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1:1 Teaching Assistant - St Mary's CE Primary School, Bradford Abbas

Dorset Council • Bradford Abbas, Sherborne

Salary
£19k – £19k
Posted
21 October 2026
Sponsor match
high
Skilled WorkerWorker (A rating)
Role overview

Dorset Council is hiring a 1:1 Teaching Assistant - St Mary's CE Primary School, Bradford Abbas in Bradford Abbas, a teaching role advertised as contract. The advertised salary is £19k – £19k. Dorset Council holds an active licence on the UK Home Office register of sponsors for the Skilled Worker route, which means it can sponsor a visa for this hire if it chooses to.

Salary : Grade 5, Point 5 - 6: £18,941- £19,242 per annum (subject to experience) * Contract : Fixed Term until July 2027, 30.83 hours (30 hours, 50 minutes) per week, 39 weeks per year (term time plus inset days) * The salary quoted reflects the annual salary for the position at the time of advertising. Payment will be made in equal monthly instalments and will be adjusted at the start of employment, and again if employment ends partway through the school year, to ensure the correct salary is …
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  • Employer: Dorset Council — confirmed licensed sponsor
  • Visa route: Skilled Worker
  • Advertised salary: £19k – £19k
  • How this salary compares: about 43% below the £33,800 median across 1,723 teaching roles with published salaries on FindSponsorJobs
  • Location: Bradford Abbas, Sherborne
  • Posted: 21 October 2026
  • How we verify sponsors: employers are matched against the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors — read our methodology.
About this sector

Teaching roles in secondary and further education are eligible for the Skilled Worker visa, with particularly strong demand for STEM subject specialists, modern foreign language teachers, and SEN support staff. Both state academy trusts and independent schools appear on the Home Office sponsor register and recruit internationally.

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