Teaching Assistant SEND Level 3

Daventry Hill School, Daventry, Northamptonshire, NN11 0QE

26 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  Monday 23rd February 2026

• Closing date

  5 January 2026 at 8am

• Date listed

  10 December 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £25,989.00 - £26,824.00 Annually (FTE) Actual Salary - £21,049 to £21,725 (pro rata)

Teaching Assistant SEND Level 3 job summary

JOB TITLE: Teaching Assistant SEND Level 3

GRADE/SALARY: Grade F: Salary: £25,989 to £26,824 (Full Time Equivalent)

(£21,049 to £21,725 pro rata)

HOURS: 35 hours per week, 39 weeks per year

(term time plus 5 inset days)

Hours of Work: Mon: 8.40am-4.30pm

Tue: 8.40am-3.50pm

Wed: 8.40am-4.30pm

Thu: 8.40am-4.30pm

Fri: 8.40am-3.30pm

Daventry Hill School is a specialist school which caters for the needs of over 200 pupils from the ages of 4 to 18. Our fantastic pupils have a wide range of needs including PMLD, SLD, MLD and complex learning difficulties; with additional needs such as ASD and SLCN. The school is part of Creating Tomorrow Trust which is a growing Trust supporting schools who believe that children can achieve irrespective of their learning needs.

The school has undertaken a significant transitional phase, recognised by Ofsted, and benefits from a committed Leadership Team with a very clear and strong vision for school improvement. The school achieved great success in previous years by winning the SEND School of the Year, Headteacher of the Year and overall School of the Year at the Northamptonshire Education Awards.

We are looking to recruit skilled and motivated individuals to join our team.

Duties will include:

Supporting pupils in the learning environment.

In the absence of a Class Teacher, teaching the class and associated Teaching Assistants Level 2’s (including being timetabled as Class Lead for a proportion of the week, where required).

Providing personal and welfare care.

Classroom administrative support.

In return for your commitment to supporting our young people, we can offer you a modern working environment, a team of supportive colleagues and the opportunity for professional development.

If you have an unwavering commitment to safeguarding young people, experience in leading a class, high levels of personal resilience, thrive in an environment where no two days are the same and want to be part of a fantastic team then we would like to hear from you.

If you would like to apply, please visit our website www.daventryhillschool.co.uk and go to ‘About Us’ and ‘Vacancies’ where you can download a Job Description, Person Spec and apply through the MyNewTerm.

Closing Date: Monday 5th January 2026 at 9.00am

Interview Date:Friday 9th January 2026 from 9.30am

Creating Tomorrow Multi Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding children, promoting the welfare of all pupils and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Enhanced clearance from the Disclosure and Barring Service will be undertaken for the successful candidate.

Creating Tomorrow Trust reserves the right to interview and appoint before the closing date if we have sufficient candidates for the job role.

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.

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Commitment to safeguarding

Creating Tomorrow Multi Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding children, promoting the welfare of all pupils and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Enhanced clearance from the Disclosure and Barring Service will be undertaken for the successful candidate.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Daventry Hill School

• School type: Free School, ages 4 to 18
• School size: 223 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Daventry Hill School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/daventry-hill-school

Daventry Hill School is a specialist school which caters for the needs of over 200 pupils from the ages of 4 to 18. Our fantastic pupils have a wide range of needs including PMLD, SLD, MLD and complex learning difficulties; with additional needs such as ASD and SLCN. The school is part of Creating Tomorrow Trust which is a growing Trust supporting schools who believe that children can achieve irrespective of their learning needs.

The school has undertaken a significant transitional phase, recognised by Ofsted, and benefits from a committed Leadership Team with a very clear and strong vision for school improvement. The school recently achieved great success by winning the SEND School of the Year, Headteacher of the Year and the overall School of the Year at the Northamptonshire Education Awards 2022.

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