Teaching Assistant

Oak Bank School, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, LU7 3BE

18 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  31 October 2025 at 10:59pm

• Date listed

  13 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £25,583.00 - £25,988.00 Annually (FTE)

Teaching Assistant job summary

Term Time Only - 37hrs per week (Mon - Fri)

Mon/Wed/Thurs/Fri (8.20am - 4pm)

Tue (8.20am - 4.30pm)

PURPOSE OF POST:

Under the instruction and guidance of teaching staff/managers, to undertake educational activities and attend to the educational, personal and social needs of pupils in order to support their learning and development and to ensure their safety and to develop approaches to maintaining pupils who are in crisis.

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 Oak Bank School

• School type: Academy, ages 9 to 19
• School size: 126 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 9 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Oak Bank School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/oak-bank-school-leighton-buzzard

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