Job Description

• Ringsfield CE Primary School
• Address: Ringsfield, Beccles, Suffolk NR34 8NZ
• Salary: Grade 2 point 3, £12.85 per hour
• Hours: 30 hours per week, 6 hours per day, term time only
• Contract: Permanent, required as soon as possible
• Reference: 5182

Ringsfield CE Primary School are seeking a Teaching Assistant to work under the instruction and guidance of teaching and senior staff to undertake work, careand support programmes and enable access to learning for SEND pupils. You will also assist the teacher in themanagement of pupils and the classroom. This work may be carried out in the classroom or outsidethe main teaching area.

What will the job entail?

• supervising and providing support for pupils, including those with special needs,
• ensuring their safety and access to learning activities
• establishing constructive relationships with pupils and interacting with them according to
• individual needs
• promoting good pupil behaviour, dealing promptly with conflict and incidents in line with
• established policy and encouraging pupils to take responsibility for their own behaviour
• preparing, maintaining and using equipment/resources required to meet the lesson
• plans/relevant learning activity and assisting pupils in their use
• assisting with the supervision of pupils out of lesson times, including before and after
• school and at lunchtime
• accompanying teaching staff and pupils on visits, trips and out of school activities as required and taking responsibility for a group under the supervision of the teacher.

You will need to:

• be passionate and enthusiastic about education
• be a role model who supports our Christian ethos
• follow our school mission, vision and values.

For more information

Please read the and Person Specification (Word) and the Application Guidance Notes (pdf)

To find out more, please contact Ellie Baxter, Office Manager, by calling 01502 713030 or by emailing office.ringsfield@greatwoodsprimary.org

How to apply

Please submit your completed Application Form (pdf) by email to office.ringsfield@greatwoodsprimary.org

Closing date: 12 pm 3 July 2026.

Interview date: 8 July 2026.

Promoted as FJ (Featured Job) on Suffolk Jobs Direct.

Ringsfield CE Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All roles involve contact with children and are thus engaged in regulated activity relevant to children. Shortlisted candidates will be subject to references and online searches. Employment is subject to a satisfactory enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974.