Havering Schools Jobs
Teaching Assistant
- Employer: Empower Learning Academy Trust
- Reference: EMP/26/345101
EMPOWER LEARNING ACADEMY TRUST
Ardleigh Green Infant School
Hornchurch
RM11 2SP
Tel: 01708 449362
Inspiring Learners, Changing Lives
Teaching Assistant
Hours: 31.5 hours per week, 39 weeks per year (term time only)
Salary: Grade 1/2 Spinal Point 3-5, £22,223 - £22,859 actual salary per annum, based on FTE £29,561 - £30,406 per annum (Inclusive of Outer London Weighting)
Contract: Permanent
Inspire and be inspired
Our mission is to ‘inspire learners and change lives’ – and that includes our staff. We want to empower our teams so pupils are ready to be kind, confident and impactful world citizens. To help us, we are seeking to appoint a highly motivated and enthusiastic Teaching Assistant to join our successful school to work with primary aged children. We are looking for someone who is willing to work with children with a range of abilities, including those with special educational needs.
Applications are welcome from candidates with experience of working in a primary school and are qualified with NVQ level 2 or above.
The successful candidate will be:
- Proactive, well-organised and willing to work collaboratively with the class teacher and other colleagues
- Have effective communication skills and have a clam, patient personality
- Able to engage and enthuse pupils, encouraging independence in their learning
- Passionate about supporting all groups of children to enhance the quality of their learning and raise pupil achievement
- Ability to adapt or modify interactions to meet pupil needs
- Ability to summarise and present information from observations of pupil performance
- Minimum GCSE Maths and English or equivalent
- Level 2 TA Certificate or equivalent (Desirable)
- Confident in using ICT.
In return, we offer:
- High quality professional development
- Supportive and friendly colleagues
- Staff assistance programme including virtual GP appointments, counselling service, legal services
- Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
- Flexible working opportunities
- Electric Car Scheme
- Cycle to work scheme.
Applications
Please submit your application by the closing date of Wednesday 30 September 2026, by 12pm (midday)
Interviews will be held week commencing Monday 5 October 2026.
Early applications are appreciated as interviews will be arranged as and when suitable applications are received. We reserve the right to commence or complete the recruitment process prior to the closing date.
For further information about this role, please contact Paula Broadmore, Office Manager, via email at PBroadmore@elatschools.co.uk
If you have any queries about the recruitment process and compliance, please
contact Gurvinder Chana, HR Officer at GChana@elatschools.co.uk
Ardleigh Green Infant School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all students therefore, all successful applicants will be required to undergo pre-employment checks, including satisfactory references and an Enhanced DBS check.
In accordance with ELAT policies and KCSIE guidelines set out by the Department for Education, a background check will be carried out on your online digital presence.
Please find our policies here: Key Information – Ardleigh Green Infant School
We do not accept applications via agencies.
Havering Schools are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The protection of our pupils from abuse is the responsibility of all staff within our schools, superseding any other considerations. Therefore Havering Schools comply with the Department for Education ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ guidance.
It is an offence to apply for a post which involves engaging in regulated activity relevant to children if you are barred from doing so. Please be advised that, again in line with ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’, shortlisted candidates (who wish to accept an invite to interview) will be required to submit, prior to their interview, a self-declaration of their criminal record or information that would make them unsuitable to work with children. Upon submission of this information, online checks may be carried out.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974; the successful applicant will be expected to undertake an enhanced DBS disclosure check. Having a criminal record will not necessarily debar you from obtaining a position with the School.
Equal OpportunitiesHavering Schools aim to promote and ensure equality of opportunity and equal treatment for all. We are committed to equal opportunities in employment regardless of gender, marital status, race, colour, nationality (including citizenship), ethnic or national origins, disabilities, age, sexual orientation, responsibility for dependants, religious or political affiliation and trade union activities. All matters related to employment are decided on the basis of qualifications, merit and business need.
How to apply
Please submit your application via Teaching Assistant, Havering - Tes Jobs by the closing date of Wednesday 30 September 2026