Marden Primary Academy has an exciting opportunity to appoint an enthusiastic and motivated Teaching Assistant to join our highly collaborative and supportive team in September 2025. Our teaching support team is pivotal to our success in the classroom and supporting children to reach their full potential.,

• We care - about our pupils through our human scale approach to education, our staff and their well-being and the communities that we serve, driven by our high ideals and strong moral values.
• We have boundless ambition - to achieve excellence for all and create confident young adults with high levels of resilience and integrity.
• We work together - as one team in the belief that we are greater than the sum of our parts. We foster an enterprising culture through collaboration and in close partnership with industry and other educators.
• We keep getting better - using our 'can-do' attitude towards continuous improvement and innovation.
All of the staff at Marden are committed to ensuring that the school keeps its friendly, caring atmosphere whilst ensuring that children develop a broad range of life skills. We want all the children to become confident, independent learners who show respect for one another and can talk articulately about their feelings and ideas.


• Enthusiastic, energetic and adaptable
• Caring
• Capable of working independently and in a team
• Able to motivate and support pupils individually or in small groups
• Experienced in working with children or in a primary school setting
  
  Marden joined Leigh Academies Trust in September 2020. The academy serves the beautiful village community of Marden in Kent, with 45 pupils in each year group. Significant proposed housing development in the local area means that there is genuine potential for future expansion.
Marden's children are its biggest asset and they need teachers with grit, determination and passion to help provide them with a positive future. We are looking for a very special person as only the best will do for the children of Marden. You will be joining a supportive, committed and passionate team who work hard to ensure that all of our students achieve their potential.

This is a permanent role offering an actual salary of £17,728 per annum (£24,404 full time equivalent) based on 31.25 hours per week, Term Time + 1 week inset.