TA job for time with son or full time job with more money

[CSJ21]

I took a break from my previous career a couple of years ago to work as a teaching assistant to have more time with my son (he’s 5). I get to finish early and get all the holidays which is great and I like the job. Problem is I get paid 15k a year and it’s making finances so hard I have taken up a small second job to do at home in the evenings after he has gone to bed to help.
I have just been offered a 30k a year job (starting wage) which is full time but I can start early so can still finish to do school pick up (or WFH later). The real issue is giving up the holidays and to go back to just 4.5 weeks off a year. I would have to put him in clubs and book the odd days with my husband as we have no family support.
The extra money would make like so much more comfortable and let us enjoy more but I would miss that time whilst my son is young. I know I could wait a few years but don’t think an opportunity this good to earn this salary will come up again and the longer I am a TA, the less experience I have in other roles. God I am so stuck with this decision! Literally everyone is telling me (including my husband) the pros and cons and both choices great but I am the worst decision maker ever!! Any thoughts? Has anyone else given up a TA role and regretted it?

Take the FT job. TAs are underpaid, under appreciated and used as dogsbodies. And in the other job you will use your skills more.

Take the full time job.

I’d go full time personally.

Presumably your DH also has a holiday entitlement. It's not 100% on you to organise/arrange holiday childcare. Your DH will need to step up and help parent his child and not just on "the odd day". I would take the FT post - particularly for the additional pension it will give you.

As a fellow TA take the full time job. Education is only going to get worst with TA continuing to be overworked and underpaid and I do genuinely enjoy aspects of my job but would happily leave if it not for the fact it works around my Sen child who cannot access holiday clubs easily.

@CSJ21minumum holiday allowance is 28 days isn’t it? So more than the 4.5 weeks you quote. It’s actually 5 weeks and 3 days in terms of working hours. Your dh will be entitled to the same so that’s just over 11 weeks between you. It’s natural you’ll want to take some annual leave together, but that still allows you plenty of time for looking after your child. Eg: if you take 3 weeks annual leave together, you would still have over a month of leave between you when either you or your dh would be home with the child. That massively cuts down the time you’d need to use holiday clubs/ childminder.

it’s a no brainer to me: take the better paid full time work