Teaching Assistant - Level 2

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

Job summary

A leading educational trust is seeking a Level 2 Teaching Assistant at Brackensdale Spencer Academy. The position involves supporting primary education, with responsibilities in classroom management and student assistance. Candidates are encouraged to apply through the Trust’s recruitment portal, ensuring a commitment to child welfare and educational excellence.

Benefits

Employee Assistance Programme

Discount and Salary Sacrifice Schemes

Qualifications

• Experience in primary education is preferred.
• Commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.
• Ability to collaborate with colleagues effectively.

Responsibilities

• Support students in the classroom and facilitate their learning.
• Assist the class teacher in preparing educational materials.
• Contribute to maintaining a positive learning environment.

Job description

Teaching Assistant - Level 2 (Brackensdale Spencer Academy)

Location: Brackensdale Spencer Academy, Walthamstow Drive, Mackworth, Derby, DE22 4BS, UK

Salary: NJC 7- 11, currently £22,670 - £24,163 actual pay, per annum

Education Phase: Primary

Working Pattern: Full-Time

Contract Type: Fixed Term

Application Deadline: Tuesday, 8th July 2025

Interview Date: TBC

About us

Brackensdale Spencer Academy

At Brackensdale Spencer Academy, we are committed to providing a high-quality of education for all children and a caring ethos in which each individual achieves their full potential. We teach this through our 3 values which are woven into everything that we do at school. You will hear the children and adults referring to them regularly throughout the day.

A "Brackensdale education" is about developing the whole child and providing opportunities for them to flourish within and beyond the classroom. Our children are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on maintaining positive relationships with home.

We are proud of our Enhanced Resource unit, made up of the Ark (EYFS and KS1) and the Phoenix (KS 2), which caters for children who require specialist provision around communication and interaction, primarily children with ASD .

SAT

Is an educational charity, Multi-Academy Trust and Sponsor of Academies. We have approaching 18000 children and young people in our academies and employ more than 2800 teachers, leaders and educational support professionals across the East Midlands. We aspire to be a leading regional high performing Trust, with a national reputation for excellence.

We currently have 17 primary academies, 8 secondary academies and 1 primary aged special school in our family of schools. All of our schools benefit from the collaboration and added value that being a member of our Trust offers, and share our values and beliefs. Spencer Trust academies share an ambition to deliver results that compete with the very highest performing schools in the country, and deliver a curriculum for students that is underpinned by breadth, opportunity and quality: one that seeks to give young people the opportunity to develop into well rounded global citizens that believe they can influence positive change in the world.

Mission

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

Vision

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

We Believe:

• All children have a right to a quality education regardless of background or ability, and have an entitlement to the opportunity of a secure progression route in their learning and development.
• Schools are stronger when they work in collaboration with each other, operate within a ‘family’ and are open to a true sense of partnership.
• We grow the effectiveness and sustainability of our schools by developing the people within them, and that through shared and equitable responsibility for quality and outcomes; we achieve more.

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

If you would like to discuss the role, or have any queries, please contact Julie Buchanan on [e-mail]

The Spencer Academies Trust Safer recruitment policy requires applications for this post must be submitted through our recruitment portal. CV’s cannot be accepted. We are also required to request references prior to interview.

Closing date for applications: 09.00am on Tuesday 08th July 2025

Interviews will be take place on: TBC

Early application is strongly encouraged as we reserve the right to interview and close the advert ahead of the closing date.

How to Apply

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

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

Spencer Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our children and young people. Therefore, we expect everyone to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to satisfactory pre- employment checks, including a satisfactory Enhanced criminal records with Barred List Check through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and the completion of Level 2 Safeguarding training. It is an offence to apply for the role if an applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children (where the role involves this type of regulated activity).

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

Spencer Academies Trust is a Disability Confident Committed Employer

Job Description

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Employee Assist Programme (Health Assured) and BHN Extras (Discount and Salary Sacrifice Schemes).

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