Job description
Level 3 Teaching Assistant
Are you ready to take on a role where your work truly matters? We are recruiting a Level 3 Teaching Assistant to support teaching, learning, and behaviour across our fast‑paced inner‑city school.
Your Impact
Deliver targeted literacy and numeracy interventions
Support pupils with complex needs
Help maintain high expectations and positive behaviour
Contribute to planning, assessment, and resource preparation
Champion inclusion and celebrate the diversity of our school community
Skills & Experience
Level 3 TA qualification
Strong behaviour‑management strategies
Ability to work independently and use initiative
Experience in inner‑city or high‑need settings is an advantage
Early application is strongly encouraged as we reserve the right to interview and close the advert ahead of the closing date.
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.
Applications are handled on Teaching Vacancies (GOV.UK).
About this school
Castleward Spencer Academy
Free schools · Primary · Ages 3–11
- Pupils
- 148
- Avg teacher salary
- £49,591
- Pupil:teacher ratio
- 22.4:1
- Academy trust
- THE SPENCER ACADEMIES TRUST
Average (mean) teacher salary · DfE School Workforce Census 2024/25
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Not rated= no current Ofsted judgement — typically a new school, a recently-converted academy not yet inspected, or a school type Ofsted doesn’t grade.
Location
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Derby, Derby, DE1 2RJ
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- Salary
- £25,365.00 - £27,069.00 Annually (Actual) NJC 12 to 16 - Full Time - Term Time Only
- Contract
- Permanent
- Working pattern
- Full time
- Posted
- 17 July 2026
- Closing date
- 14 September 2026
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