Teaching Assistant

Bishop Stopford School, Kettering, Northamptonshire, NN15 6BJ

7 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2026

• Closing date

  17 July 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  10 July 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher or Lecturer
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £24,796.00 - £25,185.00 Annually (FTE)

Teaching Assistant job summary

We are looking for exceptional individuals who are hard-working, reliable, compassionate and professional to offer additional support to our students.

Our students require support to develop and sustain strong routines, to inspire them to engage and participate widely across school and in extracurricular activities and to help them fuel their ambitions. The role will likely include delivering small group and one-to-one interventions.

We are a popular, over-subscribed school where students’ achievements are outstanding. You will be joining a team of dedicated and highly professional staff whose aim is to enable all students to fulfil their potential.

We offer:

a supportive environment in which your talent and commitment will be encouraged, nurtured and rewarded

an opportunity to be part of a highly collaborative team

Employee recognition and rewards

Membership with a health benefits provider which includes access to a GP service. Annual flu vaccination

Two-week October half term holiday

Free on-site parking

Staff gym and Cycle to Work scheme

Please check out our amazing review in The Good Schools Guide and our fantastic Ofsted Report from April 2025.

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

Bishop Stopford School has a clear commitment to Child Protection and Safeguarding Children. All appointments are subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check.

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 Bishop Stopford School

• Organisation type: Academy, Church of England, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 1454 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Bishop Stopford School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/bishop-stopford-school-kettering

Bishop Stopford School is a forward thinking and high achieving learning community, with strong roots and long-standing traditions. We seek to provide an outstanding education and encourage all – no matter what their starting points – to achieve as highly as they can. In August 2011, we converted to Academy status and we are excited to capitalise on the freedom which this status brings.

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