Teaching Assistant

Kingswood Secondary Academy, Corby, Northamptonshire, NN18 9NS

44 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  7 September 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  22 July 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subjects: Teaching Assistant, Learning Support Assistant
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £24,790.00 Annually (Actual)

Teaching Assistant job summary

Kingswood:

It is an exciting time for Kingswood Secondary Academy. We are privileged to serve one of the most deprived communities in Northamptonshire, yet our fantastic students are now in the top third of Northamptonshire schools in terms of their academic outcomes. Contextually, this places our students in the top 5 secondary schools, out of 42, in the county. If you’d like to find out more about how we and our students work together to achieve this, and you are a hard-working individual who enjoys being part of a team, then see the details below about coming in for a ‘Walk and Talk’.

At Kingswood, we know that most staff have come into the profession to make a difference in the lives of young people, and not for the money! The staff at Kingswood make an incredible difference in the lives of the young people in our care. Based on our RISE values of Respect, Independence, Service to Community and Empathy, we have carefully cultivated a culture that is conducive to learning, where teachers can enjoy teaching and students can thrive and learn well. Lessons are settled and very purposeful, corridors are calm and students get on well with each other during social times. Staff turnover is very low, and staff attendance very high. If you feel this is the environment where you can make a difference, then come and see for yourself with one of our Walk and Talks.

This role:

We are looking for an exceptional candidate to join our Inclusion Team as a Teaching Assistant. This post will provide you with opportunities to demonstrate the inclusion and pastoral skills necessary to make a real difference to student lives. The successful applicant will need to demonstrate a strong inclusion background, to support the wider school’s ethos and values in raising students’ achievement (progress, attendance, behaviour and attitudes) and ensuring students with special educational needs excel.

We are recruiting an exceptional candidate as a Teaching Assistant to work in close partnership with the SENDCo, Learning Support Unit Manager and wider Inclusion Team to embed the school’s vision and continue to develop an excellent school that empowers our students to take responsibility and drive their own destinies. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to grow with the school, and they will be supported in their development.

You will:

• Have an unwavering determination to deliver excellence for pupils from all starting points
• Share Kingswood’s beliefs, vision and mission and be aligned with our RISE values underpinning everything we do
• Be committed to Kingswood’s ethos of high expectations for every pupil in both academic achievement and personal development.
• Manage behaviour effectively to create a positive, calm and purposeful climate for learning
• Have the drive, skills and resilient character required to help drive a school onto new heights
• Work with identified students with special education needs
• Be reflective about the Academy and committed to securing its continued development
• Value and support practices driving continued progress across the network of GAT schools

The successful candidate will be joining an extremely experienced and highly effective Inclusion Team. We are proud that our most recent Ofsted Inspection report highlighted the highly ambitious and inclusive nature of our school, in particular the excellent SEND support provided to all of our students with additional learning needs.

Our Walk & Talk invitation to you:

We warmly welcome potential candidates to come on what we refer to as a ‘Walk and Talk’. This usually takes less than an hour, can be during the academy day or after school has finished. We find this provides a great opportunity for candidates to get a really good insight into Kingswood, prior to submitting an application. Please email jlawson@kingswoodsecondaryacademy.org (Senior Deputy Principal) if you would like to come in for a ‘Walk and Talk’.

Apply as early as you are able:

We encourage early applications. When we feel we have strong applicants we tend to call to interview early.

Additional benefits of working at Kingswood:

Additional staff benefits at Kingswood include: Free gym on site, discounted electric car charging and access to our Employee Assist Scheme with associated perks.

In return we have multiple benefits for our talented and highly valued people:

Alongside nationally agreed terms and conditions, we offer a generous benefits package. Here's a selection of what's on offer to our people in recognition of the huge difference they make to our children, their families and the communities we serve.

• A free, 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme - confidential & compassionate support when you need it
• Train & qualify as a Mental Health First Aider. We aim to have a qualified Mental Health First Aider in each academy
• Eye tests & Spectacles Discount
• Generous public sector pension schemes for everyone
• Family friendly policies and time off for dependants
• Dedicated ECT support programme
• Access to exclusive offers and discounts of up to 20% across Dell systems and electronics
• Access to savings in childcare costs
• Supporting professional development through CPD, Apprenticeships, Upskilling and Professional Review
• Generous annual leave allocation
• Automatic pay progression
• Free parking on all sites
• Principles on workload & directed time for teaching staff
• Professional Supervision for Academy Leaders

If this post attracts sufficient interest before the closing date, we may decide to close and interview for this vacancy at an earlier date, so an early application is advised.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff to share this commitment. All posts will be subject to receipt of satisfactory enhanced DBS disclosure, medical and reference checks. All pre-employment checks are in line with "Keeping Children Safe in Education”.

The Trust welcomes applications from all, irrespective of gender, marital status, disability, race, age or sexual orientation.

All applicants must be able to provide evidence of their Right to Work in the UK prior to commencement of employment. As part of our need to comply with UK immigration rules, you will be required to provide Home Office stipulated documentation prior to interview.

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 Kingswood Secondary Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1226 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Kingswood Secondary Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/kingswood-secondary-academy

About us:

The Kingswood Secondary Academy, part of the Greenwood Academies Trust (GAT), is situated in Corby and hosts exceptional teaching facilities, including innovatively designed ICT suites and purpose built laboratories, to name a few. The academy is led by the Principal, Michelle Pinart-Newman, who is committed and dedicated to securing achievement for all pupils and has high expectations of pupils and staff; encouraging all young people to work hard and make the best of all the opportunities provided.

Please visit the Academy website for further information: https://www.kingswoodsecondaryacademy.org/

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