Teaching Assistant - Fixed Term

Chelveston Road School, Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire, NN10 8HN

7 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  asap

• Closing date

  17 October 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  10 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £24,796.00 - £25,583.00 Annually (FTE)

Teaching Assistant - Fixed Term job summary

Contract: 32 hours per week

Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri 8.30am - 3.15pm. Wednesday 8.30am - 4.30pm

With half an hour unpaid lunchtime,

We are looking to appoint a Teaching Assistant for eight months (November to July) to support high quality teaching and learning across the Trust/Academy.

We are a secondary school for pupils with an increasingly diverse range of special educational needs. The successful applicant must possess the necessary skills to assist our students to make even better progress and gain skills and accreditation for later life.

Applications are welcomed from anyone who can:

• Demonstrate their ability to work both as a member of a team and individually
• Can demonstrate an awareness of the needs of our students.
• Has a good level of education with appropriate literacy and numeracy skills.
• Possess good communication skills both verbally and written.
• A positive attitude and drive are also very important to us.

We offer:

• A newly built, well-equipped, modern school.
• A committed staff team.
• Opportunities for innovative ways of working.
• An opportunity to build and further develop good practice.
• High quality professional development opportunities.

Applications will only be accepted on www.mynewterm.co.uk

We are an Equal Opportunities employer and welcome applications from appropriately qualified persons regardless of gender, race, religion, disability or age. Better Together Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be required to complete an enhanced Disclosure Barring Service check and any offer of employment will be subject to satisfactory references.

Chelveston Road School is part of Better Together Learning Trust, a charitable company limited by guarantee and registered in England and Wales with company number 08722556. The registered office is Friars Close, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire NN8 2LA

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

We are an Equal Opportunities employer and welcome applications from appropriately qualified persons regardless of gender, race, religion, disability or age. Better Together Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be required to complete an enhanced Disclosure Barring Service check and any offer of employment will be subject to satisfactory references.

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 Chelveston Road School

• School type: Free School, ages 11 to 18
• School size: 117 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Chelveston Road School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/chelveston-road-school

We are a secondary school for pupils with an increasingly diverse range of special educational needs.

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