National Institute of Teaching
Wakefield
Salary:
£34,434 per annum (plus London weighting if applicable) + benefits
Job type:
Full Time, Part Time, Fixed Term
Apply by:
2 October 2025
Job overview
Hybrid - within commuting distance of London, Birmingham, Blackburn, Doncaster, Bradford, Redcar or Bristol
£34,434 per annum (plus London weighting if applicable) + benefits
Fixed Term | Full or part-time
We are seeking to hire a Research Assistant with strong quantitative expertise to join our team and play a crucial role in the generation of high-quality and useful evidence on effective teacher professional development. You will work alongside a team of Research Fellows, Research Assistants and the Head of Evaluation and Observational research to design and implement academic research alongside the programmes designed and delivered by NIoT.
About us
The National Institute of Teaching (NIoT) is a school-led and research-informed organisation operating across England providing teacher and leadership training, from initial teacher education (ITE) to a dedicated course for CEOs of multi-academy trusts. The NIoT is among the largest national providers of ITE and trains thousands of teachers a year, across four regional teams and six campuses. We are committed to high quality, evidence-informed teacher education, and are on a mission to improve the quality of teacher and leader development across the system. Part of this mission involves producing rigorous, impactful, and cutting-edge school-led research.
We have a dedicated in-house research team who work with our programme-delivery teams to develop and test new methodologies, address critical challenges, and meet the evolving needs of our partner schools and organisations in the wider education sector. This is a new and exciting approach to embedding research within practice in education, and we work collaboratively to continually evolve and strengthen our approach to making research useful in teacher education practice. The Evaluation and Observational Research team sits within the overall Research team, and designs and implements primary research projects in collaboration with the Programmes team at the NIoT.
About the role
We are seeking to hire a Research Assistant with strong quantitative expertise to join our team and play a crucial role in the generation of high-quality and useful evidence on effective teacher professional development. You will work alongside a team of Research Fellows, Research Assistants and the Head of Evaluation and Observational research to design and implement academic research alongside the programmes designed and delivered by NIoT. This role includes opportunities to contribute to research design of new research; collect and manage quantitative data; conduct advanced statistical analyses; contribute to high-quality written outputs for academic audiences and policymakers, and other outputs to raise the impact of our research. You will also have opportunities to contribute to qualitative data collection and mixed-method approaches where appropriate.
We are looking for someone with proven experience in quantitative methods who is also an innovative and practice-minded researcher, committed to making cutting-edge research relevant, engaging, and useful for practitioners in teacher education.
This is a full-time role, although part-time opportunities may be available. It is a hybrid role, with one day per fortnight on campus. The work will focus primarily on current and future randomised controlled trials (RCTs) in Initial Teacher Education, and may include some work on other projects into teacher and leader training and development. These trials aim to generate robust evidence on effective approaches to teacher training and development.
This is an exciting opportunity for candidates looking to make a tangible and immediate impact on practice, and who wish to utilise their skills and expertise to conduct primary evaluation research on topics most relevant to teachers, educational leaders and teacher educators. This is an opportunity to grow your skills in conducting primary research and data analysis, and in working within a team build a new and innovative approach to combining research and practice in education.
Benefits
Generous Annual Leave: 27 days' holiday a year (plus 8 bank holidays) rising to 33 days after five years' service.
Flexible Working: We offer flexible start and end working times, with hybrid working in place for all roles.
Pension: Entry to the Local Government Pension Scheme
Salary Sacrifice Schemes: We offer salary sacrifice schemes for bikes, cars and tech
Lifestyle Benefits: We offer discounts on gyms, cinema, retail and much more
Parenthood Leave: We offer above the statutory minimum for maternity, adoption and paternity leave.
Working Environment: We have a stimulating, supportive and rewarding working environment with a dedicated team of likeminded professionals.
Support: Our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) provides confidential support for employees on personal or work-related matters
Development: We fully support the development of our staff and ensure that you have high level of continuous professional development.
We think a wide range of different work and educational experiences could support you to be successful in this role. We encourage applications from all backgrounds, communities and industries, and are committed to employing a team that has diverse skills, experiences and abilities.
If you have any queries about this role, please email us at
For more information and to apply, please visit our vacancies page.
Closing date: 11:59pm on 2 October 2025.
This post requires a satisfactory enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) with a Children's Barred List Check and Occupational Health Check is required as a condition of employment.
About National Institute of Teaching
National Institute of Teaching
Potovens Lane, Wakefield
West Yorkshire
WF1 2PF
United Kingdom
Learning That Changes Lives
A teacher's expertise makes a greater difference to a pupil's success than any other factor in a school. The National Institute of Teaching exists to nurture the talents of teachers and leaders at every step of their career, whatever the context, wherever they are in the country.
About the National Institute of Teaching
The National Institute of Teaching (NIoT) is run by the School-Led Development Trust, a charity, founded by four of the country's leading school trusts: the Harris Federation, Outwood Grange Academies Trust, Oasis Community Learning and Star Academies, and supported by the Department for Education.
The Institute will boost the quality of teacher and leader development nationally by generating and interpreting research, applying the insights to the design and delivery of high-quality teacher and school leader development programmes, and sharing it all with the sector.
We are building a school-led movement, strengthening relationships and collaboration across the system.
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