Vacancies

Dunstable Icknield Lower School – Primary Teaching Assistant

Term Time Contract – Part time/Full time
FTE Salary per annum H3: £25,583
Required for February/March 2026

Dunstable Icknield Lower School is looking to appoint a Teaching Assistant to join our talented support staff team.

We are looking for practitioners with high expectations of pupil achievement and progress. We are looking for applicants who put the experience of the child at the heart of their practice; someone eager to extend children’s learning and makes learning fun.

The successful candidates would set themselves high personal standards and be eager to develop professionally to support the schools’ creative curriculum approach to learning.

The school is part of Scholars’ Education Trust (SET), an established, cross phase, multi-academy trust formed in 2012. SET has enjoyed measured growth, ensuring maximum educational impact alongside school, a primary school, an extended secondary, two secondary schools and an all-through school. We currently have just over 9,000 pupils in our care.

Staff at Dunstable Icknield benefit from shared professional development opportunities, collaborative practices, and the expertise of colleagues at Priory Academy, which is also part of the same trust. Priory Academy is the school that most of our Year 4 pupils transition to upon leaving.

If you are interested in joining us at this exciting time, further details and an application pack is available from HR@scholarseducationtrust.co.uk or on 01727 734424.

Diversity: The Scholars’ Education Trust is fully committed to the principles of equal opportunity, diversity and inclusion.  We want to attract and retain the very best staff in all areas of the trust, ensuring our staff body reflects the diversity of our students and local community.

Closing date: 9am Monday 9 th February 2026

Interview: TBC

We reserve the right to make an appointment before the closing date, so early applications are encouraged.

Scholars’ Education Trust is an equal opportunities employer. The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure Barring Service.

Declaration of criminal offences

The trust is required to give you the opportunity to voluntarily declare convictions, cautions, reprimands or final warnings that
are not ‘protected’ as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013 and
2020). You will be provided with a criminal self-declaration form by the school if you are shortlisted for the post. All posts in
schools are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. If you are appointed you will be required to have an up to
date Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Certificate. The existence of a criminal background does not automatically mean
that you cannot be appointed but it may do so.