Teaching Assistant

Salary: NJC 7 -11 (£26,403 - £28,142 FTE; £19,352 - £20,626 actual salary based on part time hours and term time only) + well-being cash plan + pension scheme (LGPS) + additional Lift Schools benefits

Hours: 32.5 hours per week, 38 weeks per year

Contract: Fixed Term for one year until August 31st 2026

Start date: Immediate start date

Are you passionate about education and looking for a fulfilling career?

We're looking for a dedicated teaching assistant to join our supportive team at Lift Brockworth. Within this role, you will provide support to students so that they can access the curriculum, participate in learning and experience a sense of achievement. You will be vital in supporting our students and helping them achieve their potential.

The successful candidate will need to have a resilient and empathetic attitude. We warmly welcome candidates with experience working with children within an educational environment and full training will be provided. This is a part-time, fixed term role until August 31st 2026.

About our school:

Lift Brockworth is a two form entry primary school on an ambitious journey to make a real difference to the lives of our children. We are proud to be a part of Lift Schools (formerly known as Academies Enterprise Trust), a collaborative educational organisation striving for excellence across all 57 of our remarkable schools. If you join our team at Brockworth, we can offer you large spacious classrooms, fantastic grounds, two halls, chromebooks and iPads for every class, an academy library, excellent resources for the curriculum and our very own technology workshop, which includes a large kitchen.

We have a strong, supportive team of staff, who are well supported by expertise across our network to help realise the next steps in their careers.

Who is Lift Schools?

We're a diverse and inclusive network of schools with one clear mission; to provide an excellent education to every child - in every classroom, every day. And we do this across each of our 57 schools. As with our students, we want our team to be empowered to do their best work, supported by the best leadership they've ever had.

We acknowledge and appreciate the exceptional efforts of everyone here in making this an incredible organisation.

We offer you:

• Comprehensive training: Access a wide range of developmental training to boost your career.
• Generous benefits: From your pension plan to healthcare and financial support, we've got you covered.
• Lifestyle perks: Enjoy discounted gym memberships, travel deals, and even electric vehicle incentives.

Ready to apply? Get in touch here. We can't wait to hear from you.

The role is due to commence immediately. This is a part time, fixed term position.

Closing date: Wednesday 17 September 2025

Interview date: Monday 22 September 2025

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response. All candidates are advised to refer to the job description and person specification before making an application.

Lift Schools are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our people and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a fair and consistent recruitment process which is inline with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.

Lift Schools embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. Job share, part-time and flexible working opportunities will be considered.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and there is a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.