Job Description

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Role:

Teaching Assistant (2 roles)

Grade and Salary:

Grade 2: 21,567 - 22,610 actual salary per annum (25,185 - 26,403 FTE) - 37 hours. Grade 2: 15,155 - 15,888 actual salary per annum (25,185 - 26,403 FTE) - 26 hours.

Working pattern:

37 hours per week / 39 working weeks or 26 hours per week / 39 working weeks

Contract term:

Permanent

The School:

Allestree Woodlands School offers a broad curriculum at all key stages and has a thriving Sixth Form. We pride ourselves on the warm and friendly atmosphere of our school. We strive for the best achievements for our students and passionately believe that every young person deserves the chance to be successful.

The role:

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full time and part time Teaching Assistant to join a committed team at Allestree Woodlands School. The ideal candidates will be enthusiastic, hard-working and are passionate about supporting young people achieve their best. The successful candidates will work in partnership with teachers to support learning in line with the national curriculum, codes of practice, policies and procedures.

The person:

Patience will be key to this role as you will be supporting students in a specific curriculum area or support 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 SEND meet targets and progress in line with students not on the SEND register.

Please note in your application/supporting statement if your application is for the full time (37 hours) or part time (26 hours) position.*

Why join us?

There are many reasons to choose The Two Counties Trust as a great place to start or continue your career.

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 takethe 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.

The closing date for applications is: Wednesday 05 November 2025 at 9am.

Interviews will be held on: Wednesday 12 November 2025.

Please note we are not able to accept applications via Indeed. To be considered for this role please complete an application form here: https://mynewterm.com/jobs/137911/EDV-2025-AWS-02472

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.

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent

Pay: 15,155.00-22,610.00 per year

Expected hours: 26 per week

Benefits:

Company pension Cycle to work scheme Free parking On-site parking
Work Location: In person