SCIENCE TEACHING ASSISTANT

Required as soon as possible, an enthusiastic Teaching Assistant to primarily support the Science department but with flexibility to support other departments as required. Having achieved another "record-breaking" set of results in summer 2025, and following on from our Ofsted visit in May 2024 where we were judged as a strong ‘Good’ in all areas, Buckler’s Mead Academy is going from strength to strength. To work under the instruction / guidance of teaching / senior staff to undertake work / care / support programmes, to enable access to learning for pupils and to assist the teacher in the management of pupils and the classroom. Work may be carried out in the classroom or outside the main teaching area. Main Duties and Responsibilities: Create and maintain a purposeful, orderly and supportive environment, in accordance with lesson plans and assist with the display of pupils’ work. Assist with the planning of learning activities Maintain and update records under the supervision of the teacher. Provide clerical/admin support for learning e.g. photocopying, word processing, filing, data entry etc. Undertake structured and agreed learning activities/teaching programmes including planned 1:1 and small group interventions, adjusting activities according to pupil responses. (Please see the accompanying Job Description for further details of the duties and responsibilities of this post).