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The Duston School

Primary SEND Teaching Assistant (fixed Term)

 

Primary SEND Teaching Assistant (fixed Term)

32.5 hrs per week/39 weeks per year (Fixed Term for one year)

Monday – Friday 8.30 – 3.30pm

SS (3 – 6) Actual £19,330 - £20, 259 (FTE £25,614 - £26,845)

The Duston School is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Closing Date: midday, Thursday 12 November Start Date: ASAP

Do you want to work in a setting where magic happens?

Do you want to work in a school which is highly inclusive and built upon a real belief in children reaching their potential?

Do you want to inspire and challenge young children using a well structured knowledge rich curriculum?

Do you want to work in a school where children and families feel a real sense of belonging? Do you want to work in a school with school values of care, challenge and succeed and well-being at its heart?

Do you want to work in a supportive school which has a positive culture? Still interested?

Please keep reading this pack.

 

Please see the full job description for further details on the role.

The Duston School

Do you want to work in a hugely successful nationally hailed school? Do you want to work in a school that operates on common sense and places people at the centre of all that is does?

In joining the Duston School you will be joining a school that is:

Built upon strong values and principles

 

  • Places people at the heart of all that it does and strong positive approach to workload and wellbeing
  • Heavily over-subscribed
  • Nationally recognised, heralded and applauded
  • Served as a Behaviour Hub Lead School
  •     The 27th most improved school nationally, with GCSE and A Level outcomes since 2019 have ensured the school is both locally, regionally and nationally high performing, placing the school in the top 20% of all schools nationally and A Level results in the top 5% of all schools
  • GCSE and A Level outcomes in 2024 were the best in the school’s history
  • A school of Character
  • An Investors in People Gold School and Wellbeing
  • An Inclusion Quality Mark (IQM) Flagship School and National Champion School
  • A Global Equality Collective School
  • The home of ResearchED Northampton
  • A PKC Curriculum Hub
  • Ofsted graded as ‘strong’ in all areas
  • Has its own alternative provision; The Positive Impact Centre (PIC)

 

 

Please complete an application form (we do not accept a CV alone) along with a letter of application to the Principal. Please email the application form and letter to: jobs@thedustonschool.org

If you have not heard from us within two weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.

The Duston School is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and expects all staff and vol unteers to share this commitment. We follow safer recruitment practice and all appointments are subject to satisfac tory DBS checks. In addition references will be requested for short listed applicants prior to interview and will form part of the interview process.

As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy/ies.

Online searches will be carried out for all shortlisted candidates.

Contact Us

Luminara Education Trust
Berrywood Road, Duston
Northampton,
NN5 6XA