Teaching Assistant ASAP Start Full Time This Primary School in the BS11 area is looking for a Teaching Assistant to join their team as soon as possible. The Role The ideal teaching assistant is patient, supportive, and adaptable, with a genuine passion for helping children learn and grow. You will build strong, positive relationships with pupils and staff, communicate clearly, and work well as part of a team. A great teaching assistant understands how to support children with varying needs, including those with special educational needs, and helps create an inclusive, encouraging classroom environment. You will be expected to be reliable, organised, and proactive, always ready to step in where needed to support both learning and wellbeing. You will be expected to do: Support the class teacher in delivering lessons and classroom activities Work with individuals or small groups to reinforce learning Assist pupils with special educational needs or additional support needs Help prepare learning materials and classroom resources Encourage positive behaviour and support emotional well-being Supervise pupils during break times, lunch, or school trips Support pupils with reading, writing, and numeracy skills Follow safeguarding procedures and school policies at all times Provide feedback to the teacher on pupil progress and behaviour Help maintain a clean, safe, and engaging classroom environment Working with Long-term Teachers: We are an independent agency working with Nurseries, Primary, Secondary and Special Schools. LTT was founded with the aim of creating a genuine, transparent and straightforward service to help candidates secure their next role. We place a huge emphasis on delivering an exceptional service where you will be supported, listened to and valued throughout. Your dedicated consultant will invest time to understand your experience, skill-set and what your ideal role looks like. You will have frequent updates with your progress through compliance, applications for specific roles as well as receiving additional information on roles which we feel may be of interest to you. We are proud members of the REC and we have the highest standard of compliance. Working with us means you will get the very best support and guidance through the clearance process from your own specific point of contact from our in-house compliance team. In addition you will receive: - Guarantee Pay Scheme opportunities - Permanent job roles - Support and advice during the clearance and onboarding process - Working to Agency Workers Regulations - Interview preparation, advice and support - Statutory employment rights, such as; sick pay, holiday pay, maternity and paternity pay