Teaching Assistant

Company: Sandringham School
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Location: St Albans
Job Description:

Up to 27.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday (8:50am – 3:05pm), number of working days/hours can be negotiable. Term time only (38 weeks).

Salary: H3 pro rata, FTE annual salary £26,312 – £26,717

Actual salary: £16,352 – £16,604 (based on 27.5 hours a week)

Start date: September 2026

We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and dedicated Teaching Assistant (TA) to join our warm and welcoming Learning Support Faculty. Every member of the Learning Support Department supports a range of students with various special educational needs, building relationships founded on mutual respect. Our large team currently consists of 11 TAs, 3 Senior TAs, an Assistant SENDCO, and SENDCO. We ensure that each team member has the opportunity to play to their strengths, whether in a preferred subject, offering 1:1 support outside of the classroom, or in an area of expertise related to a particular category of special educational need. We support and encourage TAs to pursue training in any area of SEND they are interested in and passionate about, while also supporting the career aspirations of those who are part of our department.

Responsibilities

  • have professional integrity
  • have excellent attention to detail
  • have the ability to work well within a team
  • be dedicated to support the teaching and learning of students
  • promote Sandringham’s ethos and values

Ambition Education Trust 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 a post at AET is subject to a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check, as well as other pre-appointment checks including an online check, as outlined in Keeping Children Safe in Education.

We are committed to the aim of ensuring that everyone who applies to work for us receives fair treatment and we positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of age, disability, race, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership and caring status. We expect all our staff to demonstrate a commitment to advancing equality of opportunity and fostering good relations.

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Posted: June 4th, 2026