10 days remaining to apply

  • Job start date

    26 August 2025

  • Closing date

    30 June 2025 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    20 June 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Teaching assistant

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Early years

Working pattern

Full time: 7:30am - 4:30pm (42.5 hours), Mon-Fri, Predominantly term-time working (39 weeks)

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

S6-S10 (£26,135 - £27,425) FTE £28,720 - £30,138 + LGPS Pension.

What skills and experience we're looking for

Please find full job pack and apply at: https://www.onedegreeacademy.org/join-us/vacancies

Unique opportunity to join a new school in North London

  • Do you want to play a key role in the founding of an exciting, new, and innovative school?
  • Do you want to move your career forward in an environment which nurtures talent and hasscope for career progression?
  • Do you want to be part of an exciting new venture that aims to transform the lives of children?

One Degree Academy has been given a rare opportunity to raise standards of education inNorth London. Our school opened in September 2016. We moved to our brand-new buildingand state of the art facilities in August 2022 – come and help us grow!

We know that success and habits of excellence are achieved through perseverance and incremental improvement - ‘one degree’ at a time. This idea is at the heart of our school. Whether you are experienced working in schools or someone seeking to enter this profession, you will play a key part in the academy’s development. As with our students, we want to grow and develop our team, ‘step- by-step’: all staff receive professional development in line with their role, with potential opportunities to progress as the school grows.

We are seeking to appoint an outstanding EYFS Associate Tutor to help develop our new school. Weare looking for someone with a positive and professional attitude, who will thrive serving theneeds of our school community. This is an exciting and rare opportunity to help grow One Degree Academy and to be part of something profound and special.

Successful candidates will:

- Have an unfaltering commitment to serving the Academy, it’s students and staff

- Welcome feedback and be committed to the idea of continuous improvement and self-development

- Be committed to the One Degree Academy vision and values.

In this role, you will have the opportunity:

- To join an engaged team and organisation utterly committed to developing its staff throughincremental improvement; step-by-step

- To play a key role developing our school, with the potential to progress as we grow

- To be part of something profound and special

What the school offers its staff

How do we look after our staff?

We know that working in schools can be challenging. Looking after our staff means our students will get the support and help they need to succeed.

The most important way that we make sure that staff are happy is by ensuring ODA is a supportive environment that listens to staff and is committed to getting better.

We work smart at ODA and have robust systems and processes that reduce workload and allow us to focus on important tasks.

ODA Perks

Working at One Degree Academy

Wellbeing

- Clear whole school behaviour systems that areimplemented by all

- Large teaching team to support the learningand behaviour of students more effectively

- Recognition - we take the time to give shout-outs and say thank you to colleagues

- Additional days of holiday to say thank you forvolunteering to support students on eventsthat are outside the usual school day e.g.residential trips, attending studentperformances etc

- No late-night parents evenings - we hold themduring dedicated progress review days

- Termly ‘Golden Weeks’ where we celebratestaff well being

- A golden ticket, enabling staff to enjoy anafternoon off when needed

- A two-week winter half term to enable staff totake holidays outside of normal term time andcan rest and recharge from those longerdarker evenings

- Free breakfast, lunch, tea and coffee

- Discounts on a new bike via the ‘Cycle to work’scheme

- Free flu jab

- Free eye test

- Leadership planning time to drive forwardwhole school initiatives

Staff Development

- Week long Bootcamp to induct new staff andset up for the year ahead effectively

- Weekly CPD & Coaching

- Supportive Line Management Structure

- Collaborative Planning time

- 14 whole school staff inset days dedicated toincremental improvement, planning and dataanalysis

- Free admission to Research ED

- External coaching for Senior Leaders

Staff of ODA Children

- Free breakfast club

- Free after school wrap-around care

- 1 x free after school club

Other

- Laptop/devices are lent to all staff whorequire them

- 10% off Pure Gym Membership

- 10% off car service and MOT at local garage

- Length of service rewards

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to hr@onedegreeacademy.org

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.
Sign in to download application form
If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Upload additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

About One Degree Academy

School type
Free School, ages 2 to 11
Education phase
Primary
School size
362 pupils enrolled
Age range
2 to 11
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report

One Degree Academy is an innovative school. We opened in September 2016, and were graded as outstanding in all areas by Ofsted in Feb 2019. We are designed around the idea that tiny changes can have profound effects, and that a committed focus on seemingly small details leads to continuous and sustained improvement. In short, we know that any giant leap to success is preceded by lots of small steps.

We aim for our academic achievements will be amongst the best in the country, and for our young people to go on to become successful employees, citizens and family members. We are proud to have created an environment where our children are happy, inspired and eager to attend every day.

Arranging a visit to One Degree Academy

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email hr@onedegreeacademy.org.

School location

Similar jobs nearby

SEN Learning Support Assistant

The Woodside Primary Academy

Wood Street, London, E17 3JX

Teaching Assistant Level 2 Grade D

Brookland Junior School

Hill Top, London, NW11 6EJ

Learning Support Assistant

Eleanor Palmer Primary School

Lupton Street, London, NW5 2JA

Level 3 Teaching Assistant

Quick Apply

St Vincent's Catholic Primary School

The Ridgeway, London, NW7 1EJ

Get a job alert when similar jobs are listed

Find more school jobs in Enfield