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Teaching Assistant Level 2
Scalby Academy, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, YO12 6TH10 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2026
Closing date
10 July 2026 at 9am
Date listed
30 June 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Working pattern
- Part time: 32.5 hours per week, Term time only plus 5 days (39 weeks)
Contract type
- Permanent
Actual salary
- Grade D Points 6 to 8 (£25,989 to £26,824 Full Time Equivalent) subject to pro rata. The minimum actual pro rata salary per annum for this job starts at £19,721.93.
What skills and experience we're looking for
Essential:
• GCSE Grade C/4 or above, or equivalent, in both English and Maths
• Understanding of classroom roles and responsibilities and your own position within these
• Good communication skills both oral and written
• Experience of working with young people, preferably in a school setting
• Ability to use a range of technology to support the role
• Ability to build positive relationships with all stakeholders
• Ability to work constructively as part of a team
Desirable:
• Completion of DfES Teacher Assistant NVQ Level 3, or equivalent
• Working with or caring for children of relevant age
• Understanding classroom roles and responsibilities and your own position within these
• Emergency First Aid or First aid at work qualification
• Previous experience of working with young people preferably in a school setting
What the school offers its staff
Scalby Academy is a successful and popular 11-16 community school based in picturesque seaside town of Scarborough on the North Yorkshire Coast. We currently have approximately 1000 students on roll. In recent years we have become the school of choice in our local community. Our P8 score in 2024 placed us in the top 14% of schools nationally again.
Our students are diverse, exciting and talented - and the same is true of our staff. We put huge emphasis on professional development, most of it in-house, and are proud of the highly effective teaching, which characterises our school. We are also noted for our ‘can do’ attitude. We are keen, always, to encourage new and/or young staff to make their mark as soon as they are ready.
A consistently ‘Good’ school in every area as judged by Ofsted in 2012, 2019 and most recently in 2024. We are constantly looking at ways to improve our learning offer and are very ambitious improving the school further. Our aim is to provide a ‘Great’ education for the young people of our beautiful coastal community.
Why join us?
Staff across the trust are talented and enthusiastic, and all contribute to the trust’s success story.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join an outstanding team within a high-performing multi academy trust with exciting career prospects for successful applicants.
CPD
At Delta Academies Trust, we’recommitted to your ongoing development and supporting your ambitions, this includes our internal leadership development programmes, Leadership Pathways
Employee Benefits
As a Trust, we have developed an extensive range of employee benefits that focus on your Financial, Physical and Mental Wellbeing.
Holiday Entitlement: minimum 35 days(subject to pro rata if working part-time and dependent upon salary and continuous service) including statutory Bank Holidays.
Visits to the academy would be warmly welcomed by appointment. Please contact the school on 01723 628607.
In accordance with DfE Keeping Children Safe in Education, an online search will be completed on all shortlisted applicants prior to interview. Any relevant information will be discussed further with the applicant during the recruitment process.
Further information about the job
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
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on school website (opens in new tab)About Scalby Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 969 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Scalby Academy website
- Email address
- RowleyD@scalbyacademy.org.uk
- Phone number
- 01723 628607
Scalby Academy is a successful and popular 11-16 community school based in picturesque seaside town of Scarborough on the North Yorkshire Coast. We currently have approximately 1000 students on roll. In recent years we have become the school of choice in our local community. Our P8 score in 2024 placed us in the top 14% of schools nationally again.
Our students are diverse, exciting and talented - and the same is true of our staff. We put huge emphasis on professional development, most of it in-house, and are proud of the highly effective teaching, which characterises our school. We are also noted for our ‘can do’ attitude. We are keen, always, to encourage new and/or young staff to make their mark as soon as they are ready.
A consistently ‘Good’ school in every area as judged by Ofsted in 2012, 2019 and most recently in 2024. We are constantly looking at ways to improve our learning offer and are very ambitious improving the school further. Our aim is to provide a ‘Great’ education for the young people of our beautiful coastal community.
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