Teaching Assistant Level 1
Buckton Fields Primary School, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN2 8ES12 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
20 June 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
6 June 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £23,657.00 Annually (FTE) 32.5 hours per week 8.45am - 3.15pm with 30 mins unpaid lunch / term time only - Actual Pro rata salary £17316 annually
Teaching Assistant Level 1 job summary
We are seeking to appoint an excellent Level 1 Teaching Assistant. The successful candidate will work in partnership with the Principal, staff and community of Buckton Fields to provide outstanding learning experiences as part of our team. The role will be classroom based. Training will be provided for the successful candidate and a commitment to CPD.
The successful applicant should be:
Enthusiastic about Primary education
Passionate about developing the whole child
Flexible, motivated and energetic
Keen to work as part of a team
Eager to participate in professional development opportunities and keen to learn
Dedicated to meeting the personal needs of a child
Committed to upholding all safeguarding policies
Willing to train in first aid
We can offer:
A friendly, positive and dynamic staff team
Professional development opportunities and regular training from our senior leaders
Positive and hardworking children
A school with a passion for delivering the highest educational standard
An exciting, engaging curriculum enjoyed by both the children and adults who deliver it
Buckton Fields Primary School opened in 2021. Our staff well-being is extremely important to us and we offer a well-being package for our staff team. Every member of staff will have access to a team of in-house wellbeing experts offering a range of services including counselling, nurses and physiotherapists as well as a 24 hour, 365 days a year GP helpline.
As a new primary school, Buckton Fields provides state of the art facilities and the opportunity to be part of a very exciting journey from the outset. As part of the Preston Hedge’s Trust, the school is founded on the key principles of ‘Fun, Creativity & Achievement.’ With these as the foundations of our school, the vision for Buckton Fields is based around sustainability through an eco-curriculum, utilising the local amenities in the community. Buckton Fields Primary School is a unique place to learn, full of creative and engaging learning opportunities that encourage pupils to become inquisitive, confident, life-long learners, whilst making a positive difference to our local environment.
Preston Hedges Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children. All appointments are subject to successful Disclosure and Barring clearance and any other necessary safeguarding checks, satisfactory references and medical clearance. Please be advised that as per KCSIE 2024 all shortlisted candidates will be subject to online checks.
Our Trust Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy can be viewed using the following link:
Please also be advised we will take up references prior to interview and that one referee must be your last employer. The school provides equal opportunities to all. We are equally committed to eliminating discrimination and encouraging diversity.
We aim for our workforce to be representative of society and that each employee feels respected and able to give their best. We are committed to providing equality and fairness in our recruitment and employment practices and not to discriminate on any grounds. We oppose all forms of unlawful and unfair discrimination.
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 are not accepted.
About Buckton Fields Primary School
- School type
- Free School, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 168 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Buckton Fields Primary School website
School location
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