The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment.

The school offers competitive working conditions and packages, including: • Future progression resides at the heart of the school’s ethos • Personalised and bespoke CPD is offered to all staff • Opportunities to attend external CPD courses and visiting other schools are positively encouraged • An enhanced induction programme to support all new staff to the school, with a bespoke package of support for ECT’s. • Westfield Health - Private Health Plan for permanent, salaried employees • On-site car parking • A laptop • A detailed Workload Charters, which sets out the school’s commitment to support all staff with their workload • No emails are sent at weekends nor holidays, we respect as a school the need to rest • Co-planning is a guiding principle upon which our curriculum is built, with the use of workbooks and knowledge organisers across the school • On-site restaurant for staff to use on a daily basis • The lion share of directed meeting time is handed to staff to work on the curriculum • Two faculty away days • 4 traded days (which includes one day off to thank staff for the extra miles that they go) • A priority place for staff children at the school • Face-to-face meetings for all staff with the Principal to discuss your wellbeing, professional development and career aspirations • Membership of the Teachers’ Pension Scheme for teaching staff • Membership of the LGPS Pension Scheme for non-teaching staff For support staff • Generous Holiday entitlement, including bank holidays (or pro-rata of) which increases with service Candidates are welcome to visit the school prior to application

The Duston (All Through 4-19) School is looking for an enthusiastic teaching Assistant to join us within our Primary School. 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 wellbeing 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.

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 a 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

• An Ofsted ‘Good’ school

• Has its own alternative provision; The Positive Impact Centre (PIC)

The school offers competitive working conditions and packages, including:

• Future progression resides at the heart of the school’s ethos

• Personalised and bespoke CPD is offered to all staff

• Opportunities to attend external CPD courses and visiting other schools are positively encouraged

• An enhanced induction programme to support all new staff to the school, with a bespoke package of support for ECT’s.

• Westfield Health - Private Health Plan for permanent, salaried employees

• On-site car parking

• A laptop

• On-site Before & After School Club for Primary Phase pupils available *

• A detailed Workload Charters, which sets out the school’s commitment to support all staff with their workload

• No emails are sent at weekends nor holidays, we respect as a school the need to rest

• Co-planning is a guiding principle upon which our curriculum is built, with the use of workbooks and knowledge organisers across the school

• On-site restaurant for staff to use on a daily basis

• The lion share of directed meeting time is handed to staff to work on the curriculum

• Two faculty away days • 4 traded days (which includes one day off to thank staff for the extra miles that they go)

• A priority place for staff children at the school

• Face-to-face meetings for all staff with the Principal to discuss your wellbeing, professional development and career aspirations • Membership of the Teachers’ Pension Scheme for teaching staff

• Membership of the LGPS Pension Scheme for nonteaching staff For support staff

• Generous Holiday entitlement, including bank holidays (or pro-rata of) which increases with service

• Non-contractual discretionary days leave for school shutdown over Christmas * Fees apply Candidates are welcome to visit the school prior to application