Teaching Assistant

Bosworth Academy, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE9 9JL

13 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  17 September 2025

• Closing date

  30 September 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  17 September 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
• Working pattern: Part time, full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: Actual salary £16,385 - 16,646

Teaching Assistant job summary

Teaching Assistant

Required from ASAP

Fixed Term 1 academic year in the first instance (this is a rolling contract)

Paid at Grade 6 (point 9-10)

27.25 hours per week term time plus 5 training days across the academic year

Salary: Grade 6 full time equivalent is £25,995 – 26,409 pa

£16,385 - £16,464 pa actual salary

The Headteacher and Governing Body are wishing to appoint a Teaching Assistant. Bosworth Academy is a popular and expanding 11-19 school, within the LiFE Multi-Academy Trust, which is increasingly the school of choice for parents in the area. We are seeking to appoint a committed and enthusiastic Teaching Assistant to work with our students with Special Educational Needs. The successful candidate will have a real passion for their subject and the ability to translate this for the students in their care. You will have the desire to ensure that our core value of ‘no student will underachieve’ is fulfilled.

We have high expectations of all our staff, which makes our SEND department an exciting and progressive environment in which to work. The team is forward thinking and extremely supportive of each other, working collaboratively to support and secure high standards of teaching and learning for the children in our care. We are passionate in our goal of ensuring that our students get every opportunity to ‘be the best they can possibly be’.

Bosworth Academy is the lead school in the LiFE Multi Academy Trust. We continue to develop our practice as we believe our community deserves nothing less and were awarded ‘World Class Status’.

Further details may be obtained from Miss Laura Degia, at the address below.

The closing date for completed applications is 9 am on Tuesday 30th September 2025, with interviews taking place Friday 3rd October between 9am- 12pm 2025.

‘’LiFE Multi Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment will be subject to a DBS check and an online search.’’

 “The LiFE Multi-Academy 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 applicant will be subject to enhanced clearance by the Disclosure and Barring Service and pre-employment checks.”

Bosworth Academy, Leicester Lane, Desford, Leicester. LE9 9JL

LiFE Multi Academy Trust CEO: Mr Chris Parkinson

Bosworth Academy Headteacher: Mr Simon Brown

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 Bosworth Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 19
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1557 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Bosworth Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/bosworth-academy

Bosworth Academy is a popular and expanding 11-19 school, within the LiFE Multi-Academy Trust, which is increasingly the school of choice for parents in the area. We have high expectations of all our staff, which makes our faculty an exciting and progressive environment in which to work. The team is forward thinking and extremely supportive of each other, working collaboratively to secure high standards of teaching and learning. We are passionate in our goal of ensuring that our students get every opportunity to be the best they can possibly be.

Bosworth Academy is the lead school in the LiFE Multi Academy Trust, which has been recognised by Ofsted as an ‘Outstanding’ school in our recent inspection. We continue to develop our practice as we believe our community deserves nothing less and were awarded ‘World Class Status’.

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