Teaching Assistant – Nightingale Community Academy’s Satellite Provision
Nightingale Community Academy, London, SW17 7DF18 days remaining to apply
Start date details
April 2026
Closing date
3 February 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
16 January 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2, Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Working pattern
- Full time: Full Time, Permanent – Term Time only, 36 hours per week
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- OHCAT Inner London PayScale, Grade SC3, Spine points 14-17), Actual Salary: £26,616.34 - £26,995.00 (FTE: £31,083.00-£31,526.00
What skills and experience we're looking for
will offer up to 72 secondary places for boys and girls, introduced through a phased build-up over three years. Joining the team at this new site provides a unique opportunity to help shape a brand‑new provision from the ground up, creating a safe, supportive, and inspiring environment for students from day one.
We are looking for compassionate, patient, and proactive Teaching Assistants to join our team at our new satellite site. Working closely with teachers, you will help create a nurturing and inclusive environment where every pupil can thrive.
Key Responsibilities:
- Support pupils’ learning and development under the guidance of the class teacher, including one-to-one and small group interventions.
- Promote positive behaviour and social-emotional development, supporting pupils to manage emotions and interact successfully with peers.
- Assist with planning and delivering activities, adapting resources to meet individual needs.
- Monitor and record pupil progress, providing feedback to teachers and contributing to assessment and planning.
- Support the school’s ethos of safety and inclusion, ensuring all pupils feel valued and supported.
Key Requirements:
- Experience working with children, preferably in an SEMH, special needs, or educational setting.
- Demonstrates patience, empathy, and strong interpersonal skills, able to build trusting relationships with pupils.
- Is proactive and flexible, able to adapt to the needs of different pupils and situations.
- Has basic literacy, numeracy, and IT skills, with the ability to support learning across the curriculum.
- Is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, understanding the importance of confidentiality and school policies.
What the school offers its staff
OHCAT is an exciting, forward-thinking organisation, and we offer many benefits to attract and keep our staff, contributing towards maintaining and improving wellbeing, and encouraging our required behaviours, achievements, values, and skills. Below is just a selection of the benefits available to our employees:
Rewards & Benefits: Pathways for progression within the trust, ensuring you can grow and thrive in a supportive and inclusive environment.
- Pension Scheme - you will be enrolled in either the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) or the Teachers' Pension Scheme (TPS), both offering life cover and financial protection for your family.
- Salary Sacrifice Schemes (Cycle Scheme and Home Electronics Scheme)
- Employee Wellbeing - We support employee wellbeing with access to counselling, mental health support, generous leave, flexible working, and enhanced parental leave including Employee Assistance Programme, MyGym Discounts, Corporate Eyecare Scheme
- Employee Discounts (Blue Light Card, Costco Membership, Discounts for Teachers, and more)
- Other (Season Ticket Loan and Employee Referral Scheme)
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Nightingale Community Academy and Orchard Hill College and Academy Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Appointments made will be subject to an Enhanced Disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
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About Nightingale Community Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 5 to 19
- School size
- 137 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 5 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Nightingale Community Academy website
- Email address
- CBoateng@nightingaleca.org
Nightingale Community Academy is a school for boys aged between 5 and 19 who have an Education Health and Care Plan (EHCP) or Statement of SEN for social, emotional and mental health (SEMH) needs.
Some learners also have Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), or other learning difficulties. At Nightingale Community Academy we are committed to raising the expectations of our learner group, removing barriers to learning and delivering attainment at the highest level.
“Since the start of the school in September 2016, the principal and his leadership team have shown a tireless determination to improve the education it offers. Their ‘no excuses’ approach means that nothing other than the highest quality of education is good enough”. (Ofsted February 2019) – (The full Ofsted Report, is now available on our website).
Nightingale Community Academy is committed to a multi-disciplinary approach to meeting learners’ needs, and promotes high quality professional development for all staff.
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