Teaching Assistant

Boston Endeavour Academy, Boston, PE21 0PX

24 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  1 September 2025 at 3pm

• Date listed

  6 August 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2, Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
• Working pattern: Full time: Monday-Friday- 32.5 hours per week Term Time Only
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: Grade 3 Point 6-9 £20,607 - £21,599 pro rata (£24,027 - £25,183 FTE)

What skills and experience we're looking for

Boston Endeavour Academy is a values driven school, based on our Mission to be ‘a caring and respectful family, committed to maximising the learning and development of our students, supporting them to become happy and fully-included members of their community’.

Boston Endeavour Academy provides a broad, balanced and differentiated curriculum designed to meet the unique needs of all of our pupils. Our pupils can range in age from 2 -19 Years old and all have learning difficulties, some also have an autistic spectrum disorder, epilepsy, a physical disability, sensory impairment, medical needs and/or a communication difficulty.

The school is part of CIT (Community Inclusive Trust), a Multi Academy Trust comprising of special and mainstream primary schools across Lincolnshire, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire.

We are looking to appoint -Teaching Assistant

Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification for more information about this role and to ensure your suitability for this role.

What the school offers its staff

The benefits we can offer:

• The opportunity to make a real difference to the lives of young people.
• A supportive induction process to help you develop within this role to be the best you can be and develop for your next career step.
• Access to high quality continuous professional development opportunities.
• A rewarding role where no two days are the same!
• Flexible working opportunities from day one of your employment with CIT.
• Access to the Local Government or Teachers Pension Scheme with generous employer contributions
• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme
• A Bike2Work 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.

Closing date for applications: 4pm Monday 1st September 2025

Interviews will take place: Friday 5th September 2025

CIT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post will be subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure, medical and reference checks.

Applicants may also be subject to a social media presence check.

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.

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Teaching Assistant- Person Specification.pdf - 93.6 KB (opens in new tab)

Teaching Assistant Job Description.pdf - 86 KB (opens in new tab)

About Boston Endeavour Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 2 to 19
• School size: 157 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Boston Endeavour Academy website
• Email address: HR@citacademies.co.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/boston-endeavour-academy

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