Teaching Assistant

Ark Pioneer Academy, Barnet, EN5 2BE

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: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full time equivalent salary: £28,616 - £30,280 per year

Teaching Assistant job summary

 

Role: Teaching Assistant (TA)

Location: Barnet, London — a five minute walk from High Barnet tube station

Start Date: September 2026

Salary: £28,616 per annum, scale point 3, Outer London Support Band 4

Contract: Full time, term time only, fixed-term

 

Opportunity for an exceptional candidate to be a teaching assistant shaping our pupils to be the best they can be. Ark Pioneer, a non-selective secondary school, delivers a standard of education matching the very best schools in the country. Our vision is that every pupil leaves Ark Pioneer with real options, be it embarking on the university course of their choice, apprenticeship or starting employment leading to their chosen career.

 

What’s special about this role?

This role is ideal for candidates excited about championing excellent pupil support across the school.

 

Who are we looking for?

Across school life, we embed high aspirations and a growth mindset in all of our children. We believe that every single child who joins us has the potential to be knowledgeable, articulate and successful. It’s important this resonates with all candidates.

 

Why will you love our school?

There are lots of reasons! We’re lucky to be based in a brand-new building with top class facilities. We serve a wonderfully diverse community - we are non-denominational, mixed gender and two fifths of our pupils receive pupil premium funding. We’re led by our values - Aim High, Have Integrity, Be Kind and Model Determination and our team truly unite behind our vision. Curriculum is incredibly important to us and we’ve planned backwards from university readiness to give our pupils the very best in every subject discipline. Our team say: ‘All staff are incredibly supportive and positive and it is a great environment to work in’. Read more about our school here

 

What are the benefits of working with Ark?

We are lucky to be part of the Ark network of schools. Ark offers bespoke professional development to all team members. Joining our network opens a breadth of opportunities - many of our team have taken on leadership roles progressing from one of our sister schools. Ark employees have benefits including everything from shopping discounts to a supportive and comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme. In short, you won’t find a better network of schools to join! Read more about Ark here

 

Would you like to find out more?

If you’d like to speak to our SENCO about this role Chloe Conces, HR and Administration Manager would be happy to arrange this – contact c.conces@arkpioneer.org 

 

Safeguarding 

Ark is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in its academies. In order to meet this responsibility, its academies follow a rigorous selection process to discourage and screen out unsuitable applicants. 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. To read more about Ark’s safer recruitment process, click here. 

 

 

 

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 Pioneer Academy

• Organisation type: Free School, ages 11 to 19
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 1107 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Ark Pioneer Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/ark-pioneer-academy

We’re lucky to be based in a brand-new building with top class facilities. We serve a wonderfully diverse community - we are non-denominational, mixed gender and two-fifths of our pupils receive pupil premium funding. We’re led by our values - Aim High, Have Integrity, Be Kind and Model Determination and our team truly unite behind our vision. Curriculum is incredibly important to us and we’ve planned backwards from university readiness to give our pupils the very best in every subject discipline. We timetable collaborative planning and love to engage in ‘productive struggle’. Every team member is supported with coaching and tailored professional development, whatever stage they are at in their career. Our extended school day (we finish at 4 four days a week and earlier on Wednesday) allows us to offer a broad, rich curriculum and timetabled enrichment for every child - but we never have meetings after school. Our team say: ‘All staff are incredibly supportive and positive, and it is a great environment to work in’.

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