Location: Great Missenden
Overview
Would you like a job which fits within the school day?
Would you enjoy helping young people achieve their potential?
Do you want to work as part of a caring, flexible team?
Term time only, 5 days per week
Salary type: Bucks Pay
Salary Details: Bucks Pay Range 2 (Actual salary £19,684 - £21,332 per annum)
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: Full-time. 33.5 hours per week, 39 weeks per year (Permanent)
Working Days: Mon, Wed & Fri 8:30am -3:30pm and Tues & Thur 8:30am -4:00pm
Required: January 2026
Closing date: 16/01/2026
Interviews to be held: Date to be confirmed
About us
● An academy that puts wellbeing at the top of their priorities, evidenced by our Wellbeing Charter e.g. we support the principle of 1265 directed time for teaching staff
● Students who are a pleasure to work with
● Great training and development opportunities
● An experienced, friendly and collaborative team of staff
● An annual personal ‘Headspace Day’, taken in term time
● A two-week October half-term
● A centralised behaviour system with visible and supportive leadership
● Free access to our own fully-fitted gym (subject to opening hours)
● A Headspace Day
● Free on-site parking
About the role
Would you like a job which fits within the school day?
Would you enjoy helping young people achieve their potential?
Do you want to work as part of a caring, flexible team?
Working as a Teaching Assistant may be the role for you. We can offer you a high degree of flexibility around working days/ hours and working during term-time only. This is a fulfilling role where you get to make a very real difference to the lives of individual students. Other benefits include comprehensive training, a pension scheme, a two week October half term, access to The Misbourne's state-of-the-art fitness suite and on-site parking.
We are seeking individuals to join our committed team of Teaching Assistants to help our young people reach their full potential. You will be part of our specialist SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disability) team, which is dedicated to delivering the correct support to individual students. SEND students are at the heart of our academy and this role is integral to helping some of our most vulnerable students to succeed. This could be support in lessons or working 1:1 on targeted areas of support.
You do not need previous experience in this role and comprehensive training will be provided.
However, the following skills will be beneficial:
A passion for the importance of learning
Enthusiasm for working with young people to help them succeed
The ability to inspire and be creative
About you
Your responsibilities will include:
-Working collaboratively with subject teachers to ensure students’ progress in individual subjects
-Acting as a positive role model both socially and academically
-Helping to foster and develop positive relationships with staff and peers
-Being flexible to meet the dynamic needs of the SEND department on a daily basis
-Identifying personal training needs and attending appropriate internal and external training
-Being involved in maintaining records, undertaking assessment and evaluating identified students’ needs
-Ensuring inclusive practice and equality of opportunity for all