11 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    As soon as possible

  • Closing date

    2 November 2025 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    22 October 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Teaching assistant

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Key stage 2

Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Fixed term - Until 31.08.2026

Pay scale

Grade C, Point 4-6

What skills and experience we're looking for

As a Teaching Assistant Level 1, you will work under the direct instruction of teaching/senior staff, usually in a classroom with the teacher. You will support pupils to ensure they can access learning and provide general support to the teacher in the management of pupils and the classroom.

Please see the attached job description on our website for the essential criteria and more information about the role.

If you feel you have the necessary skills and experience required for this position, then we would very much like to hear from you.

What the school offers its staff

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.

As a Trust, we have developed an extensive range of employee benefits that focus on your Financial, Physical and Mental Wellbeing. Here are just a few examples in each area…

Financial Wellbeing:

  • Membership to the Local Government Pension Scheme
  • Technology scheme and Vehicle Leasing Scheme*
  • Access to an extensive discounts platform

Physical Wellbeing:

  • 24/7 access to an online GP or Advanced Nurse Practitioner for you & your household
  • Gym & fitness discounts
  • Cycle to Work scheme*
  • Free annual flu jab

Mental Wellbeing:

  • Access to an industry leading Employee Assistance Programme
  • Menopause Support Service
  • Trained Mental Health First Aiders in all our settings

*Subject to ensuring NMW is maintained

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

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 Willows Academy

School type
Academy, ages 3 to 11
Education phase
Primary
School size
184 pupils enrolled
Age range
3 to 11
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report

Willows Academy is a smaller than average primary academy with a caring, supportive ethos. We take great pride in creating a warm and friendly environment and a positive culture for learning. Our motto is ‘Believe and Achieve – Growing Together’. We believe that all children have the right to be successful and that every child has the potential to achieve amazing things. The children are at the heart of everything we do. We strive to provide an education that prepares our children for the future and enables them to be successful, resourceful, responsible and resilient lifelong learners.

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