Teaching Assistant

Contract: Fixed-Term - Term-Time Only (plus inset days)

Start Date: 28th August 2025

End Date: 31st August 2026

Salary Range: NJC Outer London Grade 3, Spine Point 5-7, £28,521.00 FTE - £29,346.00 FTE of Pro-rata - £26,438.72 FTE - £27,203.49 FTE)

Hours of Work: 8.30am – 16:30pm

Inspire Partnership Academy Trust, is a family of schools across Croydon, Medway and Greenwich who aim to offer a life changing education to children. Our schools work in collaboration to transform the lives of the children and communities we serve. 

Our core values of Collaboration, Excellence, Friendship, Resilience, Respect and Responsibility, define the way we care for, enrich and teach every child.

What sets us apart from others is the opportunity to work at the cutting edge of educational thinking and practice, supported by excellent training and development and opportunities to take part in ground breaking research projects and collaborative work with talented and innovative colleagues, both at a local and national level.

West Thornton Primary School works to provide an exceptional learning experience for our wonderful children. Our vision is to ensure children receive the very best education. We aim to make a life-changing difference within our diverse community of Croydon. 

We are seeking to appoint a resilient, passionate and ambitious Teaching Assistant to join our school and partnership to inspire a generation of children. 

Our benefits

·      Ongoing professional development

·      Commitment to staff wellbeing (members of the staff wellbeing charter)

·      Generous Annual Leave

·      Annual Incremental Pay Increases

·      Enhanced Family Friendly Pay (maternity, paternity/enhanced sickness pay)

·      Local Government Pension Scheme 

·      Eye care voucher scheme

·      Extensive Training and Induction program

All aspects of the application form must be fully completed to be considered for shortlisting, furthermore, please ensure that the Personal Statement in your application form addresses how you meet the duties outlined in the Person Specification. Please note we do not accept CV's, to apply, please complete the Inspire Partnership Recruitment Form and Equal Opportunities form, that is in the attached to this Job Advert.

We reserve the right to interview and appoint at any stage during the recruitment process. Early applications are advised, as interviews will be ongoing.

Visits to the school are encouraged – we would very much like to meet you and answer any questions you may have.

Further information about our Trust is available at: https://www.inspirepartnership.co.uk or via our school website: https://www.westthornton.croydon.sch.uk/

To visit the school please contact:

Donna Callaghan – Headteacher – dcallaghan@inspirewestthornton.co.uk - Rosecourt Road.

Jonathan Owen - Headteacher - jowen@inspirewestthornton.co.uk - Canterbury Road.

For enquiries or an application pack please contact Janine Fernandes on 07706 829 391 or by email croydonhubrecruitment@inspirepartnership.co.uk

Please note we will only accept applications from candidates who have documentary evidence that they have the right to work in the UK. West Thornton Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff, volunteers and external agencies to share this commitment. We are an equal opportunities employer. The successful candidate will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check, Medical Clearance and satisfactory Employment References.