Teaching Assistant
Christ The King Voluntary Academy, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG5 7JZ7 days remaining to apply
Closing date
5 February 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
23 January 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time, part time (Can be done as a job share)
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £22,415.00 - £23,506.00 Annually (FTE) Actual salary will be pro-rata based on term time only weeks and working hours
Teaching Assistant job summary
Do you have a natural talent for engaging children and supporting their learning? Are you enthusiastic, adaptable, and keen to make a difference? If so, we would love to hear from you.
In this varied and rewarding role, you will work flexibly across all age groups and abilities, supporting our teachers and helping to create a nurturing learning environment. Your work will include 1:1 support, leading small groups, and providing general classroom assistance. You will be supporting children with a broad range of needs—including SEN, behavioural and emotional needs—and encouraging the acceptance and inclusion of all pupils.
We are committed to helping you grow. As part of our team, you will have opportunities to develop your skills and build your career within the school, making a meaningful impact on our children’s learning.
This is a fixed-term role, starting as soon as possible and initially running until 31 August 2026. The position is 37 hours per week, term time only.
About Us
Christ the King Voluntary Academy, located in Arnold, Nottingham, is a successful secondary school rated Good by Ofsted. Our mission is “to provide the best education and care for all in a living faith community.” We believe this is achieved when every member of our community—staff, students, parents, and governors—works together, supports one another, and strives to reach their full potential.
We are proud to be part of the Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Multi-Academy Trust, which brings together 36 Catholic primary and secondary schools across Lincolnshire, Nottingham City, and Nottinghamshire.
You Will:
- Be caring, supportive, and committed to helping students achieve excellent results.
- Support teachers in enthusing and inspiring pupils.
- Assist with planning, differentiation, and intervention strategies.
- Promote student wellbeing by offering guidance and support.
- Build positive, supportive relationships that help students feel valued and heard.
- Support learning activities and help monitor their effectiveness.
What’s in It for You?
- Competitive salary: £22,415 - £23,506 per annum (OLOL Band 3, NJC Points 6-9).
- Generous Pension Scheme with employer contributions over 20%.
- Excellent CPD opportunities tailored to your professional growth.
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) offering emotional, financial and legal support for you and your family.
- Staff benefits, including discounts and a Cycle-to-Work scheme.
- A warm, supportive community with enthusiastic students and dedicated colleagues.
- Term-time only working for improved work-life balance.
Visits to the school are warmly welcomed. We encourage you to get in touch if you would like to discuss the role or arrange a visit.
An Inclusive Community
You do not need to be Catholic to work in our Trust. We welcome applicants from all cultures, ethnicities, beliefs, and none—those of all faiths, the Catholic faith, and those without a faith who are supportive of our Catholic character and Christian ethos. Diversity enriches our school community, and we strive to ensure every member of staff feels they belong.
We are a Disability Confident Committed employer and welcome applications from people with disabilities or long-term health conditions.
Safeguarding
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we expect all staff to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS check and other pre-employment checks, including online searches, in line with safer recruitment practices.
Further information about the job
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Christ The King Voluntary Academy
- School type
- Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 845 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Christ The King Voluntary Academy website
Christ the King is a welcoming and successful 11-18 academy providing a Catholic education in Arnold, Nottingham. We strive to ensure that each young person is safe, happy and successful and we pride ourselves on providing an excellent educational experience for all students which is underpinned by our mission which is
‘To provide the best education and care we can for all members of our Living Faith Community’.
We promote the highest possible standards in pastoral care, self-belief, behaviour and uniform. There are clear guidelines for what is expected of each individual and how everyone can make a positive contribution to both our school community and to the wider community. We are extremely proud of the outcomes from our visit from Ofsted and I would encourage you to read the specific details which celebrate many aspects of the School’s provision offered to our young people.
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