Level 1 SEN Teaching Assistant

Inkersall Spencer Academy, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S43 3SE

27 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  12 April 2026 at 1pm

• Date listed

  5 March 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: £16,996.84 - £18,093.54 Annually (Actual) NJC02-06 - 30 hours per week. Fixed term for one year.

Level 1 SEN Teaching Assistant job summary

At Inkersall Spencer Academy we are committed to provide a high-quality learning environment combined with a caring ethos in which each individual achieves their full potential. We place great emphasis upon the development of a broad range of learning skills so that during their time with us our children are able to acquire a love of learning that will last them for a lifetime. We are creative and bold in our learning, with a curriculum shaped around encouraging children to ask searching questions.

In addition to being a highly valued local school, Inkersall Spencer Academy provides a professional learning community for teachers, parents and carers. Working to provide an exemplary education for local children, we partner with local schools, community groups and education providers under the umbrella of The Spencer Academies Trust.

We are looking for someone who:

• Can offer outstanding support for children with Special Educational Needs
• Has a commitment to making a difference to children’s lives
• Has drive, enthusiasm and flexibility
• Has excellent literacy, numeracy and ICT skills
• Has an ability to foster strong relationships with pupils, parents/carers and other professionals
• Shares the Trust’s high aspirations for pupils and staff
• Enjoys being part of a very special and committed team
• Is passionate about education and developing a love of learning in children;
• Has the skills to work collaboratively with the teaching team

Please submit your application by no later than 12th April 2026. Our application deadlines can end earlier, so if you are keen to apply, please add your profile to this vacancy as soon as possible as we will contact you before the closing date.

Early application is strongly encouraged as we reserve the right to interview and close the advert ahead of the closing date.

Spencer Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our children and young people. Therefore, we expect everyone to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to satisfactory pre- employment checks, including a satisfactory Enhanced criminal records with Barred List Check through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and the completion of Level 2 Safeguarding training. It is an offence to apply for the role if an applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children (where the role involves this type of regulated activity).

The Trust and its member academies are committed to promoting equality and diversity in both employment and education provision. We aim to ensure that students, parents, governors, employees, contractors, partners, clients and other stakeholders within the Trust community are treated fairly, and with dignity and respect regardless of Protected Characteristics.

Spencer Academies Trust is a Disability Confident Committed Employer.

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.

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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 Inkersall Spencer Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 377 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Inkersall Spencer Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/inkersall-spencer-academy

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