Level 1 Teaching Assistant

Lees Brook Academy, Derby, Derbyshire, DE21 4QX

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  23 December 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  9 December 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
• Working pattern: Full time: Full Time, Permanent, All Year Round.
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: From £22,003 - £22,720 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;
• Help with care, personal hygiene and support of students;
• 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, AoW, 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 Statemented child.

SUPPORT FOR THE TEACHER

• 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 FOR THE CURRICULUM

• 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.

SUPPORT FOR THE SCHOOL

• 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.
• Act as a First Aider after appropriate training

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 Teachers’ Pensions / Generous pension scheme
• 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

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to the satisfactory completion of an enhanced DBS check, Barred List check, the receipt of satisfactory references, online searches and any other statutory checks that are required for the post. We are an equal opportunities employer.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Lees Brook Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1101 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Lees Brook Academy website
• Email address: hr@archwaytrust.co.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/lees-brook-community-school-derby

Lees Brook Community School is committed to working with pupils and their parents to enable each youngster to achieve success in all areas of life – academic, personal, physical, social;Raising standards of achievement, increasing access and widening participation in PE and Sport for everyone in our school, partner schools, wider community and Derby City;Changing the culture for learning in our community by raising self-esteem, recognising achievement, promoting pride within the local area and providing pathways for talented performers;Building a community for learning in which everyone (pupils, parents, staff, governors, and the wider community) sees learning as a life-long process for them to engage in.

At Lees Brook, we believe how we learn is as important as what we learn and the kind of person we each become matters as much as what we achieve. Each of us is responsible for our actions and our behaviour; each one of us has a right to feel safe, secure and free from bullying in school; each one of us has a right to learn and achieve at the highest level we are capable of. The way in which we deal with other people matters, so we should always treat other people as we would wish to be treated and we learn from our mistakes as well as our successes.

Lees Brook is a school that cares for the people within it. We have a uniquely inclusive school which allows everyone to succeed. Our safe, successful and positive learning community ensures that every student is able to fulfil their potential; but more than that, to also become well rounded young people who will go on and thrive in the world of work.

Mrs Z House - Headteacher

Arranging a visit to Lees Brook Academy

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email hr@archwaytrust.co.uk.

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