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Dunstable Icknield Lower School · Dunstable · Central Bedfordshire

Job description

Dunstable Icknield Lower School - SEND Higher Level Teaching Assistant

Part time - 35 hours per week (term-time + inset)

Pay Scale: H5

Actual Salary: £22,332

Permanent/ Fixed-term

Required ASAP

Dunstable Icknield Lower School is looking to appoint a SEND Higher Level Teaching Assistant to join our talented support staff team.

We are looking for practitioners with high expectations of pupil achievement and progress.

We are looking for applicants who put the experience of the child at the heart of their practice; someone eager to extend children’s learning and makes learning fun.

The successful candidates would set themselves high personal standards and be eager to develop professionally to support the schools’ creative curriculum approach to learning.

The school is part of Scholars’ Education Trust (SET), an established, cross phase, multi-academy trust formed in 2012.

Staff at Dunstable Icknield benefit from shared professional development opportunities, collaborative practices, and the expertise of colleagues at Priory Academy, which is also part of the same trust. Priory Academy is the school that most of our Year 4 pupils transition to upon leaving.

If you have any questions, please contact HR - HR@scholarseducationtrust.co.uk or on 01727 734424. To apply, please fill in an application on My New Term - CVs will not be accepted.

Diversity: The Scholars’ Education Trust is fully committed to the principles of equal opportunity, diversity and inclusion. We want to attract and retain the very best staff in all areas of the trust, ensuring our staff body reflects the diversity of our students and local community.

Closing date: 9am, 2 November 2026

Interview: TBC

We reserve the right to make an appointment before the closing date, so early applications are encouraged.

Scholars’ Education Trust is an equal opportunities employer.

Declaration of criminal offences

The trust is required to give you the opportunity to voluntarily declare convictions, cautions, reprimands or final warnings that are not ‘protected’ as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013 and 2020). You will be provided with a criminal self-declaration form by the school if you are shortlisted for the post. All posts in schools are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. If you are appointed you will be required to have an up to date Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Certificate. The existence of a criminal background does not automatically mean that you cannot be appointed but it may do so.

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About this school

Dunstable Icknield Lower School

Academy converter · Primary · Ages 3–9

Requires Improvement
Pupils
313
Avg teacher salary
£46,881
Pupil:teacher ratio
20.2:1
Academy trust
SCHOLARS' EDUCATION TRUST

Average (mean) teacher salary · DfE School Workforce Census 2024/25

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Ofsted rating key

OutstandingGoodRequires ImprovementInadequateNot rated

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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Dunstable, Central Bedfordshire, LU6 3AG

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Salary
£22,332.00 - £52,490.00 Annually (Actual) H5, pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part time
Posted
19 October 2026
Closing date
2 November 2026

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