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Teaching Assistant - Level 1

Brackensdale Spencer Academy, Derby, Derbyshire, DE22 4BS

This job expired on 7 November 2025 – see similar jobs

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  7 November 2025 at 8am

• Date listed

  24 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £20,963.18 - £22,315.55 Annually (Actual) NJC 2-6

Teaching Assistant - Level 1 job summary

About this role

An exciting opportunity has arisen at Brackensdale Spencer Academy for a Level 1 Teaching Assistant to join our ever growing team.

Our Teaching Assistants provide direct support to our children some with additional and complex needs. This can either be within the classroom enviroment, individually or in small groups. We are looking for a Teaching Assistant who wants to develop their skills and experiences and can demonstrate the below essential qualities:

• Empathy and patience: The ability to remain calm and show sensitivity and understanding towards pupils with complex needs.
• Strong communication skills: The ability to build positive relationships with pupils, teachers, and other professionals and to adapt communication styles to suit individual needs.
• Resilience and flexibility: A resourceful and adaptable approach to working with children whose needs may change from day to day. Versatility is key as you may be asked to work across all key stages including Nursery and our Enhanced Resource units of the Academy.
• Teamwork: The ability to work collaboratively and follow instructions from teaching staff and senior leaders
• Commitment to safeguarding: A firm understanding of safeguarding procedures and the dedication to ensuring the welfare of all pupils.

Purpose of role

To contribute to the Academy objectives by effectively and efficiently undertaking a range of duties to support the excellent teaching and learning of pupils as well as supporting to ensure their pastoral and wellbeing needs are met; providing general and specific assistance to pupils in all aspects of the curriculum under the strategic direction of the Principal and SENCo along with daily guidance and supervision from the classroom teacher. Versatility and flexibility is key as at times you may be required to work across all key stages, including Nursery and our Enhanced Resource units of the Academy.

Measurable Performance Objectives for classroom-based Education support professionals will relate to:

• The delivery of high-quality support to our pupils
• Accelerating the progress of groups
• Developing high quality resources

Early application is strongly encouraged as we reserve the right to interview and close the advert ahead of the closing date.

Spencer Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our children and young people. Therefore, we expect everyone to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to satisfactory pre- employment checks, including a satisfactory Enhanced criminal records with Barred List Check through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and the completion of Level 2 Safeguarding training. It is an offence to apply for the role if an applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children (where the role involves this type of regulated activity).

The Trust and its member academies are committed to promoting equality and diversity in both employment and education provision. We aim to ensure that students, parents, governors, employees, contractors, partners, clients and other stakeholders within the Trust community are treated fairly, and with dignity and respect regardless of Protected Characteristics.

Spencer Academies Trust is a Disability Confident Committed Employer

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.

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About Brackensdale Spencer Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 505 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Brackensdale Spencer Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/brackensdale-spencer-academy

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