16 days remaining to apply

  • Job start date

    1 September 2025

  • Closing date

    1 June 2025 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    14 May 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Teaching assistant

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Key stage 3, Key stage 4

Working pattern

Part time

Contract type

Permanent

Pay scale

Grade 3 Pts 4-6

What skills and experience we're looking for

Teaching Assistant (Unqualified) Grade 3 Pts 4-6 £24,404 - £25,183 per annum, pro rata (pay award pending) Actual annual salary £14,149 - £14,601 (pay award pending) 25 hours a week, term time plus an additional week for Inset/twilights/meetings (39 weeks per year) Closing date: Sunday 1 June 2025 Start date: 1 September 2025 Archway school is seeking to appoint a Teaching Assistant (Unqualified) for 25 hours a week, term time only plus one week for Inset, twilight training sessions and meetings. This is an excellent development opportunity for the right candidate, as training can be provided to become a Qualified Teaching Assistant. Your actual hours of work will be from Monday to Friday from 9.10am until 3.10pm with a 20-minute unpaid morning break and a 40-minute unpaid lunch break. Our school population includes young people who have special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) in each of the four main categories: communication and interaction, cognition and learning, social emotional and mental health, and sensory/physical needs. We currently have thirty-three students on roll with an Education Heath and Care Plan (EHC Plan) across years 7 to 11. The school prides itself on its inclusive attitude and green credentials. Our ethos of Relational Practice is key to the ambition for all students to have the opportunity to succeed. The school is committed to ensuring that students with SEND make progress in line with their peers.

What the school offers its staff

Successful candidates will benefit from:

  • Substantial training opportunities.
  • Use of school facilities such as swimming pool and gym.
  • After school activities such as staff Pilates.
  • Electric car charging points at an additional cost.
  • One paid ‘wellbeing day’ per academic year, which can be booked off during term time.

Archway school is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from people with protected characteristics such as age, gender reassignment, being married or in a civil partnership, being pregnant or on maternity leave, disability, race including colour, nationality or ethnicity, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and therefore expects all staff and volunteers to share this same commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check and this position is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974.

As part of our due diligence for safer recruitment, the school may carry out online searches for shortlisted candidates to help identify any incidents or issues which may need to be explored at interview. The searches would be made on open-source information and may include, but will not be limited to, the main social networking sites, including Instagram and Facebook.

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

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Visas cannot be sponsored.
How to apply
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Additional documents

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About Archway School

School type
Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
Secondary
School size
997 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18
Ofsted report
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Archway is a maintained, co-educational comprehensive school for students aged between 11 and 18 years old. We currently have 916 students on the roll, of whom 132 are in Sixth Form.

School location

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