Teaching Assistant

Hunsbury Park Primary School, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN4 9RR

22 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  1st September 2026

• Closing date

  26 June 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  4 June 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £24,521.00 - £25,331.00 Annually (FTE) Orbis Scale Ponts 7-9

Teaching Assistant job summary

Outline of Role

To support all children on a whole class basis, in a small group or sometimes a 1:1 basis, providing interventions (as directed by the class teacher or SENDCo) to enable all children to be successful.

What Hunsbury Park Offers its Staff:

At Hunsbury Park Primary School, we believe in fostering an environment that not only supports our pupils but also our dedicated staff.

We offer:

• Wellbeing days to enable you to have a paid day off for yourself.
• Golden Tickets for toil days (time off in lieu) to acknowledge and reward those who go above and beyond.
• Happy, well-behaved and confident children.
• Termly whole staff treats as a token of appreciation for your hard work and commitment.
• Access to Westfield Health with money towards eye care, dental and more. As well as 24/7 phone access to a GP. This also gives access to an employee benefits’ portal, which includes discounts at 100s of online high street stores, turning points into cash.
• A friendly, welcoming and supporting staff culture that champions collaboration.
• A beautiful school and nursery environment that is well-cared for and continually improved.
• The chance to be part of a school that is passionate about inspiring our children and enabling them to reach their full potential.
• A commitment to Continued Professional Development (CPD) to enhance your professional growth. This includes 5-7 INSET days a year for dedicated staff development as well as access to the National College for further self-guided learning.
• Free on-site parking.
• Term-time position - enjoy your 13 weeks holidays!
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Trust socials as we are part of the Orbis Education Trust.

Job Purpose

You will work closely with all pupils across the school, including those who have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP). You will provide tailored support to all children to enable them to access the curriculum and develop their independence. Working under the guidance of the class teacher and SENCO, you will implement personalised strategies and interventions, helping to remove barriers to learning and supporting children's social, emotional and academic development.

Your responsibilities will include supporting children’s learning across all curriculum areas, implementing specific intervention programmes, promoting positive behaviour and emotional regulation, stretching and challenging our learners and fostering independence and social skills. Building positive relationships with parents and carers to support consistency between home and school will also be an important part of your role.

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 Hunsbury Park Primary School

• School type: Academies, Does not apply, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: Up to 285 pupils
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Hunsbury Park Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/hunsbury-park-primary-school-northampton

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