Level 3 Teaching Assistant (3 positions available)

Raleigh Education Trust, Nottingham, NG8 5PN

26 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2026

• Closing date

  5 July 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  9 June 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2, Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £28,598 - £32,061 FTE (£24,594.07 - £27,572.58 actual)

Level 3 Teaching Assistant (3 positions available) job summary

The role in a nutshell

As a Level 3 Teaching Assistant, you will play a vital role in transforming the lives of the children you support. You will help pupils overcome learning and developmental challenges, making a meaningful contribution to the quality of education they receive.

The responsibilities of a Teaching Assistant can be varied and may differ from school to school. At this Academy, the key duties include:

• Working alongside the class teacher to plan, deliver and adapt learning activities, supporting high-quality teaching across lessons
• Providing skilled support for pupils, using professional judgement to adapt approaches to meet individual needs
• Leading lessons or learning activities independently, under agreed guidance from the teacher
• Planning, delivering and reviewing targeted intervention programmes for individuals and groups of pupils, feeding back on progress and impact
• Taking a lead role in supporting pupils’ access to their educational provision, including adapting resources and strategies to remove barriers to learning
• Monitoring and evaluating pupil engagement and progress
• Supporting the wider class team, including modelling effective strategies and contributing to collaborative planning where appropriate

This role offers variety and the opportunity to face something new each day. While the work can be demanding, the rewards are significant, seeing pupils grow in confidence and achieve their goals will make every effort worthwhile.

The candidate

The ideal candidate will hold, or be willing to work towards, a recognised Teaching Assistant qualification and demonstrate a strong commitment to ongoing professional development. We are looking for someone who can offer:

• Experience in supporting children, ideally in a special school or similar environment
• Evidence of additional qualifications suitable to TA role: NVQ Level 3 Teaching Assistant, HLTA qualification or equivalent
• Educated to grade 4 or above at GCSE level in English and Maths
• A genuine commitment to supporting a wide range of children, including those with individual and often complex needs
• Strong communication skills
• A collaborative approach and commitment to effective teamwork 

We welcome applications from everyone who believes they meet the expectations of the role regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, faith, or disability. To ensure that our staff composition is representative of the communities we serve, applications from groups who are currently under-represented in education including people with disabilities and people from minority ethnic backgrounds are particularly encouraged.  

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 Raleigh Education Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/raleigh-education-trust

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