Teaching Assistant (Level 3+) with Additional Responsibilities
- Derby
- Permanent
- Full-time
Hours: Full time, term time onlySt Giles Spencer Academy is an Outstanding Primary Special Academy in Derby City. We are a warm, friendly and inclusive academy which meets the needs of pupils with a range of special educational needs and disabilities.St Giles Spencer Academy is looking to appoint an enthusiastic and committed Additional Needs Teaching Assistant to start as soon as possible on a full-time, permanent basis. Specific knowledge, skills and experience in supporting non-verbal pupils with autism and sensory needs would be an advantage. You must be able to demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills, be an effective team member and be calm and creative in your approach to working with pupils with additional needs.
- Are you passionate about providing a ‘world class’ education for pupils with Special Educational Needs, ensuring that they reach their true potential?
- Are you prepared to get messy, join in with the fun and be outdoors on a regular basis so that our pupils learning is inspiring and creative?
- Do you want to join a high performing team of staff who are committed to going that ‘extra mile’ to provide the very best for our pupils and their families?
- Special School of the Year Award
- Ofsted ‘Outstanding’
- NASEN Learning Support Staff of the Year Award
- Inclusion Quality Mark Flagship
- Family First Quality Award
- British Council International Schools Award
- Be Mighty, Be Creative Award
- ICAN Communication Specialist Accreditation
- Arts Mark Gold Award
- Fair-Trade Award
- Learning Outside the Classroom Award
- National Autistic Society Accredited School
Our Mission is to deliver the best possible outcomes for children and young people.Vision
Spencer Academies Trust is an exceptional Trust, providing an outstanding education for local children.We Believe:
All children have a right to a quality education regardless of background or ability, and have an entitlement to the opportunity of a secure progression route in their learning and development.
Schools are stronger when they work in collaboration with each other, operate within a ‘family’ and are open to a true sense of partnership.
We grow the effectiveness and sustainability of our schools by developing the people within them, and that through shared and equitable responsibility for quality and outcomes; we achieve more.Applicants would be expected to share the Trust’s high aspirations and expectations for pupils and staff.If you would like to discuss the role, or have any queries, please contact the school via info@stgilesspencer.org.uk or by calling 01332 343039.The Spencer Academies Trust Safer recruitment policy requires applications for this post must be submitted through our recruitment portal. CV’s cannot be accepted.Early application is strongly encouraged as we reserve the right to interview and close the advert ahead of the closing date.How to Apply
Applications are submitted through our Every Candidate Portal -If you are a new user to our portal, you can click on ‘Register’ to complete your candidate profile. If you already have a candidate profile with us, click on ‘Sign In’. Both of these routes allow you to feed your candidate information into any of our vacancies and view the status of your application.If you want to apply directly for this role and not save your data for any future vacancies, you can click on the ‘Apply Now’ button at the bottom of this page.We have added a video to help guide you through our portal, please visitSpencer 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.The closing date for this vacancy is 12 September 2025. Any applications received after the closing date will not be accepted.