Description Address: Leiston Primary School, Leiston, Suffolk IP16 4JQ Salary: £14,197 pro rata Hours: 30 hours per week, 38 weeks per year Contract: Fixed Term until 31 August 2026. Required from 1 September 2025 Reference: 7583 Teaching Assistants - 2 vacancies Leiston is a 420-place school with a busy nursery. Currently judged by Ofsted as ‘Good’. We offer our children a wide range of opportunities. Leiston Primary School is a supportive and thriving environment working with pupils from a range of backgrounds. We constantly look at ways to develop and extend our practice to support our role as part of the community. We uphold a safeguarding ethos at the very heart of what we do, and it forms our decisions on a day-by-day basis with the child’s voice being a key part of this. You will work with the school to ensure that the supervision of children during lunchtimes is positive and effective. We are looking for a candidate who: is vigilant about safeguarding and can work collaboratively with pupils and colleagues is a positive and welcoming presence in the school and works effectively with all stakeholders has proven experience in working with children understands the importance of shared culture within a school and knows how to promote this for the benefit of all can work well as part of the team has high expectations in all areas of school life. We can offer: We are proud to be part of East Anglian Schools Trust (EAST) alongside Farlingaye High School, Kesgrave High School, Bungay High School, Castle East School, EAST SCITT and four other primary schools Wickham Market, Easton, Leiston and Saxmundham with whom we work closely with. How to apply: Please read the Job Description (pdf) Please feel free to contact Lucy Melton, head of school, by calling 01728 830745 or emailing: lei.finance@eastmat.org To find out more, please visit our website (Leiston Primary School) Closing date: 9 am, 25 June 2025. Interview date: week commencing, 30 June 2025. East Anglian Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share and adhere to this commitment. Please note that all applicants will be subject to online searches. You will be also be required to provide satisfactory references and undertake an Enhanced Check with the Disclosure and Barring Service.