Teaching Assistant - Mainly 1:1

8.45am to 12.00pm and 1.00pm to 3.15pm Monday – Friday

Term Time Only

Grade 5 (£25,584 - £26,403 pro rata)

Position starts on the 5th January 2026

Stanford in the Vale CE Primary School wishes to appoint a motivated and inspirational Teaching Assistant with the confidence and enthusiasm to ensure our pupils achieve academic success whilst enjoying their time at our school. We are delighted to offer the opportunity to join our thriving one form entry school in a beautiful village location in The Vale of the White Horse, Oxfordshire.

Stanford in the Vale CE Primary School is a caring, warm and friendly school with strong Christian values. Our school vision ‘Working together, Achieving together’ is intrinsic to school life.

We celebrated a good OFSTED inspection in December 2022 and an outstanding SIAMS inspection in June 2018.

We are looking to appoint a teaching assistant who:

Is confident to supervise and provide particular support for pupils, including those with special needs, ensuring their safety, help with personal care and access to learning activities

Can use strategies and resources, in liaison with the teacher, to support pupils to achieve learning goals

Can undertake structured and agreed learning activities/teaching programmes, adjusting activities according to pupil responses

Has a secure knowledge of a range of behaviour management strategies to ensure our pupils have consistent boundaries

Can provide the necessary pastoral care to enable children to feel secure and happy

Can administer routine tests and undertake routine marking of pupils’ work

Can provide clerical/admin. support e.g. photocopying, typing, filing, administer coursework etc.

Loves their job, showing passion and taking a pride in everything that they do

Works well in a team, enjoying learning and collaborating with others to promote excellence throughout the whole school as well as in their own classroom

Is motivated to do their very best

Is able to maintain good, professional relationships with parents and multi-agency networks to enable every child to be the best they can

Is committed to ensuring that excellence, inclusion and challenge are at the heart of everything we do.

We can offer you:

A role in a school that is at the heart of the community

A caring and supportive staff team and governing body

A promise to ensure that workload is constantly considered and monitored for all staff

Valuable support systems from a network of partner schools

Opportunities for further professional development

Experience of working in a school is preferred.

Stanford in the Vale CE Primary School is committed to safeguarding children and staff and everyone shares in this commitment. All post holders in regulated activity are subject to appropriate vetting procedures and a satisfactory “Disclosure and Barring Service Enhanced Check”. We are also committed as an equal opportunity employer.

Further details and application forms are available on the school website

For assistance with the application process contact Wendy Jeffs or Emma Payne on Mon – Fri 8.00am – 4.30pm.

The Oxfordshire County Council Support Staff application form must be completed as we do not accept CVs, applications to be returned to

Please include a statement to support your application within the ‘relevant skills and experience’ section.

Visits to the school are strongly encouraged and warmly welcomed, please contact Wendy Jeffs or Emma Payne in the school office on or email:

Closing date: Friday 28th November

Interviews: Thursday 4th December