

Within our Ryarsh family, every person, no matter their age, is a learner. As part of our community of learners, we help all minds flourish because every single person is provided with the opportunity to learn, develop and grow. At our school, we are knowledgeable, research based and investigative as this helps to shape our innovative, reflective teaching practices and our continuous drive for improvement.

We take actions that are considered and measured as we listen and empower all stake-holders to be involved in the decisions that matter to them. We appreciate that every single person involved in our school plays a crucial role in the magic weaving that is experienced at Ryarsh Primary School.

Job Contact Information

• Name:Mr Daniel Childs, Headteacher
• Address:Birling Road, Ryarsh, West Malling, Kent, ME19 5LS
• Telephone: (01732) 870600
• Email: headteacher@ryarsh.kent.sch.uk

Fax: (01732) 870600

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• Job Description and Person Specification