• Contract: Permanent, part-time
• Salary: £18,708 to £19,308 pro rata
• Start date: 1 September 2025
• Application deadline: 11.59pm on Wednesday 4 June 2025
• Interview date: to be confirmed

The West Grantham Church of England Secondary Academy has a vacancy for a Teaching Assistant Level 1. The post holder will be required to work 32.50 hours per week for 39 weeks per year.  As part of this role, the successful candidate will:

• Work with class teachers to raise the learning and attainment of pupils
• Promote pupils’ independence, self-esteem and social inclusion
• Give support to pupils, individually or in groups, so they can access the curriculum, take part in learning and experience a sense of achievement.

We are looking for a Teaching Assistant who is:

• An excellent practitioner committed to high standards for all children.
• Ideally, has experience of working with children with social and emotional needs
• Has high expectations of the children in terms of behaviour and learning
• Is a good team player
• Has a creative approach to teaching and learning
• Has the determination to make school life a positive, rewarding and enjoyable experience for everyone

Here at West Grantham Secondary Academy, awarded Good with Outstanding features by Ofsted in January 2024, we continue to provide a place of work that is proudly able to offer the following:

• A community school where staff and students are friendly and welcoming
• An intake that has increased over four years, yet is still a small family school
• A school that has undergone significant change and improvement
• Excellent behaviour and pastoral support for the whole child
• A focus on staff wellbeing and belonging

Alongside this, we can also provide:

• An electric car work scheme
• Staff assistance programme
• Free breakfast and lunch for staff

More information and application forms are available on our website: https://www.wgacademy.org.uk/vacancies/

Please submit completed applications to Estelle Sharpe by email: esharpe@wgacademy.org.uk.  Please note that we cannot accept CVs as a form of application.