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Teaching Assistant Level 2

Ashwood Spencer Academy · Derby · Derby

Job description

Are you ready to make a meaningful difference to children's learning? Ashwood Spencer Academy are looking to appoint two dedicated L2 Teaching Assistant. Both positions will be based in Early Years.

The successful candidates must be:

  • Patient, positive and have empathy for all pupils.
  • Motivational and inspirational, fostering a love of learning in all pupils.
  • Strong behaviour management skills.
  • Able to understand how different pupils learn and the barriers some face to their learning.
  • Able to support in the delivery of creative and innovative approached to learning, driving differentiated planning and confident in resourcing to impact on all pupils' learning.
  • Successful in encouraging pupils to take responsibility for their own behaviour and support them where necessary

If you are passionate about helping children and young people accelerate their progress and are keen on developing high-quality resources, we would love to hear from you!

To learn more about this role, please view the full job description and person specification.

Ashwood Spencer Academy joined Spencer Academies Trust in November 2018 and has gone from strength to strength each academic year. We have approximately 670 pupils on roll from nursery to year 6 and we are proud of our changing, diverse school community. Ashwood Spencer is at the heart of the community and is committed to improving educational outcomes for all our pupils. In October 2022, we received the IQM Inclusion Quality Mark with Centre of Excellence status and in October 2025, we achieved 'Flagship School Status'. In our Ofsted inspection in February 2023, we were recognised as a ‘good’ school and we want to continue to improve on that status, by making the staff, pupils and community experience at Ashwood a magical one.

We are fully committed to our ethos of ‘Working together to believe and achieve’.

We work hard to make Ashwood a place to DREAM:

Determined risk takers who want to succeed

Resilient and respectful learners

Expressive communicators

Ambitious achievers, unafraid of mistakes

Magic happens when you dream

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.

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About this school

Ashwood Spencer Academy

Academy sponsor led · Primary · Ages 3–11

Good
Pupils
651
Avg teacher salary
£43,273
Pupil:teacher ratio
21.4:1
Academy trust
THE SPENCER ACADEMIES 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.

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Derby, Derby, DE24 8FT

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Salary
£23,418.00 - £24,960.00 Annually (Actual) NJC7-11 Full time, term time only
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full time
Posted
8 June 2026
Closing date
19 June 2026

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