Teaching Assistant

Etonbury Academy, Arlesey, Bedfordshire, SG15 6XS

7 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  January 2026

• Closing date

  16 December 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  9 December 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £19,693.00 - £20,002.00 Annually (Actual) NJC 2A Pt 3-4

Teaching Assistant job summary

TEACHING ASSISTANT

BASED AT: ETONBURY ACADEMY

SALARY/GRADE RANGE: NJC2a pt 3-4

RESPONSIBLE TO: Assistant Principal: SENDCO & Inclusion

REQUIRED: JANUARY 2026 EARLIER IF AVAILABLE

HOURS: 33.75per week (Term time only, plus 5 designated staff training days)

ETONBURY ACADEMY

Etonbury Academy is an extended secondary school with over 1150 pupils, located on the edge of the town of Arlesey, close to the Bedfordshire/Hertfordshire border and excellent train links to London. We provide a broad and extensive curriculum for children aged 9 to 18 years, including Sixth Form. We are delighted to achieve consistently high GCSE results and have just celebrated an outstanding set of A-Level results in our Sixth-Form.

In our most recent Ofsted report (April 2025) inspectors said the following:

“Etonbury Academy is a welcoming and nurturing place to learn. Pupils enjoy coming to school and attend regularly. They value the warm, supportive relationships they build with staff. This helps them to feel safe, cared for and known as individuals. Pupils behave with great courtesy and respect. They hold doors open, listen carefully to each other in conversations and demonstrate consistently high levels of kindness towards others.”

We are a local school with a global outlook, preparing young people for the future. Our facilities, resources and specialist teaching are second-to-none. So to is our commitment to pastoral care.

This is a place where every child is safe, secure and supported. Every single member of our learning community - students, staff and parents - are part of our success story.

Our younger students join us in Year 5 at Etonbury Juniors, and move up to our secondary school in Year 7. With separate buildings for junior, secondary and Sixth Form, we provide a nurturing environment for all pupils to receive an excellent Etonbury Experience. We know our children, and together we make Etonbury Academy a school to be proud of.

We provide professional development for aspirational staff and access the teaching school, colleges and Apprenticeship Levy to make this happen. Our proven track record gives you every reason to consider Etonbury as the right school for you.

We welcome visits to our school prior to the application, please contact Amy Bowles on 01462 730391 or abowles @bestacademies.org.uk to arrange.

Bedfordshire Schools Trust (BEST)

The Bedfordshire Schools Trust (BEST) is a multi-academy trust providing exceptional education across our community of 11 schools and five nurseries.

Since forming in 2016, we have grown significantly into one of the largest single employers in Central Bedfordshire.

We now educate more than 8,000 children across the area, from nursery age to advanced level study, and have over 700 members of staff.

Applicants must be willing to undertake a DBS clearance and the Academy must receive two satisfactory references before the successful candidate can commence employment.

Applications may be made online via MyNewTerm. A Word application form can also be downloaded directly from our website.

http://www.etonbury.org.uk

We are committed to the safeguarding and promotion of children's welfare and offers of employment are subject to DBS clearance and satisfactory references.

Strictly no agencies.

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 Etonbury Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 9 to 19
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1133 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 9 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Etonbury Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/etonbury-academy

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