Teaching Assistant

Newton Road School, Rushden, Northamptonshire, NN10 0HH

7 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  14 November 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  6 November 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £24,796.00 - £25,185.00 Annually (FTE)

Teaching Assistant job summary

The Role

This is an exciting opportunity to join Newton Road School as a Teaching Assistant and make a real difference in the lives of our pupils.

You’ll work alongside a talented, supportive, and dedicated team who strive every day to provide exceptional learning experiences for our children. Just as we inspire our pupils to be curious, lifelong learners, we believe in learning from one another — your ideas, experience, and enthusiasm will be valued and celebrated.

At Newton Road, teamwork is at the heart of everything we do. If you are a resilient and compassionate team player with a passion for helping children thrive, we would love to hear from you!

We are seeking a committed and enthusiastic Teaching Assistant to join our team. You will need to be patient, hardworking, and have high expectations for both yourself and the pupils in your care. The role involves supporting teachers in day-to-day classroom practice and delivering targeted learning programmes for individuals and small groups. A strong commitment to the wider life of the school is essential, and we warmly encourage you to visit us for a school tour.

Key Responsibilities

Support teachers and pupils in delivering high-quality teaching and learning.

Foster the social, emotional, and personal development of pupils, including those with additional needs.

Promote pupils’ active participation in all aspects of school life.

Encourage independence and self-motivation in learners.

Contribute to raising standards of achievement across the school.

About You

You will have:

A Level 2 or Level 3 Teaching Assistant qualification (or equivalent)

A proven record of effective behaviour management.

Experience of building positive home-school partnerships to support pupil progress.

An understanding of SEN interventions and strategies to support pupils with additional needs.

The ability to build strong, nurturing relationships with children.

Creativity and enthusiasm to engage and motivate learners.

Sensitivity when working with children who find learning challenging or have previously struggled.

The skills to develop self-esteem, resilience, and independence in pupils.

Experience in delivering and tracking targeted intervention programmes.

A sound understanding of how children learn and develop.

Confidence using IT and educational technology.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Benefits

Access to retail discounts and technology schemes.

24/7 Employee wellbeing and health support offering confidential advice and guidance on personal and work-related matters.

An open, collaborative woking environment across our Trust, where innovation and professional growth are encouraged.

A commitment to wellbeing, including reducing email traffic and respecting work-life balance.

Ongoing work to simplify processes and reduce workload pressures.

Safeguarding and Inclusion

Nene Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expects all staff, students, and volunteers to share this commitment. All shortlisted candidates will be subject to an online search as part of our due diligence process. Any offer of employment will be subject to satisfactory DBS and Right to Work checks. We are also committed to providing an inclusive working environment and will make reasonable adjustments to support applicants and employees with disabilities.

We look forward to receiving your application.

Please note: We reserve the right to close this advert early should we receive sufficient applications.

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 Newton Road School

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 221 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Newton Road School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/newton-road-school

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