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Teaching Assistant Level 2

Cantrell Primary and Nursery School, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG6 9HJ

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• Job start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  18 July 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  3 July 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £3,865 Actual salary per annum

Teaching Assistant Level 2 job summary

Level 2 Teaching Assistant

Required from – 1st September 2025

Part time 6.5 hours to be undertaken on a Friday

Salary Grade D point 7-12 (£25,584-£27,711 FTE per annum)

£3865 Actual salary per annum

Cantrell Primary School is seeking to appoint a suitably qualified, enthusiastic and hard-working Level 2 Teaching Assistant to support teaching and learning in the classroom to maximise the participation of our children. The role will include complementing the class teachers’ delivery of the national curriculum, work collaboratively with teaching staff assisting in the whole planning cycle and the management/preparation of resources and deliver high quality lessons following the planning given. 

Our motto is Harmony through working together and that is what you experience at our school. We work together, staff and governors to support children through the exciting journey that is primary education. We provide a high-quality, rich and diverse curriculum that is jam-packed full of life-enhancing experiences. We get children off to the best start in education from nursery to Year 6, focusing on developing resilience, building relationships and promoting positive mental health and wellbeing for all of our pupils.

We believe our commitment to children’s learning and our passionate approach will help to inspire and unlock the potential that lies within all of our children. We hope by using our school values Kind, Responsible and Respectful it will prepare them for success and development.

We warmly welcome applications from those who are passionate about making a real difference to the lives of children and thrives on challenging themselves and others to keep on improving. Our working relationships are positive, supportive and forward looking.  

You will:

● be able to provide creative, inspiring and enriching learning opportunities;

● possess and use appropriate skills to undertake those activities necessary to meet the physical, emotional and educational needs of individuals and groups of children, including those with special needs

● have high expectations of pupils’ achievements and a commitment to excellent standards;

● work well as part of a team 

● be literate and numerate;

● be enthusiastic, energetic and committed to making learning exciting;

● have excellent communication skills with children and adults

In return we offer:

● A welcoming community and a highly motivated, professional staff team that are driven towards continuously raising standards.

● Excellent professional development opportunities through an extensive range of network groups and other Transform Trust initiatives

● Calm and purposeful learning environments

● Friendly, polite, well behaved children who deserve the very best

● Excellent partnerships between pupils, staff, parents, governors and community 

● A forward-thinking approach to teaching and learning throughout the school

● Career opportunities as part of a successful Multi Academy Trust

Visits to our school are warmly welcomed, please contact the school office to arrange an appointment.

How to apply

Equality and diversity matter to us. If you think you’d be suited to one of our roles we’d love to hear from you regardless of age, disability status, ethnicity, gender, religion or sexuality. We are a Disability Confident Committed Employer and as such anyone who is registered disabled and meets the essential person specification criteria will be shortlisted for interview.

Please complete the online application form which you will find on the Transform Trust website https://transformtrust.face-ed.co.uk/vacancies

Please ensure that you follow the instructions within the application form and ensure that there are no gaps in your education or employment history that are not accounted for.

Any questions or queries should be directed to Shelagh Bagnall (SBM) at Cantrell Primary School, Cantrell Road, Bulwell, Nottingham. Email: Shelagh.bagnall@cantrell.nottingham.sch.uk. Telephone: 0115 9155770.

Closing date for applications: Friday 18th July 2025 9am

Interview date: Monday 21st July 2025 at 9:30am

Transform Trust is a Multi Academy Trust with over 8300 children in 24 Primary Schools covering Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, Derby and Derbyshire. Joining us, you will be part of an ambitious and innovative organisation. We have a strong focus on empowering our member schools to drive their improvement journey whilst maintaining their own individual identity and community focus. 

We believe education has the power to transform lives and communities. Our purpose is to be an innovative and inclusive Trust working for all children.

We are an employer that encourages flexible working and promotes wellbeing through workload considerations.

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

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children. Successful applicants will be subject to the following checks: enhanced DBS; identity; qualifications; health; right to work in the UK; references

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About Cantrell Primary and Nursery School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 421 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Cantrell Primary and Nursery School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/cantrell-primary-and-nursery-school

We aim to provide all our pupils with a structured and disciplined framework - one where success is celebrated and challenges are set and met and where children are encouraged to explore opportunities creatively.
We aim to continually improve standards of teaching and learning focusing upon literacy, numeracy, and scientific investigation and developing pupils' ability to use ICT tools effectively.
We aim to provide innovative, creative and challenging teaching.
We aim to provide a broad and balanced curriculum that provides variety and equal opportunity for all pupils, allowing individuals to develop progressively and at their own rate.
We aim to provide planned educational opportunities that teach pupils about responsible behaviour in order that they will mature into people who will make valuable contributions to our diverse and multicultural world and the environment we are to live in.
We aim to involve parents and community in the daily life of the school to achieve common goals through partnership.
We aim to offer all staff and others involved with school the opportunity to continually develop their own skills, knowledge and understanding in order to meet both the school and their own needs.

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