Salary: Apprenticeship pay - £10,956 actual (Year 1)
Hours: 32.5 hours, Fixed Term (Approximately 18 months), Term Time plus 1 week
Required: September 2025
Riverside Primary School is excited to offer an opportunity for an Apprentice Teaching Assistant to join our team in our nursery. If you are passionate about education and keen to make a real difference, we would love to hear from you. As an apprentice, you’ll gain valuable hands-on experience supporting pupils in the classroom or nursery while working towards a nationally recognised Level 3 Teaching Assistant qualification. You will help deliver the curriculum, provide tailored support to learners, and play an active role in the wider school community. We are looking for someone who is adaptable, reliable, and able to work well both independently and as part of a team.
This is a fixed-term position lasting approximately 18 months (linked to the qualification), working 32.5 hours per week (which includes the 20% off-the-job training required for the apprenticeship).
Riverside Primary School:
We are a popular, mainstream community school, which is part of Rainham Mark Education Trust. The school had a good Ofsted Inspection in November 2019, and was recognised as being Outstanding in the areas of Behaviour and Attitudes and Personal Development. The key values held by our school community add to the success and inclusive nature of the school. These values are Curiosity, Happiness, Aspiration, Respect, Articulacy, Community, Teamwork, Equality and Resilience – ‘Character’.
The school has two integrated special provisions for a small number of children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder or Visual Impairment, who are taught in the mainstream classes with appropriate support.
A visit to the school is highly recommended, please call 01634 623500 to make an appointment.
Benefits of Working for Rainham Mark Education Trust:
* Free Private Healthcare Cover - Benenden Healthcare (contracts over 15 hours)
* Free Health Checks
* Free Flu Jabs
* Cycle to Work Scheme
* High quality CPD opportunities
* Discounted gym membership at Avenue Tennis, Gillingham
* Access to Mental Health First Aiders
* Onsite free parking
* A Trust committed to achieving a healthy work/life balance
If this challenge excites you, please apply via My New Term.
Closing date:Thursday 10th July 2025 at 12pm
Interview date: TBC
This vacancywill close on or before the specified closing date depending on the volume of suitable applicants. If you have not heard from us within 21 days of the closing date, please assume that you have not been short listed on this occasion. We wish to stress that no discourtesy is intended in following such a procedure, and you should not let this deter you from future applications.
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