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Dunstable Icknield Lower School, Dunstable, Bedfordshire, LU6 3AG

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  2 November 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  19 October 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £22,332.00 - £52,490.00 Annually (Actual) H5, pro rata

SEND HLTA job summary

Dunstable Icknield Lower School - SEND Higher Level Teaching Assistant

Part time - 35 hours per week (term-time + inset)

Pay Scale: H5

Actual Salary: £22,332

Permanent/ Fixed-term

Required ASAP

Dunstable Icknield Lower School is looking to appoint a SEND Higher Level Teaching Assistant to join our talented support staff team.

We are looking for practitioners with high expectations of pupil achievement and progress.

We are looking for applicants who put the experience of the child at the heart of their practice; someone eager to extend children’s learning and makes learning fun.

The successful candidates would set themselves high personal standards and be eager to develop professionally to support the schools’ creative curriculum approach to learning.

The school is part of Scholars’ Education Trust (SET), an established, cross phase, multi-academy trust formed in 2012.

Staff at Dunstable Icknield benefit from shared professional development opportunities, collaborative practices, and the expertise of colleagues at Priory Academy, which is also part of the same trust. Priory Academy is the school that most of our Year 4 pupils transition to upon leaving.

If you have any questions, please contact HR - HR@scholarseducationtrust.co.uk or on 01727 734424. To apply, please fill in an application on My New Term - CVs will not be accepted.

Diversity: The Scholars’ Education Trust is fully committed to the principles of equal opportunity, diversity and inclusion. We want to attract and retain the very best staff in all areas of the trust, ensuring our staff body reflects the diversity of our students and local community.

Closing date: 9am, 2 November 2026

Interview: TBC

We reserve the right to make an appointment before the closing date, so early applications are encouraged.

Scholars’ Education Trust is an equal opportunities employer.

Declaration of criminal offences

The trust is required to give you the opportunity to voluntarily declare convictions, cautions, reprimands or final warnings that are not ‘protected’ as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013 and 2020). You will be provided with a criminal self-declaration form by the school if you are shortlisted for the post. All posts in schools are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. If you are appointed you will be required to have an up to date Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Certificate. The existence of a criminal background does not automatically mean that you cannot be appointed but it may do so.

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 Dunstable Icknield Lower School

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 3 to 9
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 295 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 9
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Dunstable Icknield Lower School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/dunstable-icknield-lower-school-dunstable

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