18 days remaining to apply

  • Job start date

    26 August 2025

  • Closing date

    13 August 2025 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    23 July 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), Monday to Friday (39 weeks)

Contract type

Permanent

Pay scale

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

What skills and experience we're looking for

Specific duties:

Supporting Teaching, Learning and Assessment

 To work with teachers to assess the needs of individual students and take action to support their learning needs

 To observe, record and feedback information on student progress.

 To support whole class teaching

 To support as required in the design, implementation and review of individual educationplans for specific students

 Support, both as directed and through own initiative, groups of or individual students

 To lead small group teaching as required

Pastoral Care

 To help promote and safeguard the welfare of all students

 To promote self-discipline, high standards of behaviour and positive attitudes on the part of all students and to implement policies and procedures to foster them

 To ensure that a high standard of care and good order for all students is maintained throughthe implementation of ODA behaviour systems

Communication and Community Links

 To fully support the life and work of the Academy

 To develop and maintain positive and effective professional relationships with colleagues, parents and the local community

Other

 To undertake other various responsibilities as directed by the Principal & Senior Leadership Team

 Plan and lead after school clubs or additional activities on a regular basis

Culture

 Support One Degree Academy’s values and ethos by contributing to the development and implementation of policies, practices and procedures

 Help to create a strong school community, characterised by consistent orderly behaviour and caring, respectful relationships

 Help to maintain a school culture and ethos that is utterly committed to achievement

 Support and work in collaboration with colleagues and other professionals in and beyond the school

What the school offers its staff

Wellbeing

 Clear whole school behaviour systems that are implemented by all

 Large teaching team to support the learning and 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 for volunteering to support students on events that are outside the usual school day e.g. residential trips, attending student performances, etc

 No late-night parents evenings - we hold them during dedicated progress review days

 Termly ‘Golden Weeks’ where we celebrate staff well being

 A golden ticket, enabling staff to enjoy an afternoon off when needed

 A two-week winter half term to enable staff to take holidays outside of normal term time and can rest and recharge from those longer, darker 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 forward whole school initiatives

Staff Development

 Week long Bootcamp to induct new staff and set up for the year ahead effectively

 Weekly CPD & Coaching

 Supportive Line Management Structure

 Collaborative Planning time

 14 whole school staff inset days dedicated to incremental improvement, planning and data analysis

 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 who require them

 10% off Pure Gym Membership

 10% off car service and MOT at local garage

 Length of service rewards

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.
Visas cannot be sponsored.
If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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 guidance for keeping children safe in education.

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

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About One Degree Academy

School type
Free School, ages 2 to 11
Education phase
Primary
School size
385 pupils enrolled
Age range
2 to 11
Ofsted report
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One Degree Academy is an innovative school and a World's Best School 2025 finalist. We opened in September 2016, and were graded as outstanding in all areas by Ofsted in 2019 and 2025. 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 to 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.

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