Job Description

TEACHING ASSISTANT

Location: Walton on Thames, Surrey
Salary: £118 to £128 per day
Contract: Long-term, flexible
Start: ASAP

About the role

We're recruiting experienced teaching assistants for class coverage work at a community primary school in Walton on Thames. You'll provide classroom support and cover classes in the teacher's absence, working from planned lessons and contributing meaningfully to the school's primary teaching provision.

As a teaching assistant, you'll deliver high-quality classroom support across the primary school, covering classes flexibly and working within a genuinely collaborative, friendly team. You'll work with lesson plans provided by the school, supporting pupils' learning, maintaining effective classroom management, and ensuring continuity when the class teacher is absent.

Your role as a teaching assistant providing class coverage will include:

• Covering primary classes independently using planned lessons from the teacher
• Delivering whole-class teaching and learning support
• Behaviour management and classroom organisation
• Supporting pupils across different year groups and key stages (Reception through Year 6)
• Following teacher planning, resources, and school policies
• Building positive relationships with pupils, staff, and families
• Contributing to the primary school's wider provision and team culture
• Adaptability to different classes, year groups, and teaching contexts

You'll work flexibly across the school, providing classroom support and class coverage as needs arise. The work is genuinely varied. You might support a Year 2 class one day, provide cover for upper Key Stage 2 the next. You'll become a familiar, trusted face within the school community, supporting consistent, high-quality provision.

About you

You're an experienced teaching assistant with proven classroom experience and genuine confidence to cover classes independently. You might be someone with years of teaching assistant work in schools, a support worker who's developed strong classroom skills, someone making a career change into education support, or an experienced HLTA. You bring:

• Real, demonstrated experience supporting pupils in primary classrooms
• Strong classroom management and behaviour support skills
• Experience working across different year groups and primary phases
• Reliability, professionalism and professional communication
• Genuine flexibility and adaptability to different classes and teaching contexts
• Commitment to pupil progress and creating positive learning environments
• Ability to work independently when covering classes
• Willingness to learn and develop within the role

About the school

The primary school is positioned in Walton on Thames town centre, making it easily accessible by public transport. Buses run regularly through the area. There's free on-street parking available for staff. The school has lovely grounds providing a stimulating outdoor environment, and sits within a welcoming community setting. The atmosphere is genuinely friendly and collaborative. Staff value supporting one another, and there's a real community feel. It's a school where people want to work, and where your contribution is appreciated.

What we offer

• Long-term flexible placement with a community primary school in Walton on Thames
• Competitive daily rates for experienced teaching assistant class coverage
• Reliable, prompt payment
• Professional support and full school integration
• Friendly, collaborative school environment where you'll be valued
• Conveniently located in town centre with free parking
• Opportunity to work flexibly and build relationships across the school
• Professional development and training opportunities
• Support and guidance as you develop in the role