Graduate Co Teacher

Ark White City Primary Academy, London, W12 7PT

23 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  18 September 2026 at 1am

• Date listed

  26 August 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full time equivalent salary: £30,222 - £31,976 per year
• Additional allowances:
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  • Salaries 2.5% higher than main pay scale.
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  • Generous pension scheme.
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  • Access to Ark rewards – a scheme offering savings from over 3,000 major retailers
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  • Interest-free loans – up to £5,000 available for season ticket or to buy a bicycle.
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  • Gym discounts – offering up to 40%.
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  • Access to Employee Assistance Programme – providing free, confidential counselling, legal advice and a range of different support.
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  Find out more about the benefits of working for Ark at https://arkonline.org/careers/why-work-with-us/.

Graduate Co Teacher job summary

Ark White City is looking for an ambitious and committed Graduate Co Teacher to join our team for one year from September 2026. This role will be based primarily in Year 6, supporting pupils in the final year of the primary curriculum and helping them to secure the knowledge, confidence and learning habits they need for secondary school.

This is an excellent opportunity for a graduate who is interested in developing their understanding of teaching and learning, and who may wish to move on to a teacher training programme in the future. Historically, colleagues in similar roles have used this experience as a successful pathway into teacher training and future teaching roles.

The successful candidate will work closely with teachers and leaders to support learning in class, lead small group work, deliver targeted interventions and help pupils make strong academic progress. They will develop a detailed understanding of the curriculum, particularly in reading, writing and mathematics, and will learn how excellent teaching, strong routines, precise feedback and high expectations help children succeed.

 At Ark White City, we are committed to providing every pupil, regardless of background, with an excellent education and real choices in life. The Graduate Teaching Assistant will play an important role in this mission by supporting pupils to feel safe, known, challenged and successful.

If you would like to discuss this opportunity or for any queries, please contact info@arkwhitecity.org, 020 8161 9300.

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

Ark is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in its academies.

Ark requires all employees to undertake an enhanced DBS check. You are required, before appointment, to disclose any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975. Non-disclosure may lead to termination of employment. However, disclosure of a criminal background will not necessarily debar you from employment - this will depend upon the nature of the offence(s) and when they occurred.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Ark White City Primary Academy

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 306 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Ark White City Primary Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/ark-swift-primary-academy

Ark White City brings together Ark Swift Primary Academy and Ark Burlington Danes Primary Academy to create a two-form entry school, in a brand-new purpose-built and modern building which will form part of the EdCity development. EdCity is a £150m investment which will bring an education hub, affordable housing, and improved community facilities to White City that will make a real difference to local people.

Our new school building will have state-of-the-art facilities including a roof terrace with growing gardens for each year group, a space for outside lessons and a high-quality playground area. It will also have a multi-purpose cooking, DT, science and art room and a sensory room. The school has been designed with extra wide learning corridors which can be used as flexible breakout spaces from the classrooms.

Guided by our values of Excellence, Friendship, Courage and Determination, Ark White City Primary Academy strives to build a community committed to diversity, equity and inclusion. Our values are important to us and we will ensure that we promote them and recognise where others ‘live the Ark White City Primary Academy values’.

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