Level 1 Teaching Assistant

Bluecoat Primary Academy, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG8 3BB

17 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  14 December 2026

• Closing date

  28 November 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  11 November 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: From £22,730 - £23,459 per annum

What skills and experience we're looking for

SUPPORT FOR THE STUDENT

• Support and direct activities with either individuals or groups of students to ensure their safety and facilitate their physical, emotional and cognitive development
• Contribute to the health and well-being of students
• Establish and maintain good working relationships with individual students and groups
• Promote and reinforce the students’ self-esteem and independence e.g. support in form time, unstructured time etc.
• Encourage acceptance and inclusion of all students
• To support groups of students as directed during formal public or internal school examinations
• To assist students on work placements, educational visits, residential, and recreational activities as appropriate
• To assist students with self-organisation and in the completion of homework tasks, in allocated periods during the school day
• Drawing on knowledge of various forms of individual needs, to develop an understanding of the specific needs of the students within the school community • To liaise effectively with parents/carers as appropriate
• To assume responsibility for designated keyworker role at School Action Plus and/or a named EHCP child
• To assist the other health care assistants in carrying out their role in providing specific assistance to personal care needs of students
• To ensure that you cover the role of personal care in a colleague’s absence with guidance from the SENCo/ Lead SEND teacher and Level 2 Teaching Assistants
• To provide care, as and when needed, on off site visits and trips
• To provide practical and personal assistant to individual pupil needs
• To assist students with their day to day personal care needs, personal hygiene, toileting and feeding
• To promote students’ independence skills in relation to personal hygiene, toileting and feeding
• To monitor the behaviour of students, encouraging positive behaviour and reporting any incidents
• To ensure the safety and well-being of children, providing support where necessary or signposting concerns to colleagues
• To liaise with external agencies, where appropriate, talking through therapeutic programmes and discussing programmes
• To write specific health care plans/Personal Evacuation Plans for key students
• To be responsible for the recording and distribution of medicines
• To support students over break and lunch times
• Help with the collation of Review/Annual Review meetings
• Help with classroom resources and records
• To implement learning programmes a directed by the class teacher – with individual or small groups
• To monitor individual student’s needs and provide regular feedback to the teacher
• Contribute to the management of student behaviour
• To participate in the evaluation of the support programme
• To contribute to the maintenance and development of the Learning Support Faculty
• Support and reinforce the school curriculum including catch up KS3/GCSE work, literacy, numeracy activities in a 1:1 setting and in the classroom
• Provide support for learning activities including enrichment activities during the normal school day
• Support the use and development of ICT within the classroom
• Support the smooth running of the Faculty by covering designated priority lessons of absent staff as and when required by the SENCo
• To take responsibility for display and up keep of designated areas in the Faculty
• Maintain effective working relationships with colleagues and parents
• Maintain and safeguard the confidential nature of student/teacher/home issues
• Contribute to the maintenance of student safety and security, including break and lunchtime duties in the Faculty and taxi duties
• Attend Faculty/Pastoral meetings as appropriate

SUPPORT THE TEACHER

SUPPORT FOR THE CURRICULUM

SUPPORT FOR THE SCHOOL

What the school offers its staff

• Archway benefits to include shopping discounts and competitions
• A free and confidential employee assistance programme offering counselling and advice
• Access to Generous Local Government pension contributions and additional benefits
• Access to discounted travel schemes
• Cycle to work scheme
• Comprehensive training and support
• Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career
• Eye care voucher scheme
• Free flu vaccine
• Access to e-learning and development

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

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CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Bluecoat Primary Academy

• Organisation type: Academy, Church of England, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 452 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Bluecoat Primary Academy website
• Email address: hr@archwaytrust.co.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/bluecoat-primary-academy

Arranging a visit to Bluecoat Primary Academy

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