Key Role Information

Salary
£ 18,436.06
Job type
Fixed Term
Contract type
Fixed Term
Closing
08/12/2025 09:00
Interview
10 December 2025
Contract term
TTO - Term time only
Pay grade
Transform Trust | 5 - 6
Department
Other Support Staff
Key stage
Early Years, Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2
Hours per week
31.00
Weeks per year
44.849
Visa sponsorship
No

Your Role

Level 1 Teaching Assistant

 

Required as soon as possible

31 hours per week, 5 Days per week, Term time only

Fixed term until 31st August 2026

Salary Grade C point 5-6 (£25,583 - £25,989 FTE per annum)

£ 18,436.06 Actual Salary per annum

 

Lawn Primary School is seeking to appoint a suitably qualified, enthusiastic and hard-working Level 1 Teaching Assistant to support teaching and learning in the classroom to maximise the participation of our children.

 

The role will include 1:1 support for SEN Children and include assisting the Class Teacher in the planning of work programmes for individuals and groups of children and delivering educational activities and prepared programmes of learning.


This is a fixed term post until 31st August 2026 as it is linked to pupil funding.

 

We warmly welcome applications from motivated, nurturing individuals to join our dedicated and highly effective team. We warmly welcome applications from those who are passionate about making a real difference to the lives of children and thrives on challenging themselves and others to keep on improving. Our working relationships are positive, supportive and forward looking. 

You will:

 

·         Be creative in your approach to learning and delivering the curriculum;

·         Possess and use appropriate skills to undertake those activities necessary to meet the physical, emotional and educational needs of individuals and groups of children, including those with special needs

·         Have high expectations of pupils’ achievements and a commitment to excellent standards;

·         Work well as part of a team

·         Be literate and numerate;

·         Be enthusiastic, energetic and committed to making learning exciting;

·         Have excellent communication skills with children and adults


In return we offer:


·         A welcoming community and a highly motivated, professional staff team that are driven towards continuously raising standards.

·         Excellent professional development opportunities through an extensive range of network groups and other Transform Trust initiatives

·         Calm and purposeful learning environments

·         Friendly, polite, well-behaved children who deserve the very best

·         Excellent partnerships between pupils, staff, parents, governors and community

·         A forward-thinking approach to teaching and learning throughout the school

·         Career opportunities as part of a successful Multi Academy Trust

 

Visits to our school are warmly welcomed, please contact the school office to arrange an appointment.


Closing date for applications: 8th December 2025 at Midnight


Interviews will be held on: 10th December 2025


Benefits

Benefits
Pension, Discounts, Employee Assistance Programme

About Us

Lawn Primary School

Rosalind Lang

r.lang@lawn.derby.sch.uk

Norbury Close
Allestree
Derby
Derbyshire
DE22 2QR

Safeguarding Information

Transform Trust and its schools are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to safer recruitment procedures, including satisfactory references, medical checks, Enhanced DBS with children’s barred list clearance and completion of safeguarding children in education training.