Teaching Assistant
Hillocks Primary Academy, Sutton-in-Ashfield, NG17 4ND11 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
4 July 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
23 June 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Part time: 34 hours per week - Monday to Friday
Contract type
- Fixed term - From the 1st September 2025 to the 31st August 2026
Actual salary
- £19,454.54 (Term Time Only)
What skills and experience we're looking for
The successful candidate will work as part of a team, delivering a structured timetable to children with autism spectrum conditions (ASC), SEMH (social, emotional and mental health) and challenging behaviours.
Essential
- NVQ 3 for Teaching Assistant qualification or equivalent work experience
- Good numerical and literacy skills to GCSE standard or equivalent
- An understanding of specific learning difficulties and/or physical impairments
- Ability to work successfully with pupils who have special educational needs, including those who have behaviour support needs
- An excellent caring and empathetic skill towards pupils
- Has a commitment to the safeguarding and welfare of all pupils and providing equality of opportunity
Desirable
- Knowledge of working with pupils with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)
What the school offers its staff
Our employee benefits
At Diverse Academies, you’ll find yourself in a vibrant, inclusive and supportive environment, where everyone can grow, progress and achieve a fulfilling career. We offer a fantastic range of rewards and benefits, challenging and interesting work, and opportunities to achieve your potential.
In return you will benefit from:
- Enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme with an employer contribution of at least 14%.
- Excellent Continuous Professional Development (CPD) opportunities covering technical, leadership and coaching skills via the trust’s Diverse Association for Professional Learning.
- Full support and induction.
- A strong and caring ethos among staff and students.
- Networking opportunities across Diverse Academies.
- Salary sacrifice opportunities such as car, cycle and technology schemes.
- Staff discounts and offers on gym membership, holidays, days out, cinema tickets, restaurants and top online shopping sites including instant voucher codes.
- 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme – emotional, financial and legal support to both you and your family by a team of qualified professionals.
- Health and Wellbeing delivered through our occupational health provider, eyecare vouchers for a free eye test and contribution towards glasses for display screen equipment users.
Commitment to safeguarding
Diverse Academies and its Governors are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in their care and expects everybody working for the organisation to share this commitment. Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy. To this end any offer of employment will be subject to safer recruitment checks and clearances.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs are not accepted.
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About Hillocks Primary Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 310 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Hillocks Primary Academy website
- Email address
- dmorris@wainwrightprimary-ac.org.uk
Hillocks Primary Academy
Why join Hillocks Primary Academy?
Hillocks is a warm, welcoming and inclusive academy where we strive to ensure that every single child feels safe and happy. We have a set of core principles that we work to, the main one being kindness. We place great emphasis on relationships and we work hard to foster good relationships with all members of our school community. Our curriculum is rich and varied and is designed to inspire children to want to learn, whilst at the same time encourage them to push themselves to achieve even more. We want every child, regardless of their starting points to have the best possible life chances.
Arranging a visit to Hillocks Primary Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email dmorris@wainwrightprimary-ac.org.uk.
School location
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