Teaching Assistant – Part Time- Level 2

Longvernal Primary School

Salary: Grade 3, scale point 5 - 7, £25,583 – £26,403 pro rata

Actual Salary - £17,583 - £18,146

Part Time: Monday - Friday 30 hours per week 8.45am - 3.15pm (including 30 minutes lunch time duty and 30 minutes unpaid lunch), term time plus two inset days

Temporary Contract funded by Educational Health & Care Plan Funding

Longvernal Primary school is a community school in the town of Midsomer Norton. We are a dedicated team who regard all stakeholders; children, parents and staff as being part of the ‘Longvernal Family.’ We require a Teaching Assistant for 30 hours a week from January 2026 primarily to support a motivated, well behaved child with SEN. The successful candidate will be flexible, a team player, have good interpersonal skills and be proactive. The role will involve work within Key Stage 1 and confident knowledge of the curriculum in Key Stage 1 is essential. Experience or knowledge of working with children with specific needs, which could include neurodiverse needs, SEMH, cognitive and physical learning difficulties is desirable.

There are many advantages to working for us. Included in your actual annual salary is generous annual leave entitlement, access to a local government pension scheme, sick pay scheme, cycle-to-work scheme, free eye tests and employee assistance helpline. Support staff in schools can also benefit from a range of national discount schemes available to education professionals such as the Blue Light Card offering savings on shopping, travel and leisure.

The position is term time only, 30 hours a week, starting as soon as possible and on a temporary basis dependent upon the child’s funding.

Longvernal Primary is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and as such all post holders are subject to a satisfactory Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check and satisfactory references.

If you would like a chat about the role, please contact the school office.

Deadline for applications: 05.01.2026 - We encourage early applications as we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the closing date if we receive sufficient applications for the role.

Proposed interview date: 08.01.2026