Key Stage 2 Teaching Assistant - Maternity Cover - Full-time

Parkside Community Primary School, Canterbury

• Ref:KCC886-2607-193S
• Posted:17/11/2025
• Pay:Kent Scheme A
• Start Date:January 2026
• App Close Date:19/12/2025 at 12:00
• Interviews:By arrangement

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We are seeking to appoint an experienced Key Stage 2 Teaching Assistant, to cover maternity, who is a motivated and enthusiastic professional with experience of working in a busy primary school. Parkside Community Foundation Primary School has a friendly and supportive staff ready to welcome you to our school team. 

The successful candidate will:

• Be calm
• Enjoy working with children
• Have a high level of education with a minimum of GCSE grade C or above in English and Maths (or equivalent)
• Be able to model good spoken English
• Be flexible and able to multi-task!

A formal 30 minute interview will take place with a panel comprising of members of the Leadership Team. Candidates will also undertake a 30 minute English and Maths test. 

The post is for 32 hours a week (Monday-Friday) and term-time only. The pay scale is Kent Scheme A at £24,513 (FTE), which equates to approximately £17,925 per annum pro rata for this role.

CVs will not be accepted so please complete the application form in full and explain how your skills and experience make you a suitable candidate for the role Please ensure you give email addresses for referees.

If applicants have not been contacted within two weeks of their application they have been unsuccessful.

Parkside Community Foundation 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. Our Safeguarding Policy is available on the school website.

Shortlisted candidates will be subject to online checks following Keeping Children Safe in Education 2025. The interviewee will also be asked questions relating to the safeguarding of children.

We are also committed to championing staff wellbeing and all employees can access free counselling, occupational health support and supervision sessions.

This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service and a check against the ISA Barred List for Children, two satisfactory references and right to work in the UK documentation. All new employees to the school, including those with previous local government service, shall be subject to a 6 month probationary period.

Information about the school

Parkside Community Foundation Primary School is a small, growing, happy school on the outskirts of Canterbury. We have a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures within our school, and this greatly enriches and enhances our school community.

Our pupils benefit from small classes and a high level of pastoral support across the school. Our pupil numbers have doubled in the past 6 years (currently 170) and in April 2023 we were judged ‘Good’ in all areas by Ofsted. We have made significant improvements to, and investments in, our school site, which is very well resourced.

At Parkside, we value greatly outdoor learning and have developed a three site forest school area, which all children access each week. We have a range of play and Physical Education areas for our pupils.

Job Contact Information

• Name:School Office
• Address:Tennyson Avenue, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 1EP
• Telephone: 01227 464956
• Email: officemanager@parkside.kent.sch.uk

Documents

Below are documents that have been added to this vacancy.

• Staff Benefits
• Job Description
• Person Specification