Teaching Assistant & Midday Supervisory Assistant (Danehill CE Primary School)

Hours of work: 31.25 hours per week (Teaching Assistant-26.25 hours, Midday Supervisory Assistant- 5 hours)

Working pattern: Part-time, Term-time only (working for 37 weeks per year plus 8.05 weeks annual leave, which will increase after 5 years' continuous service)

(As the position is part-time/term-time only, the above salary will be pro rata)

Closing date: 12th January 2026 12pm

For more information and to apply for the above post, please contact:

Danehill CE Primary School (School Lane, Danehill, RH17 7JB)

Phone: 01825790388

Email: office@danehill.e-sussex.sch.uk

Website: https://www.danehillcepschool.org/

Please note, we do not accept CVs.

We have a teaching assistant vacancy at Danehill CE Primary School!

We are seeking to appoint a teaching assistant to join our warm and friendly community and collaborate with us to achieve our vision – to nurture, engage and inspire our community through our innovative, enlivened curriculum.

• Role: Teaching Assistant & Midday Supervisory Assistant

• Contracted Hours: 31.25 hours-Teaching Assistant (26.25 hours) and MDSA (5 hours)

• Salary: TA- Grade 3, Scale Point 7 (£24,796 pro rata)

  MDSA- Grade 2, Scale Point 4 (£24,413 pro rata)

The successful candidate will:

• have a specialism such as Art, Music or PE.

• have a passion for nurturing children's natural curiosity and learning habits that enable them to be successful learners,

• be highly motivated and skilled in supporting each child with their educational, physical, emotional and social development,

• be resilient and able to work independently and flexibly, using their own initiative to respond to the children’s needs,

• be committed to inclusion and equal opportunities,

• have excellent interpersonal skills and work effectively in partnership with others.

Danehill Cof E Primary School offers:

• an opportunity to work as HLTA,

• a friendly and happy community with close links with the Church,

• curious, imaginative and enthusiastic pupils,

• an innovative ‘Enlivened Learning’ approach to teaching and learning,

• a skilled and experienced team of professionals who are caring and supportive, and committed to doing the best for all our pupils.

The successful candidate will work in Key Stage 2 ideally Monday to Friday 08:30 to 15:15, with a Midday Supervisor role over lunchtimes of 1 hour, 30 min unpaid lunch. However, the school is prepared to be flexible over these times for the right candidate.

If you are interested in this position, we highly recommend that you come and meet the Headteacher, Katie Jones, who will be delighted to tell you more about the school and to discuss the position.

An application pack can be obtained by emailing office@danehill.e-sussex.sch.uk.

This post is covered by the Childcare Disqualification Regulations 2018.

The school will need to ensure that they are not knowingly employing a person who is disqualified under the 2018 Regulations in connection with relevant childcare provision. Accordingly, the successful candidate will be required to demonstrate to the school, by completing a self-declaration form as part of the pre-employment checks process, that they have not been disqualified under the 2018 Regulations.

If the preferred candidate is found to be disqualified under the 2018 Regulations, the offer of employment will be subject to the application by the preferred candidate to Ofsted for a waiver and the receipt of a waiver from Ofsted.