Teaching Assistant
Horsenden Primary School
Ealing
- £29,420 - £30,298 pro rata
- New
- Salary:
- Grade 6, SP18 - SP20
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 1st September 2026
- Apply by:
- 1 July 2026
Job overview
Teaching Assistant – Join Our Inspiring Team!
Hours: 32.5 hours per week, 8:30 am – 3.30pm,
Contract: Permanent, 39 weeks per year – term time
We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic, experienced and proactive Teaching Assistant to join our welcoming and inclusive school community. This post will initially be based in EYFS, but may be deployed to other year groups in the future.
If you're a skilled and compassionate practitioner, ready to make a real difference to children’s learning, development and wellbeing—especially those with additional needs—this could be the ideal next step in your career.
What We Are Looking For:
Qualified to NVQ Level 3 (or equivalent) in an education or childcare-related subject.
Passionate about children's learning, development and inclusive education.
Experienced in supporting children’s learning, behaviour and emotional wellbeing.
Knowledgeable about child development, early reading and effective classroom practice.
Committed to working as part of a team and open to professional growth.
Comfortable supporting outdoor learning, play-based provision and personal care when needed.
We are particularly interested in hearing from candidates who have experience supporting pupils with SEND and promoting inclusion.
Your Role
In this role, you will:
Work closely with class teachers to plan and deliver high-quality learning for individuals, small groups and whole classes.
Deliver targeted interventions and contribute to assessment and next steps planning.
Take a lead on classroom preparation, display work and administrative support.
Build strong relationships with children, families and, where necessary, external professionals.
Why join Horsenden Primary?
Horsenden is a vibrant, diverse three-form entry primary school located in Greenford, London Borough of Ealing.
We offer:
A strong and supportive leadership team dedicated to school improvement and professional development.
A collaborative, enthusiastic EYFS team and eager, enthusiastic learners.
A well-resourced Early Years environment with indoor and outdoor learning.
Regular professional feedback and development opportunities through our effective appraisal system.
A competitive Inner London salary.
Safeguarding Commitment
Horsenden Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2025 and safer recruitment practices, the school will conduct an online search for all shortlisted candidates. The online search is part of our safeguarding checks and will seek publicly available information on candidates’ suitability to work with children.
Come and Visit Us
We warmly welcome visits. To arrange one, contact Mrs F Carver at recruitment@horsenden.ealing.sch.uk or call 020 8422 5985.
How to Apply
Download the Horsenden application form, job description and person specification.
Complete and email your completed application to recruitment@horsenden.ealing.sch.uk (please ensure you also complete the supporting statement page by listing how you meet the critieria in the person specification for the role. This is used for shortlisting).
If applying via TES, upload your completed application form to the TES platform (this must be the Horsenden application form).
Please note: CVs will not be accepted.
Closing Date: Wednesday 1st July 2026 at 12pm midday
Interviews: Monday 6th July 2026
Come and help us build the foundations of a lifelong love of learning!
Attached documents
About Horsenden Primary School
- Horsenden Primary School
- Horsenden Lane North, Greenford
- Middlesex
- UB6 0PB
- United Kingdom
Letter from the Headteacher
Thank you for showing an interest in our vacancy at Horsenden Primary School. We are a large, multicultural school where we hold limitless aspirations for our pupils and staff. We are keen to recruit inspirational and ambitious staff to join our well-established team. Our school values, represented by the HORSE code (Hardworking, Optimistic, Respectful, Sincere, Empowered) underpin the work we do. Staff and governors strive for continuous improvement to achieve exemplary teaching and learning experiences for all of our pupils, each and every day.
We achieve all of this by investing heavily in developing and valuing all staff. Staff are developed in a range of ways and are provided with a wide variety of opportunities to engage in personalised training, including opportunities for professional reading, discussion and self-reflection. The professional development programme is complimented with a coaching-style feedback model, strong links with other local schools, and opportunities to access externally provided qualifications such as the NPQ’s.
We aim to develop pupils who are confident, ambitious critical thinkers who have the skills to successfully explore their interests while becoming curious about the world around them. Our newly developed experiential curriculum is designed to inspire and challenge our pupils. It is well designed and bespoke to our school, celebrating our pupils and the local community. It is built on an oracy approach where speaking and listening underpins learning. The explicit teaching of new vocabulary combined with talk opportunities support pupils to make links across subjects and to their real life experiences.
Inclusion is at the heart of what we do. All pupils are valued for their differences and staff strive to ensure that every child is challenged to access the curriculum at their level. We are still embedding our approach to using metacognition and SOLO Taxonomy to hold limitless aspirations for all of our pupils. We aim to teach children how their brains work, how they learn best and to take responsibility for their learning and progress, which we believe will set them up for life.
Benefits
- Excellent CPD programme and career development opportunities
- Generous pension scheme
- Inner London weighting salary
- Employee assistance programme
- Support from experienced Senior Leadership Team
Our facilities
Horsenden Primary school is a large three form entry school in the leafy Greenford area of the London Borough of Ealing, serving a diverse community. Our pupils have access to a range of fabulous facilities including an on-site swimming pool, dedicated music room, computer suite, practical room with cooking facilities, well-resourced book areas and libraries as well as a Multi-Use Games Area and three separate playgrounds. Our wonderful facilities allow us to deliver an inspiring and interactive curriculum.
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