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📚 Education & Teaching · Southey Green Nursery & Primary School

Level 2 Teaching Assistant

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Key Skills

  • Supporting pupils' learning in individual, small group, and whole-class settings
  • Building positive relationships with children, staff, and parents
  • Promoting children's emotional wellbeing and positive behaviour
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills
  • Patience, empathy, and understanding of diverse learning needs
  • Ability to follow teacher planning and adapt activities where required
  • Good organisation and time-management skills
  • Safeguarding awareness and commitment to child protection
  • Supporting pupils with SEND, EAL, or additional learning needs
  • ICT skills to support learning and administrative tasks

Relevant Experience

  • Assisting teachers with classroom activities and lesson delivery
  • Supporting pupils with literacy, numeracy, and social development
  • Working with children on a one-to-one basis and in small groups
  • Encouraging positive behaviour and engagement in learning
  • Observing and recording pupil progress
  • Preparing classroom resources and maintaining a safe learning environment
  • Supporting educational visits, enrichment activities, and break-time supervision
  • Collaborating with teaching staff and external professionals to meet pupil needs

What this role involves

General background for teaching assistant roles. This listing’s own employer, location, pay and hours are shown above.

  • Work with individual students and small groups
  • Watch, record and report the progress students make
  • Look after children who are upset or unwell
Typical pay (UK)
£19,000 starting · £26,000 experienced
Typical hours
16 to 37 term time
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