Teaching Assistant

Holywell School, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK43 0JA

18 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  9 October 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  21 September 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £18,577.86 - £18,577.86 Annually (Actual) NJC Point 4 - 31.25 hours per week Term Time Only + 5 INSED days (8.45am to 3.50pm)

Teaching Assistant job summary

JOB TITLE: Teaching Assistant

REPORTS TO: SENDCo and Assistant SENDCO

SALARY SCALE: NJC point 4

HOURS: 31.25 hours per week includes a 30 minute lunchtime supervision duty (8.55am to 3.4pm, Monday to Friday, term time only)

We are keen to recruit a teaching assistant to join our existing team. You will work with supportive and collaborative colleagues in supporting our pupils with their learning under the supervision of the SENDCo. We have a wide range of students with additional needs and our teaching assistants work with the students both in class and in small group settings. Please see the attached job description and person specification for more details about the role. Visits to the school are welcomed, please contact Sanchia Davidson by email at sdavidson@holywellschool.co.uk to arrange a suitable appointment.

The start date for the position is as soon as possible and the closing date for this round of applications is midday on Friday 9th October 2026.

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS will be required. As detailed in the latest Keeping Children Safe in Education guidelines, online searches (social media screening) will be undertaken for all shortlisted applicants.

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

We are committed to the safeguarding and promotion of children’s welfare. We also have a sincere commitment to equal opportunity and to the celebration of diversity, including in our staff recruitment. We welcome applications from all sections of our community very warmly, and we recognise the huge strength and opportunity that comes from diversity in all aspects of our make-up. We will need to obtain references in advance of interview for any candidate short- listed, and all job offers are subject to satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service clearance.

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 Holywell School

• Organisation type: Academy, Church of England, ages 9 to 13
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 668 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 9 to 13
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Holywell School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/holywell-school

Holywell School is a caring, distinctively Christian, community-focussed Church of England School. We aim to continue the historic tradition of Church of England Schools by providing a Christian Values-inspired education of the highest quality within the context of Christian belief and practice. As a school, we are a loving, supportive community with high aspirations for all. We promote inclusion, we are proud to belong and we value each individual. We look after each other, believe in second chances and aim to be the best we can be so we can serve and support the common good.

Our vision is to ‘Live life in all its fullness’. We aim to be an outstanding Christian learning community where everyone is valued as a unique individual and where everyone feels safe. We will aim to be the best we can possibly be, to treat others as we wish to be treated and to make a positive difference to our community and beyond. We strive to be peaceful problem-solvers with open minds and hearts, living God’s love and being kind.

We are a popular and oversubscribed school of 700 students. 2021-2022 will see our final year of expansion. Although situated in the Local Authority of Central Bedfordshire, we straddle the border and have half of our population from Bedford Borough schools. Students are largely drawn from the two villages of Cranfield and Wootton. There is an increasing number of ‘out-of-catchment’ students who are applying to the school because of its good reputation. As part of Central Bedfordshire’s ‘Schools for the Future’ development programme, we are currently exploring a long-term plan to evolve into an 11-16 secondary school.

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