Part-Time Teaching & Lunchtime Assistant - Term-Time

Hours of work: 21.25 (Teaching Assistant-16.25 & Lunchtime Assistant-5) hours per week
Working pattern: Part-time, Term-time only (working for39 weeks per year plus6.05weeks annual leave, which will increase after 5 years' continuous service)
(As the position is part-time/term-time only, the above salary will be pro rata)

Closing date: 17th August 2026 9am

For more information and to apply for the above post, please contact:

Plumpton Primary School (Southdowns, Plumpton Green, Lewes BN7 3EB)
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Please note, we do not accept CVs.

Skylark Federation are looking for a Teaching Assistant and Lunchtime Assistant to join our welcoming and friendly village school at Plumpton Green, Lewes. We have friendly and engaged families, happy children who are keen to do their best and a positive, supportive working environment.

The hours of work are 8.30am until 12.00 noon, as a teaching assistant, 12.00 noon until 1.00pm as a lunchtime assistant for five days a week.

The successful candidate will support teachers. They will work with children and assist with all learning activities.

You will be an extra pair of eyes in the classroom, picking up on any changes in behaviour and helping to ensure that every child has a safe and happy learning experience.

We are a popular group of schools, and we would love to welcome you to our Federation.We are in a lovely setting but an easy commute from Lewes and other areas.

Visits are warmly welcomed - please email our business manager, Mrs Hill on, for any enquiries. Further details and paperwork can be found on the website or please contact our business manager.

Interview date: Friday 21st August

This post is covered by the Childcare Disqualification Regulations 2018.

The school will need to ensure that they are not knowingly employing a person who is disqualified under the 2018 Regulations in connection with relevant childcare provision. Accordingly, the successful candidate will be required to demonstrate to the school, by completing a self-declaration form as part of the pre-employment checks process, that they have not been disqualified under the 2018 Regulations.

If the preferred candidate is found to be disqualified under the 2018 Regulations, the offer of employment will be subject to the application by the preferred candidate to Ofsted for a waiver and the receipt of a waiver from Ofsted.