Teaching Assistant
Higham Ferrers Junior School, Rushden, Northamptonshire, NN10 8ED21 days remaining to apply
Closing date
30 November 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
9 November 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full time equivalent salary
- £25,614.00 - £26,017.00 Annually (FTE)
Teaching Assistant job summary
We are looking for two enthusiastic and committed Teaching Assistants to join our team at Higham Ferrers Junior School who are dedicated to providing the best education experience for our children.
They should:
- Want to work with enthusiastic and well-behaved children
- Build positive relationships with pupils
- Value personal development as well as academic achievement
- Have good literacy and numeracy skills
- Demonstrate enthusiasm for all teaching and learning activities
- Have experience of working with pupils with a variety of needs
- Be dedicated to providing the best education experience for our children
- Want to contribute to a culture that prioritises pupil and staff wellbeing.
We are an inclusive and supportive community who will provide excellent opportunities to develop professionally. Our dedicated leadership team is committed to continuous improvement. We work together with our partner schools in the Learning for Life Education Trust, a locally based multi-academy trust.
Hours of work: You will be required to work 31 hours and 40 minutes per week (8:35am - 3:25pm with 30 minutes for lunch), Monday-Friday, 39 weeks per year. Please note that holidays cannot be taken in term time, but an allowance for holiday entitlement is paid accordingly.
Salary: Grade D, Scale points 3-4, £25,614 - £26,017 FTE (Pro rata for part-time)
Contract: Named child contract. Your contract will be linked the to funding of the name child. When the child leaves the school, the contract will end.
To apply: Applications must be made via the School’s My New Term portal, available through our website: www.learningforlifetrust.org.uk/working-for-us/vacancies. Please include a supporting statement outlining your strengths and suitability for the role.
We will interview on receipt of successful applications
The closing date for applications is 9:00 am on the 30th November 2026, however we reserve the right to close this vacancy early.
Further information about the job
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Higham Ferrers Junior School
- Organisation type
- Academy, ages 7 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- Size
- 322 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 7 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
School location
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