Teaching Assistant

Boston Pioneers Free School Academy, Boston, Lincolnshire, PE21 8SS

23 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  5 July 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  12 June 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Full time: 32.5 hours Monday to Friday
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: G3 - £21,205.35 - £22,225.59 actual salary

What skills and experience we're looking for

An exciting opportunity has arisen in our Trust for a Teaching Assistant to be based at Boston Pioneers Academy. This role requires the successful candidate to work with individual children having special or particular needs, in accordance with the child’s Education Health and Care Plan where appropriate and\or groups of children as directed by the teacher.

Applicants are required to hold Grade 4 [or equivalent] GCSE in Maths and English

This is a permanent position that requires the successful candidate to work 32.5 hours per week, term time only.

For more information about working at Boston Pioneers Academy, please watch our recruitment video by following the link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqa5xUnIdr0&t=2s

The Voyage Education Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff to share this commitment and undergo appropriate checks, which will include online checks. Therefore, all posts within the Trust are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. It is an offence to apply for a role if the applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All adults employed by the Trust have a responsibility for data protection and have a duty to observe and follow the principles of the GDPR Regulations.

Voyage Education Partnership welcomes applications from all, irrespective of gender, marital status, disability, race, age or sexual orientation. All applicants must be able to provide evidence of their Right to Work in the UK prior to commencement of employment. As part of our need to comply with UK immigration rules, you will be required to provide Home Office stipulated documentation prior to interview.

Early applications are encouraged. We reserve the right to interview and appoint prior to the closing date of this advertisement.

What the school offers its staff

• Generous pension scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme, including access to counselling, 24/7 GP service and wellbeing services
• 2 Wellbeing Days per academic year
• Employee Benefits Platform including hundreds of discounts on many highstreet retailers
• Cycle to Work Scheme

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

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Boston Pioneers Free School Academy

• School type: Free School, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 415 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Boston Pioneers Free School Academy website
• Email address: recruitment@voyage-education.org
• Phone number: 01205331900
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/boston-pioneers-free-school-academy

A warm welcome to Boston Pioneers Academy, Lincolnshire’s first Free School. Our aim at Pioneers is to encourage and enable all children towards the realisation of their own unique talents. We aspire to ignite within every child a lifelong love of learning through the provision of a rich and exciting curriculum, which will ultimately help them to see that all accomplishments start with a dream and that all dreams are possible. This is encapsulated in our Academy Motto: ‘Sic Itur Ad Astra’ – Thus one journeys to the stars. At Pioneers we set the highest standards for our pupils in terms of both their academic progress and their conduct. Our Academy is centred around our ‘R.E.A.C.H.’ Values: Resilience – We keep trying, even when things are tough Excellence – We strive for excellence in all we do Ambition – We are ambitious for ourselves and those around us Care – We are caring and compassionate to each other Honesty – We are honest in what we say and what we do Apart from home, school is the single most important place in the lives of most children. Their experience of school will play a vital role in their lives and be a key determiner in their future. As such, we understand how important it is to decide on the right school for your child.

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