Teaching Assistant

Ark Acton Academy, London, W3 8EY

365 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  23 July 2027 at 6pm

• Date listed

  22 July 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £31,083 - £34,857 per year
• Additional allowances:
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  • Twice as many training days as standard
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  • Weekly staff training designed to meet the needs of the school
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  • Coaching for every teacher
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  • Access to high-quality, regular professional development
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  • Subject-specific knowledge development
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  • Free use of our leisure centre
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  • Access to the school counsellor
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  • Click here to find out more about the benefits we offer.
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  Find out more about the benefits of working for Ark at arkonline.org/careers/why-work-with-us/

Teaching Assistant job summary

Teaching Assistant – Job description

Job Title: Teaching Assistant
Reports to: Assistant Principal
Responsible for: Supporting teaching, learning and pupil wellbeing across the
academy.
Start date: September 2026
Term: Permanent, Term Time Only
Salary: Ark Support Staff Scale – Grade 5 FTE £31,083 - £34,857

As a Teaching Assistant, you will play a vital role in supporting pupils, teachers and
families to create a positive, inclusive and purposeful learning environment.

You will work alongside teaching staff to support pupils in making strong academic
progress, developing confidence and achieving their full potential. You will
contribute to a culture of high expectations, excellent behaviour and strong
relationships, ensuring every pupil can access learning and succeed.

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

Ark is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in its academies.

Ark requires all employees to undertake an enhanced DBS check. You are required, before appointment, to disclose any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975. Non-disclosure may lead to termination of employment. However, disclosure of a criminal background will not necessarily debar you from employment - this will depend upon the nature of the offence(s) and when they occurred.

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 Ark Acton Academy

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 752 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Ark Acton Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/ark-acton-academy

We are a diverse and vibrant academy, having every language on the DfE census represented in the Academy and we are proud to be a true comprehensive school and we maintain this comprehensive intake right through into our 6th form.

We place the curriculum – what we teach – at the heart of the academy and it informs all decisions we make. In the words of Alex Standish, we believe that “school subjects then are a way of inducting children into the intellectual habits of humankind, and hence into a disciplinary conversation about knowing our world” and we are looking for someone who shares this belief to join our team.

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