KS4 Teaching Assistant

Dacorum Education Support Centre, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, HP2 4HS

24 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  16 October 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  22 September 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time, full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £25,989.00 Annually (FTE) This is a term time only role, the salary listed is the FTE and will be pro-rata

KS4 Teaching Assistant job summary

We are looking to appoint a committed and reliable individual to join our team. The successful candidate will provide in-class support to learners, helping them to engage with learning, develop positive behaviours, and make progress. The role will also involve supporting the promotion of reading and literacy across the Centre.

We are looking for someone who has:

Experience of working with children and young people, ideally within an educational or alternative provision setting

The ability to build positive professional relationships with learners, colleagues, parents and external agencies

Good literacy and numeracy skills

Strong communication and interpersonal skills

Effective administrative and organisational skill

The ability to work effectively as part of a team and use their initiative and work independently when required.

We encourage early applications and reserve the right to interview and appoint candidates before the closing date. Suitable applicants may therefore be contacted for interview as applications are received.

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 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

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 Dacorum Education Support Centre

• Organisation type: Local authority maintained school, ages 5 to 16
• Size: 11 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 5 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Dacorum Education Support Centre website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/dacorum-education-support-centre

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