Teaching assistant CV example

Jamie Cole is not a real person, and Redbrook Primary is not a real school. The class, the reading group and the dates are invented. Use the shape, then write only what you did in a real classroom, club or placement.

A teaching assistant CV supports the teacher. It does not claim you planned the curriculum, marked the tests, or led a parents’ evening. It never names a child.

Full example CV

Fictional person and school. Do not add a child’s name, a class photo, or a DBS certificate number.

Jamie Cole

Bristol · 07700 900640 · jamie.cole@example.com

Eligible to work in the UK · term time, four days

Personal statement

Teaching assistant in a primary school, mostly with Year 2 and Year 3. I run a reading group from the school’s phonics sequence, keep the classroom routine predictable, and write a short note the teacher can use. I am not the class teacher.

Experience

Teaching assistant

Redbrook Primary (fictional school) · September 2022 – present

Run a daily reading group of six children from the school’s phonics sequence, and note which sound needs another day.
Support one child with a visual timetable. The note to the teacher says what helped that morning. It does not name the child and it does not add a diagnosis.
Prepare resources from the teacher’s list before the lesson, including a spare set when the first set is in use.
Stay with the agreed playground area and pass on a behaviour incident the same day, in the words the school uses.

Homework club volunteer

Hale Room (fictional community hall) · January 2020 – July 2022

Sat with one table twice a week, checked the instruction had been read, and fetched the lead adult when the question was not on the sheet.
Put the pencils and the finished sheets back in the same box, so the next session was not a search.

Education

Level 2 Certificate in Supporting Teaching and Learning, 2023. This certificate is part of the fiction. On your CV, name only a course you finished.
GCSEs, including English and maths, 2018.

Skills

Phonics groups from a given sequence
Classroom routines and transitions
Behaviour support using the school’s script
Preparing resources before the lesson
Short notes for the teacher, with no child’s full name
Playground supervision
Willing to complete an enhanced DBS. The certificate number stays off the CV.

Skills worth listing

Name the task the teacher gave you. “Good with children” is not a skill until the next line says what you did.

A reading or phonics group, following the school’s sequence rather than one you invented
A maths or writing table, with the teacher’s sheet in front of you
Transitions: lining up, coats, and getting six children back to the carpet
Behaviour support that uses the school’s language, not a punishment you made up
Preparing and clearing resources
A note the teacher can read in a minute
Playground or dining-hall supervision, if you have done it
A SEND support plan you followed. Do not add a medical label you were not asked to record

Bullet examples

Keep the year group and the task. Leave the child’s name off, even in a fictional example you later adapt.

Heard six children read from the school’s book band and flagged two who needed the same page again.
Used the visual timetable at each change of activity, and told the teacher which change still caused a delay.
Cut and labelled the lesson resources the afternoon before, from the teacher’s list.
Sat with a writing table and pointed back to the success criteria instead of rewriting the sentence.
Recorded a playground incident the same day, with what happened and who was told, and without a nickname.
Helped at the dining table: one allergen question went to the staff member named for that, not a guess.

Common mistakes

A child’s full name, initials that identify them, or a class photograph.
“I love working with children” and no group, routine or note.
Claiming you planned the lessons, marked the tests, or led a parents’ evening.
A diagnosis or medical detail you were not told to record.
A DBS certificate number. Say a check is in place, or that you will complete one.
A photo of you, your date of birth, or your full home address.
Calling the document anything other than a CV.

ATS keywords

Use the advert’s job title. Teaching assistant, learning support assistant and cover supervisor are not the same job.

teaching assistant
learning support assistant
classroom support
primary school
phonics
reading group
behaviour support
safeguarding
SEND
small group
playground supervision
enhanced DBS

Use it on your own CV

FAQ

Do I need a photo on a UK teaching assistant CV?

No. Leave off your photo, your date of birth and your marital status. Do not add a photograph of a class or a child.

What if I have never been a paid teaching assistant?

Use a school placement, a nursery, a homework club or regular volunteering. Say that it was unpaid, name the task, and do not invent a school you have not worked in.

Can I name a child on my CV?

No. Write the year group and the task. A note can say what helped, without a name, a nickname, or a detail that identifies the child.

Should I put my DBS number on the CV?

No. Write that an enhanced check is in place for school work, or that you are willing to complete one. Keep the certificate number off anything you post or email widely.

A one-page checklist for any role, plus a weekly jobs email. No name, and no account.