Job Description

2 x Teaching Assistant Job Vacancies

Job Title:

Teaching Assistant

Hours:

26 hours or32.5 hours

Working Pattern:

Monday to Friday, 8:30am - 4pm

Contract Type:

Permanent Part Time, Term Time plus INSETS (39 weeks per year)

Salary:

Grade 3, Pay Points 5 - 6, 25,583 to 25,989 (Salary is for 1 FTE per annum and will be pro rata for part-time hours and dependent upon length of service)

Start Date

: ASAP (After Safer Recruitment checks carried out)

Location:

Bishop Lonsdale C of E Primary School and Nursery (Part of a Multi Academy Trust, Derby Diocesan Multi Academy Trust 'DDAT')

Address:

186 St Albans Road, Derby DE22 3HH

We currently have two vacancies for an enthusiastic and committed Teaching Assistant who has experience in specifically working in the Early Years Foundation Stage and/or Key Stage 1. If you have the knowledge, skills and drive required to make a difference to the lives of children in our community, then we would love to hear from you.

Our school believes in:

Becoming Independent Successful Honest Open-Minded People, by:

Enabling everyone to reach their full potential. Developing a love for learning and a desire to achieve. Encouraging everyone to become independent and confident, with a belief in themselves. Promoting Christian values and respecting diversity.
We would like to hear from you, if you:

are creative, experienced and enthusiastic; have high expectations and will use this to deliver engaging learning; have an innovative and exciting approach to learning; have the ability to reflect on and develop your own practice and that of others; are willing to play a key role in the development, delivery and enrichment of our curriculum; are well-organised and will make a positive contribution to our school team.
This is a real opportunity to make your mark and contribute to the development of learning in our school.

All applications must be made on the Derby Diocesan Academy Trust (DDAT) application and monitoring forms, so please visit the vacancy page on the DDAT website to download these. Alternatively, please contact the school office. Please state on your application form whether you would like to apply for the 26 hours and/or 32.5 hours post and email or send in your completed forms directly to the school.

Applications cannot be accepted via Indeed, Derby City Council or Derbyshire County Council websites. Your application and monitoring forms must be sent directly to the school.

The post is subject to an enhanced DBS check and pre-employment checks.

Closing date - 22 October 2025

Interview date - w/c 3 November 2025

We reserve the right to close the advertisement early and application forms received after the closing date may not be accepted.

DDAT welcomes a diverse population of both children and staff and is committed to promoting and developing equality of opportunity in all its functions.

DDAT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to satisfactory references, online checks, completion of a probationary period, pre-employment and Disclosure Barring Service checks. The possession of a criminal record will not necessarily prevent an applicant from obtaining this post, as all cases are judged individually according to the nature of the role and information provided.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare any cautions, convictions, reprimands and final warnings that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013 and 2020).

Please note that all candidates must have a right to work in the UK in order to be able to work at our Trust.

Job Types: Part-time, Permanent

Pay: From 25,583.00 per year

Expected hours: 26 - 32.5 per week

Benefits:

Company pension Sick pay
Ability to commute/relocate:

Derby DE22 3HH: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Application question(s):

Do you have the relevant qualification/experience for this post?
Work authorisation:

United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: In person