Teaching Assistant (25 hours) Fixed term until 17th July 2026

Redwell Primary School, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, NN8 5LQ

12 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  asap

• Closing date

  25 January 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  13 January 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: £24,796.00 - £25,185.00 Annually (FTE)

Teaching Assistant (25 hours) Fixed term until 17th July 2026 job summary

The Role

Redwell Primary School are looking to recruit a Teaching Assistant 25 hours to work across Years R, 1 and 2 (Fixed term until 17th July 2026) to join the team. You need to be patient, hard-working and have high expectations for yourself and pupils. The post holder’s prime duties will be assisting the teacher with day-to-day work and helping to deliver learning programmes for individuals and small groups. A commitment to the life of the school is vital! School tours are encouraged.

Key Tasks:

• To support teachers and pupils in the delivery of quality teaching and learning.

• Support for groups and individuals including intervention work across EYFS and Year 1
• Record keeping for assessments / intervention / pupil progress
• Help raise standards of achievement for pupils
• Provide for the social, emotional and personal development of pupils

About You

You will need:

• Level 2 or Level 3 Teaching Assistant qualification or equivalent

• Proven track record of strong and consistent behaviour management

• A working knowledge of relevant and effective interventions and how to support pupils with possible barriers to learning

• Skilled at making and sustaining positive relationships with children
• Desirable to be Read Write Inc phonics trained
• Flexibility to support 1:1 when required

• Able to stimulate children’s interest in learning

• Able to work closely with pupils who are finding learning difficult, or those who have experienced a feeling of failure

• Skilled at developing children’s self-esteem and motivation so that they become resilient, independent learners

• Capable of delivering intervention work and maintaining appropriate records

• Knowledge and understanding of how children learn

• Familiar with IT and its educational uses or approaches

• Excellent written and oral communication skills

Benefits:

• Access to retail discounts and technology schemes

• Access to Cycle to Work 

• 24/7 access to a free Employee Assistance Programme to provide confidential advice and guidance on any personal and/or work-related matter. 

• Free Mindfulness training with a qualified and experienced professional 

• An open and collaborative working environment, not just within your academy but also across the Trust where innovation is encouraged. 

• Discounted gym membership 

• Commitment to exploring ways to reduce email traffic and confine email replies to office hours - while recognising our employee’s preferences for when they work 

• Commitment to continuously review workload issues and explore options for simpler, less onerous methods and processes. 

Nene Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, students, and volunteers to share this commitment. All shortlisted candidates will be subject to an online search as part of our due diligence process. 

Any offer of employment will be subject to DBS and Right to Work checks. 

We look forward to your response. 

The Trust will endeavour to make any necessary reasonable adjustments to the job and the working environment to enable access to employment opportunities for disabled job applicants or continued employment for any employee who develops a disabling condition. 

*Please note that we reserve the right to close this advert before the closing date stated

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.

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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 Redwell Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 628 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Redwell Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/redwell-primary-school-wellingborough

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