Teaching & Learning Assistant (Secondary Phase)
Wootton Park School, Northampton, NN4 0HZ37 days remaining to apply
Job start date
15 September 2025
Closing date
1 September 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
24 July 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Working pattern
- Full time: Monday to Friday, 8.30am-4pm 33.4 hours a week, term time plus teacher training days
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- NJC scale, D3 £24,027 (FTE) - Actual £18,647 gross
What skills and experience we're looking for
- Are you passionate about learning and committed to supporting learners to achieve their potential?
- Do you have experience of working in an education or school based setting?
- Are you looking for excellent training and progression opportunities?
- Do you want to work in a friendly and supportive team?
- If you have answered yes to the above, this position could be the perfect opportunity for you!
We are keen to appoint an enthusiastic and highly motivated Teaching and Learning Assistant to join our team. This exciting opportunity will enable you to work with a team of highly committed teachers to support and develop learner progress. You will work alongside a team of experienced SENCo's and a learning development team, furthering your experience within a supportive coaching environment.
What we are looking for:
The ideal candidate would have:
- at least 5 A-C /4-9 GCSEs including English and Maths or equivalent
- an NVQ Level 2 or equivalent knowledge, experience and skills
- experience of working with young people in a learning environment
- an understanding of the varying needs of learners and how to support these
If you are inspired by this exceptional opportunity to join us , we want to hear from you!
What the school offers its staff
What We Can Offer You
Exemplary learner behaviour and engagement. An environment where teachers can teach, and learners can learn.
Supportive professional development following a coaching model.
Excellent future opportunities for progression as we grow our Trust.
An exciting, friendly and conscientious working environment.
Employee Assistance Programme (Staff Well-being) scheme.
Staff sport activities.
Reprographics and IT support
Access to LGPS pension scheme
Further information about the job
About Us
Wootton Park School (WPS) is the founding school within our Trust and offers a first-rate and unique learning environment, ensuring high levels of academic achievement and personal development for all, while promoting the value of community participation and building a stronger society.
As an all-through (4-19) school, we believe this brings a significant number of benefits to learners and staff, and we seek staff who share this vision with us.
In September 2022, we had our first Year 6 & Year 13 cohorts and are now operational in every year group. In 2020 we moved into our brand new £20 million state-of-the-art school building.
In July 2019 we were judged to be outstanding in every category by Ofsted. Inspectors noted that “The quality of teaching, learning and assessment is of a consistently high quality” and that “Achievement is outstanding in the early years and at key stages 1 and 3". "Staff morale is exceptionally high" Ofsted 2019.We have achieved the Quality Inclusion Mark and the Wellbeing Award for Schools.
We are very proud of our school and are looking for like-minded professionals to join us on the next stage of our exciting journey.
Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
In accordance with our statutory obligations under Keeping Children Safe in Education, Wootton Park Academy Trust is required to conduct an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates and offer of a position is subject to receiving satisfactory references and an enhanced DBS Disclosure.
We are an equal opportunities employer.
Please note we do not accept CVs and references will be applied for at the shortlisting stage.
We maintain the right to close the application process early or later if necessary.
Closing Date: Monday 1st September 2025, 12 noon
Interview Date: W/B 1st September 2025
Candidates should be available to interview in person
To apply, please visit our school's website
Commitment to safeguarding
Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
In accordance with our statutory obligations under Keeping Children Safe in Education Northampton Free School Trust is required to conduct an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates and offer of a position is subject to receiving satisfactory references and an enhanced DBS Disclosure.
Please note we do not accept CVs and references will be applied for at the
shortlisting stage.
Our latest Safeguarding Policy is on our school website.
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 Wootton Park School
- School type
- Free School, ages 4 to 19
- Education phase
- Through
- School size
- 1563 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Wootton Park School website
- Email address
- HRServices@woottonparkschool.org.uk
Northampton Free School Trust, trading as Wootton Park School
This is an exciting time for the Trust as we realise our ambition to build on our existing outstanding school, Wootton Park School and develop the Trust to include additional outstanding schools in Northampton and the surrounding areas. Northampton Free School Trust currently comprises of two schools with a third proposed for 2027.
Our aspirational Trust aims to provides a first-rate learning environment and delivers high levels of academic achievement and personal development for all, while promoting the value of community participation and building a stronger society.
Our first academy in the Trust, Wootton Park School, opened in 2016 with fewer than 20 staff and now employs 200+.
In July 2019 Wootton Park School received our first Ofsted inspection and were judged to be outstanding in every category. Inspectors noted that “The quality of teaching, learning and assessment is of a consistently high quality” and that “Achievement is outstanding in the early years and at key stages 1 and 3". "Staff morale is exceptionally high" Ofsted 2019.
Our second School, Overstone Park Primary School, opens in September 2025 with 1 Reception class and will grow year on year.
A third School, Dallington Park School; a secondary school, is proposed to open in September 2027.
Our hope is that our journey models that of Wootton Park School in delivering consistently high quality outstanding education.
We are very proud of our school and are looking for like-minded professionals to join us on the next stage of our exciting journey.
If you are inspired by this exceptional opportunity to join us at this stage of our journey, we want to hear from you!
Please visit our school website for more information about our school and a virtual tour.
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