Teaching Assistant

The Manor Academy; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 23,000; Full time

Job summary

A local educational institution in the East Midlands is seeking a dedicated Teaching Assistant to join their team. The position focuses on supporting young people in their learning journey, working closely with teachers, and addressing students' diverse needs. Candidates should have excellent communication skills and patience, especially when assisting those with learning challenges. The school offers competitive pay, career progression, and various employee benefits. Applications are due by 08:00am on 9 January 2026.

Benefits

Discounted healthcare

Gym membership

High street retail discounts

Entry to career average pension scheme

Professional Learning Scheme

Qualifications

• Experience of working with pupils with specific learning difficulties or behavioral needs is an advantage.
• Candidates should demonstrate excellent communication when dealing with children, colleagues, and parents.
• Patience is essential when supporting students with varying learning difficulties.

Responsibilities

• Support learning in line with the national curriculum.
• Work in partnership with teachers.
• Assist students in meeting their targets and progressing alongside peers.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Empathy

Listening skills

Interpersonal skills

Patience

Job description

Job Overview

Grade 2 £21,567 - £22,610 per annum (£25,185 - £26,403 FTE)

Working Pattern

37 hours per week, 39 weeks per year (term‑time only plus INSET days)

Contract term

Permanent

The School

The Manor Academy has an excellent reputation for its high standards of teaching, student behaviour and academic achievement. Ofsted recognised the journey we have been on when grading us as a “good” school, citing that the quality of education has been transformed since the previous inspection.

The Role

We are looking to appoint a dedicated Teaching Assistant to join the team at The Manor Academy. The ideal candidate will be a hard‑working and enthusiastic individual who is passionate about supporting young people. The successful candidate will work in partnership with teachers to support learning in line with the national curriculum, codes of practice, policies and procedures.

The Person

Excellent communication skills and empathy, listening and interpersonal skills when dealing with children, colleagues and parents/carers. Experience of working with pupils with specific learning difficulties or behavioural needs would be advantageous. Patience will be key to this role as you will be supporting students with varying degrees of learning, behavioural, communication, social, sensory or physical difficulties. You will play an integral part in ensuring students with any degree of meet targets and progress in line with students not on the SEND register.

Why join us?

We recognise the importance of a happy, healthy, rewarded and well motivated workforce and as such we have developed our HR strategy to invest in our employees. We have removed appraisal and appraisal related pay progression, changing the focus from validation to professional growth and enabling all our employees to get better all the time. We are fully committed to supporting your career and professional growth through a range of routes both within schools and across the Trust and we offer extensive professional learning opportunities for all employees.

We Offer

• Highly competitive pay and pay progression opportunities.
• We do not operate appraisal or appraisal related pay progression. All employees participate in our Professional Learning Scheme which supports colleagues to develop their expertise and benefit from valuable professional learning.
• An array of employee benefits and lifestyle options including discounted healthcare, gym membership and extensive high street retail discounts.
• Entry to a career average pension scheme.
• Opportunities to experience and share practice in our partner schools across the Trust.
• A stimulating, supportive and rewarding working environment with a dedicated team of like-minded professionals.
• Excellent opportunities to develop your skills and experience and to progress your career.
• We take the wellbeing and health of employees seriously. We have a range of support mechanisms and benefits available to employees and the Trust has signed up to the Education Staff Wellbeing Charter.

Applications must arrive by

08:00am Friday 9 January 2026

Interviews will be held on

W/C 12 January 2026

Safeguarding and background checks

It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in Regulated Activity relevant to children. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. An offer of employment will be subject to the receipt of a satisfactory enhanced level DBS disclosure with a children’s barred list check, two satisfactory references and successful completion of vetting procedures. In accordance with the statutory guidance Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE), an online search will be conducted as part of due diligence on shortlisted candidates and a social media check will be required as a condition of employment. We are committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and candidates with a disability who meet the essential job criteria will be given an opportunity to demonstrate their abilities at interview.