Teaching Assistant Level 2

Voyage Education Partnership; Derby; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Ashwood Spencer Academy seeks enthusiastic Teaching Assistants for Year 5 and Year 6. The roles are permanent and full-time, encouraging a creative and supportive learning environment. This opportunity offers a chance to contribute significantly to the educational journey of young learners.

Benefits

Local Government Pension Scheme

Employee Assistance Programme (Health Assured)

BHN Extras (Discount and Salary Sacrifice schemes)

Recognition of continuous service

Qualifications

• Candidates are expected to share the Trust’s high aspirations and expectations for pupils.
• Experience in education settings might be advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Support Year 5 and Year 6 students in their educational journey.
• Work collaboratively with teachers to enhance the learning environment.

Job description

Teaching Assistant Level 2 (Ashwood Spencer Academy )

Education Phase: Primary

Working Pattern: Full-Time

Contract Type: Permanent

Application Deadline: Wednesday, 9th July 2025

Interview Date: Tuesday 15th July 2025

About us

AshwoodSpencer Academy are looking toappoint 2 fun and enthusiastic Teaching Assistants.

Post 1 (Year 6) – Full Time, permanent. Salary -£22670 - £24163

Post 2 (Year 5) – Full Time, maternity cover until June 2026. Salary £ 22670 - £24163

When applying, please specify which post youare applying for.

At AshwoodSpencer Academy we are dedicated to providing exemplary teaching and learningfor all our children. Our DREAM curriculum ensures creativity is at its heart-encouraging oracy, tolerance and collaboration. Our aim is to developrespectful individuals, who aspire to follow their DREAMs. Ashwood is a magicalplace that offers enriching experiences within a loving and stimulatingenvironment. At Ashwood we value our close relationships with our parents,governors and the community; working in partnership to enable our pupils tohave the best possible start in their educational journey.

AshwoodSpencer Academy joined Spencer Academies Trust in November 2018 and has gonefrom strength to strength each academic year. We have approximately 675 pupilson roll from nursery to year 6 and we are proud of our changing, diverse schoolcommunity. Ashwood Spencer is at the heart of the community and is committed toimproving educational outcomes for all our pupils. In October 2022, we receivedthe IQM Inclusion Quality Mark with Centre of Excellence status.In ourrecent Ofsted inspection in February 2023, we were recognised as a ‘good’school and we want to continue to improve on that status, by making the staff,pupils and community experience at Ashwood a magical one.

We are fully committed to our ethos of‘Working together to believe and achieve’.

We work hard to make Ashwood a place toDREAM:

· Determined risktakers who want to succeed

· Resilient andrespectful learners

· Ambitiousachievers, unafraid of mistakes

· Magic happens whenyou dream

SAT is aneducational charity, Multi-Academy Trust and Sponsor of Academies. We haveapproaching 18000 children and young people in our academies and employ morethan 2800 teachers, leaders and educational support professionals across theEast Midlands. We aspire to be a leading regional high performing Trust, with anational reputation for excellence.

Wecurrently have 18 primary academies, 8 secondary academies and 1 primary agedspecial school in our family of schools. All of our schools benefit from thecollaboration and added value that being a member of our Trust offers and shareour values and beliefs. Spencer Trust academies share an ambition to deliverresults that compete with the very highest performing schools in the countryand deliver a curriculum for students that is underpinned by breadth,opportunity and quality: one that seeks to give young people the opportunity todevelop into well rounded global citizens that believe they can influencepositive change in the world.

Mission

Our Mission is to deliver the bestpossible outcomes for children and young people.

Vision

Spencer Academies Trust is an exceptionalTrust, providing an outstanding education for local children.

We Believe:

· All children have aright to a quality education regardless of background or ability, and have anentitlement to the opportunity of a secure progression route in their learningand development.

· Schools arestronger when they work in collaboration with each other, operate within a‘family’ and are open to a true sense of partnership.

· We grow theeffectiveness and sustainability of our schools by developing the people withinthem, and that through shared and equitable responsibility for quality andoutcomes; we achieve more.

Applicants would be expected to share theTrust’s high aspirations and expectations for pupils and staff.

If you would like to discuss the role, orhave any queries, please contact [e-mail] or 01332 348356.

The SpencerAcademies Trust Safer recruitment policy requires applications for this postmust be submitted through our recruitment portal. CV’s cannot beaccepted. We are also required to request references prior to interview.

Closing date for applications Wednesday 9th July 2025

Interviews will take place on Tuesday 15th July 2025

Early application is strongly encouragedas we reserve the right to interview and close the advert ahead of the closingdate.

How to Apply

Applicationsare submitted through our Every Candidate Portal. If you are a new userto our portal, you can click on ‘Register’to complete yourcandidate profile. If you already have a candidate profile with us, clickon ‘Sign In’. Both of these routes allow you to feedyour candidate information into any of our vacancies and view the status ofyour application.

If you want to apply directly for thisrole and not save your data for any future vacancies, you can click onthe‘Apply Now’button at the bottom of this page.

SpencerAcademies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of allour children and young people. Therefore, we expect everyone to share thiscommitment. All appointments are subject to satisfactory pre- employmentchecks, including a satisfactory Enhanced criminal records with Barred ListCheck through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and the completion ofLevel 2 Safeguarding training. It is an offence to apply for the role if anapplicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children(where the role involves this type of regulated activity).

The Trustand its member academies are committed to promoting equality and diversity inboth employment and education provision. We aim to ensure that students, parents, governors , employees, contractors,partners, clients and other stakeholders within the Trust community are treatedfairly, and with dignity and respect regardless of Protected Characteristics.

Spencer Academies Trust is a DisabilityConfident Committed Employer

Job Description

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Local Government Pension Scheme, EmployeeAssist Programme (Health Assured) and BHN Extras (Discount and Salary Sacrificeschemes). Recognition of local government and academy continuous ofservice. For full details, click herehttps://www.spencertrust.org.uk/employee-benefits