Teaching Assistant

Friars Academy, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, NN8 2LA

20 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  7 January 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  18 December 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £24,796.00 - £25,185.00 Annually (FTE)

Teaching Assistant job summary

Contract: 32.5 hours per week

Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri 8.30am - 3.15pm. Wednesday 8.30am - 4.30pm

With half an hour unpaid lunchtime,

We are looking to appoint a Teaching Assistant for twelve months to support high quality teaching and learning across the Trust/Academy.

We are a secondary school for pupils with an increasingly diverse range of special educational needs. The successful applicant must possess the necessary skills to assist our students to make even better progress and gain skills and accreditation for later life.

Applications are welcomed from anyone who can:

• Demonstrate their ability to work both as a member of a team and individually
• Can demonstrate an awareness of the needs of our students.
• Has a good level of education with appropriate literacy and numeracy skills.
• Possess good communication skills both verbally and written.
• A positive attitude and drive are also very important to us.

Applications will only be accepted via www.mynewterm.com

We are an Equal Opportunities employer and welcome applications from appropriately qualified persons regardless of gender, race, religion, disability or age. Better Together Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be required to complete an enhanced Disclosure Barring Service check and any offer of employment will be subject to satisfactory references.

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 Friars Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• School size: 143 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Friars Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/friars-academy

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