20 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    As soon as possible

  • Closing date

    6 January 2026 at 9am

  • Date listed

    17 December 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Teaching assistant

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Key stage 3, Key stage 4

Working pattern

Full time, part time (Can be done as a job share): Term Time + 5 days

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

NJC07-NJC11 (£26,403.00 - £28,142.00 FTE) Actual: £22,888.73 – £24,396.26 (based on full time)

What skills and experience we're looking for

Houlton School is recruiting a number of Teaching Assistant (TA2) roles to support the further expansion of our Inclusion Faculty. You will join a passionate team of teachers and associate staff who are committed to providing a World Class experience for all our pupils. You will be an excellent practitioner who has the ability to inspire, motivate, challenge and support pupils to ensure that they make excellent progress. It is very important to us at Houlton School that all of our staff feel valued, listened to and mentored well so that they have opportunities to develop.

The successful candidate will enjoy support and guidance from a friendly team who work together and aim to give the best possible educational experience for their students. The post is very rewarding and is ideal for people who have SEND experience or who are looking to take their next step.

What the school offers its staff

Houlton School is an 11-18 Free School Academy and is part of the Transforming Lives Educational Trust, based in Rugby, Warwickshire.

Houlton is a campus-style academy, which occupies the Grade II listed former Rugby Radio Station buildings, as well as three purpose-built, specialist teaching blocks, all set within a 20 acre campus on the Eastern border of Warwickshire.


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

The Transforming Lives Educational Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff, volunteers, contractors, parents and pupils to share this commitment.

Applying for the job

This job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Upload additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

About Houlton School

School type
Free School, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
Secondary school
School size
710 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report
Email address
careers@tlet.org.uk
Phone number
01788 593 900

Houlton School is an 11-18 Free School Academy with World Class Quality Mark status. It is part of the Transforming Lives Educational Trust, based in Rugby. It opened to its founding cohort of Year 7 pupils in September 2021 and will grow, one cohort at a time until there are pupils across ages 11-18.

We are fortunate to occupy a brand new, £39 campus-style academy, which includes the Grade II listed former Rugby Radio Station buildings, as well as three new purpose-built, specialist teaching blocks, all set within a 20 acre campus on the Eastern border of Warwickshire.

This is an exciting time to join the Houlton family. Already accredited as a 'World Class School', you could join us as one of the very first cohorts of both staff and pupils. Check out our campus here: https://youtu.be/zLjJVdqJ3eI

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