Teaching Assistant

Employer: Ixworth Church of England Primary School

Location: Bury St. Edmunds, East of England

Salary: £12.85 per hour (pay award pending)

Job type: PART_TIME, TEMPORARY

Posted: 2026-10-04T00:00:00Z

Sector: Education & Training

Job Description

Ixworth Church of England Primary School is seeking an outstanding Teaching Assistant to join our warm, caring and dynamic team. This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic, committed and motivated Teaching Assistant to become part of a successful, forward-thinking school community. As our school continues to grow, including welcoming an additional class from September, we are expanding our support team and are looking for someone who is passionate about supporting children to thrive. We are passionate about ensuring that every child reaches their full potential, whilst nurturing a lifelong love of learning and curiosity about the world around them. Guided by our vision — “On a journey together where learning has no limits” — we provide a rich curriculum and a wide range of experiences designed to inspire, empower and help every pupil to flourish. We are looking for someone who: has experience of working with children in a primary school setting be flexible and can use their own initiative work independently and as part of a team be willing to undertake a range of duties be resilient, hardworking and self-motivated manage change well and support pupils in a variety of situations have high expectations of children’s behaviour and achievements have excellent English and mathematics skills possess initiative and the ability to communicate well with both teaching staff and pupils have a good sense of humour!

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