Teaching Assistant

Ivanhoe School, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire, LE65 1HX

Deadline is tomorrow

• Job start date

  4 November 2025

• Closing date

  13 November 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  4 November 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: FTE: £25,994 - £26,409

Teaching Assistant job summary

Teaching Assistant

Permanent Contract

Term Time (plus 1 week)

32.5 hours per week

Grade 6, Points 9 - 10 (FTE: £25,994 - £26,409)

Actual Salary £19,541.74 - £19,853.72 per annum

We are looking to recruit, as soon as possible, a highly motivated and enthusiastic Teaching Assistant to join our large and well-respected Learning Support department. The successful candidate would be able to work with students in a small group within a mainstream classroom as directed by the SENDCo or a member of the teaching staff.

If you have the drive and energy to make a real difference for our students, and if Ivanhoe School and this role sound like the ideal next step in your career, I hope you will feel encouraged to apply. Please visit the school website for more information. 

Closing date for applications is 12 pm Thursday the 13th of November 2025.

LiFE Multi Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment will be subject to a DBS check and an online search. We are committed to the safety of our students and the protection of staff. Our recruitment process is in full accordance with recent guidance from the government for safer recruitment. Appointment to this post will be subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks.

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 Ivanhoe School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 799 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Ivanhoe School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/ivanhoe-college

At Ivanhoe School, our students come first. We recognise their different needs and work hard with them to develop their abilities and talents. We value the unique contribution of each student and want them to achieve their full potential.

Highly qualified teachers and support staff provide an excellent, caring environment in which students can learn and flourish safely. Our aspirations, expectations and commitment are relentlessly high for all members of the school community.

Ivanhoe School became Members of the LiFE Multi Academy Trust in July 2021. Ivanhoe School works closely with local LIFE MAT schools: Ashby School and Ibstock Community College as part of the 'National Forest Hub.'

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