Teaching Assistant – Term Time Only

Harlington Upper School, Dunstable, Bedfordshire, LU5 6NX

15 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  27 January 2026 at 8am

• Date listed

  12 January 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: NJC level 2B, points 3 – 5 (£24,796 to £25,583) Actual Salary for 32 hours: £18,343 to £18,925
• Additional allowances:

  NJC level 2B, points 3 – 5 (£24,796 to £25,583) Actual Salary for 32 hours: £18,343 to £18,925

Teaching Assistant – Term Time Only job summary

We are recruiting for a Teaching Assistant to join our school, in Harlington, Bedfordshire. Teaching Assistants support teachers and help students with their educational, personal and social development.

Experience is not necessary, and this is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to work in a school environment.

Benefits include school holidays, Local Government Pension Scheme and working in our excellent rural location. The hours are 32 hours per week, term time only plus five training days:

 Monday - Thursday: 7.45am - 3.25pm

 Friday: 7.50am - 1.30pm.

We are a successful forward thinking Upper School based in a beautiful rural setting in the heart of central Bedfordshire with excellent transport links. We are very lucky to occupy a large site, with lots of green outside space for our students and staff to enjoy.

We offer staff the opportunity to work in a friendly, supportive community with talented, caring and dedicated colleagues. We have implemented a 1pm Friday school finish time to support staff and student well-being. Please see our Staff Wellbeing Charter for our wider approach to staff well-being. What makes Harlington Upper School special is the real sense of community that you can see and sense as you walk around the school. Each individual child is important to us, and our expectation is that all our students will develop and grow as young people as they make their journey as part of our community. The quality of teaching is strong, and our staff are talented, caring and dedicated, and we are very proud of our staff and students. Prospective candidates are welcome to contact us for a tour of the school.

Harlington Upper School makes a difference to young people, and we very much look forward to welcoming a new colleague to join our successful team.

If you are interested in this exciting opportunity and joining our team, please complete the application form on our website https://harlington.org/admissions-join-us/work-for-us/ and submit this, along with a letter detailing your suitability for the role to Helena Jones, Headteacher’s PA/HR Manager hjones@harlington.org We look forward to hearing from you!

No agencies please.

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

Safer Recruitment: Harlington Upper School is committed to Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. All posts working with children will be subject to the disclosure of criminal records, and identification documents will be required as evidence of identity and right to work in the UK.

Online checks will be completed in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education.

We do not accept CVs or applications from agencies.

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 Harlington Upper School

• School type: Academy, ages 13 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1198 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 13 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Harlington Upper School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/harlington-upper-school-dunstable

Based in a unique location, in the heart of rural Bedfordshire, with excellent transport links, we are situated one mile from M1 Junction 12, and within walking distance to a train station with routes to London and the Midlands.

Harlington Upper School is a very special place. We are a high attaining, academic school with outcomes at GCSE and A Level that consistently top the Bedfordshire league tables. We embrace an approach to teaching and learning that combines innovation with established best practice, and equip our young people with the skills, knowledge and qualifications they need to progress successfully beyond their school years.

We believe that every child, no matter their starting point, can succeed if challenged and inspired appropriately, and alongside our academic curriculum, we provide outstanding extracurricular opportunities, enrichment and personal development to provide a truly rounded education for all our young people.

Our expectation that our students are ambitious, altruistic and accountable, ensures that we achieve both excellent academic progress for our students while creating a happy, safe and harmonious environment. We are gifted with a highly motivated and talented staff body; every class is taught by subject specialists who are experts in their field.

Being part of the Pyramid Schools Trust ensures effective collaboration with our local Middle and Lower Schools and provides a seamless transition into Upper School enabling a cohesive, world class, all through education for our students.

Harlington Upper School makes a difference to young people, and we very much look forward to welcoming new colleagues to join our successful team.

Our vacancies can also be viewed on our website: https://www.harlington.org/admissions-join-us/work-for-us/

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