Teaching Assistant - Level 1

Lawnside Academy, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, SG18 0LX

9 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  13th April 2026

• Closing date

  11 March 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  2 March 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £24,796.00 Annually (FTE)

Teaching Assistant - Level 1 job summary

Teaching Assistant - Level 1 (Fixed Term initially to July 2027)

SALARY: NJC Level 1 Point 3 (£24,796 FTE per annum)

BASED AT: Lawnside Academy

RESPONSIBLE TO: Principal

HOURS: 30 hours per week, term time plus 5 training days (8:45am - 12:30pm, 30min lunch break, minus 1 x 15-minute coffee break / 1pm - 3:30pm)

BEST comprises ten flourishing academies and five nurseries delivering first choice education, from Early Years to Advanced Level study. Our vision is ‘to grow the BEST in everyone.’ We believe in the importance of high expectations, hard work and the development of a community of schools where each of us strive to ‘be the best that we can be.’ Our schools work together to add value and compete to continually improve.

PURPOSE OF ROLE

To work under the direct instruction of teaching/senior staff, usually in the classroom with the teacher, supporting access to learning for pupils and providing general support to the teacher in the management of pupils and the classroom.

CLOSING DATE: 9am Wednesday 11th March 2026

INTERVIEW DATE: w/c Monday 23rd March 2026

For all enquiries about this role, please contact Marissa Stoneham on 01767 312313 or mstoneham@bestacademies.org.uk

We are committed to the safeguarding and promotion of children's welfare and offers of employment are subject to DBS clearance and two satisfactory references.

Strictly no agencies.

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 Lawnside Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 5 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 216 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 5 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Lawnside Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/lawnside-academy

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