Teaching Assistant Level 2 – English & Maths

Bedford ESOL; Bedford; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 31,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous leave entitlement

People's Pension

Retail and Leisure Discounts

Professional development opportunities

Access to college courses

Job summary

The Bedford College Group is seeking a Teaching Assistant Level 2 for our English and Maths department in Bedford. You will support learners in class, one-to-one and small groups, assisting with resources and assessments to help students achieve positive outcomes.

Your role includes supporting learners with additional needs, maintaining an inclusive environment, and collaborating with tutors and staff to monitor progress and attendance. Interventions align with safeguarding and equality policies.

Qualifications

• GCSEs (or equivalent) in English and Maths are essential.
• Level 3 English and Maths qualifications are desirable.
• Level 2+ Teaching Assistant qualification is desirable and beneficial for development.

Responsibilities

• Provide in-class, one-to-one and small-group support for English and Maths learners.
• Support learners with additional needs to participate in learning in a safe, inclusive environment.
• Assist tutors with lesson preparation, materials, assessments and tracking learner progress.

Education

GCSEs English and Maths

Level 3 English and Maths qualifications

Level 2+ Teaching Assistant qualification

Tools

Basic IT skills

Job description

Role: Teaching Assistant Level 2 – English & Maths

Location: Bedford College – Cauldwell Street Campus

Salary: Salary is between £25,585 and £30,915 (pro rata) per annum DOE and Qualifications

Benefits:

• generous leave entitlement
• People's Pension
• Retail and Leisure Discounts
• excellent professional and personal development opportunities
• accessing college courses

Hours/Weeks: 37hrs per week/36 weeks

Contract Type: Full-time, permanent

This is a UK based contract, and you are required to have the Right to Work in the UK. Unfortunately, we're unable to offer sponsorship and any offer of employment will be subject to evidence of your Right to Work in the UK.

About the role

We are currently seeking a Teaching Assistant Level 2 to join our English & Maths department at The Bedford College Group.

As a Teaching Assistant, you play an important role in the success of our students through:

• Learner Support - Provide in-class, one-to-one and small-group support for English and Maths learners, helping them build confidence, reinforce learning and achieve positive outcomes.
• Inclusive Education - Support learners with additional needs, including those with EHCPs, ensuring they can fully participate in learning within a safe and inclusive environment.
• Classroom & Progress Support - Assist tutors with lesson preparation, learning resources, assessments and the monitoring of learner progress, attendance and achievement.
• Engagement & Collaboration - Promote positive behaviour, attendance and learner engagement while working closely with tutors, support staff and managers to support academic success and personal development.
• Professional & Statutory Responsibilities - Uphold safeguarding, equality, diversity and inclusion, health and safety, confidentiality and continuous professional development requirements in line with College policies and procedures.

About you

• Qualifications & Development - GCSEs (or equivalent) in English and Maths are essential, with Level 3 English and Maths qualifications, a Level 2+ Teaching Assistant qualification, and a commitment to ongoing professional development being advantageous.
• Educational Support Experience - Experience supporting learners in an educational setting is required, with previous work in Further Education, post-16 provision, GCSE or Functional Skills delivery being desirable.
• Teaching & Communication Skills - Strong communication, interpersonal and teamwork skills, alongside the ability to effectively support teaching, learning and learner engagement using basic IT tools.
• SEND & Learner Support - Ability to support a diverse range of learners, with desirable experience of working with learners who have additional needs or SEND requirements.
• Professional Approach - Demonstrates flexibility, professionalism, a learner-centred mindset and a commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion, while meeting safeguarding requirements, undertaking training and completing an enhanced DBS check.

For a more detailed breakdown of the job role and the requirements, please see the Job Description attached to this vacancy.

Interviews to be held: 25 November 2026

Successful candidates must also be able to demonstrate alignment to our organisational VISION values:

• Valuing Teamwork - We are one team who by working together can achieve great things, respecting the opinion and valuing the contribution each of us makes.
• Improving Continuously - We challenge ourselves to always do better by trying new things, sharing knowledge, reflecting on practice and learning from others.

Student Centred - At our heart is always doing what is best for our students. We consider students in all of our decision making to create positive outcomes and memorable experiences for every student.

Inclusive - We celebrate differences and diversity, recognising that we can learn from each other.

Open and Caring - We care about the wellbeing of our staff, our students, our community and wider society, creating an environment built on trust where we listen, engage with and support each other.

Nurturing Education Excellence - We promote educational excellence by delivering programmes that challenge our students to achieve their ambitions.

About Bedford College Services (BCS)

BCS isA multi-faceted enterprise that operates across the leisure, hospitality, catering, theatre and facilities hire sectors.

The purpose of BCS is to provide a suite of commercial services to the staff and students of The Bedford College Group and to the wider community. Always striving to provide the highest quality of product and services and endeavouring to ensure that its supply chain complies with modern day thinking of sustainability, carbon emissions and modern slavery. BCS will bid for external contracts to provide those services, exploiting its management skills and capacity. Additionally BCS works to enrich student and staff experience within the Group through work experience, qualifying courses or apprenticeship, actively engaging withing the communities it operates in.

About The Bedford College Group

The Bedford College Group was formed in 2017 following the merger of Bedford College and Tresham College and is now the largest provider of education in the South East Midlands, with over 15,000 students passing through our doors each year.

Today, the Group is made up of a family of colleges across Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire:Bedford College, Central Bedfordshire College andTreshamCollegein the towns of Bedford, Dunstable, Leighton Buzzard, Corby, Kettering and Wellingborough;ShuttleworthCollege,a specialist land-based college; The Bedford Sixth Form, (the only dedicated sixth form in Bedford); The Corby Sixth Form, (opened in September 2023); and the National College for Motorsportalongside Silverstonerace circuit.To widen accessibility to education and training, the Group also has community-based Learning Centres in Bedford, Corby and Kellington which offer IT training.

Safeguarding our Students

The Bedford College Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to thorough vetting process which includes, an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide. The Bedford College Group's policy on Employment of Ex-Offenders is attached to this vacancy.

Candidates who are barred from working with children are reminded it is a criminal offence to apply for this post.