Teaching Assistant

David Nieper Academy, Alfreton, Derbyshire, DE55 7JA

15 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2026

• Closing date

  10 July 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  25 June 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £25,194.00 Annually (FTE) Grade 5 Point 4 (Pay award pending) Actual Salary - £21,963

Teaching Assistant job summary

37.5 Hours / 39 Weeks per year

8 am - 4 pm Monday to Thursday (30-minute lunch break), 8 am - 3.30 pm Friday

Half an hour per week for homework club

(Term-time only plus INSET days)

Job Purpose

To work under the guidance of teaching staff to support the learning, development, and wellbeing of pupils. This includes assisting with classroom activities, adapting support to meet individual needs (including SEND where required), fostering positive behaviour, and contributing to a safe and engaging learning environment

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

Establish productive working relationships with students, acting as a role model and setting high expectations.

Ensure the health, safety and welfare of students is maintained at all times.

Promote the inclusion and acceptance of all students within the classroom and academy.

Establish constructive relationships and communicate with other relevant professionals, in liaison with the teacher, to support students learning and progress.

Motivate students to complete tasks set by the class teacher and encourage students to interact and work co-operatively with others to ensure all students are engaged on the set task.

Respond to any questions from students about process and procedures.

Preparing the classroom for lessons, tidying up and keeping the classroom in good order

Creating displays of pupils’ work

Undertake any administrative duties as required.

To assist and support staff and students in the classroom or in the Base as directed. This will provide support for students as directed by the SENCO/Assistant SENCO.

To provide support for teachers in delivering intervention strategies (eg. numeracy/literacy/SEN) as required.

To supervise lunchtime activities on a rota basis

To plan, deliver and review intervention groups, homework club and extracurricular clubs

Accompany teaching staff and students on educational visits

To attend faculty meetings

To support with all whole academy and faculty events as required

Any other duties reasonable, as requested by line manager or Headteacher

General

To communicate effectively with the public and wider community and provide effective support for teaching staff and pupils.

To promote and support the implementation of the academy aims, policies and values, including the Academy commitment to Equalities.

To work flexibly as part of the support staff team to contribute to the smooth operation of the school.

To use the academy computer hardware and software packages where appropriate.

Candidates should indicate an acceptance of, and a commitment to, the Academy’s policies in relation to equality and safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children

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

The Governing Body is committed to the safeguarding of children and young people, so all staff appointments are subject to employment checks and a satisfactory enhanced DBS check.

Candidates should indicate an acceptance of, and a commitment to, the Academy’s policies in relation to equality and safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.

It is an offence to apply for this role if an applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

Please follow the below link to view the Christopher Nieper Education Trust Safeguarding/Child Protection Policy https://davidnieper.academy/about-us/academy-policies/

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 David Nieper Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 810 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: David Nieper Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/david-nieper-academy

Our Academy is sponsored by the Christopher Nieper Education Trust (previously David Nieper Education Trust), together with local employer partners, who are highly committed in supporting the development and achievements of our students. With a clearly defined approach to teaching, applied learning and brand-new purpose-built facilities, which opened in February 2017, we believe that this is a truly exciting time to join the academy. We are a growing academy now of 780 students 11-18 and will soon be at our full capacity of 850 students 11-18. This role is a new post due to our growing pupil numbers. Our September 2022 Ofsted Inspection graded the academy as ‘Good in all areas’, a fantastic improvement from the ‘inadequate’ Ofsted rating when we took over the academy - and we endeavour to build on this as we grow and develop further. We are currently the only academy within the Trust however the Trust is likely to grow in the very near future with a number of other schools actively looking to join.

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