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  • Job start date

    21 August 2025

  • Closing date

    16 June 2025 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    10 June 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Teaching assistant

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Key stage 3, Key stage 4

Working pattern

Part time: 17.25

Contract type

Permanent

Actual salary

9891. - 10207.

What skills and experience we're looking for

Hastings High School is a mainstream secondary school that meets the needs of all pupils, regardless of needs, to ensure that all pupils make the best possible progress. At Hastings High School we recognise that all pupils must be given the opportunity to reach their full potential; “The best for every child”. We aim to provide “Care and Excellence for all” by supporting each and every person in our care. We understand that, at times, pupils may have a need to access alternative education as mainstream school isn’t working for them at that time. We are committed to continually reevaluating the needs of our pupils; looking at different avenues of educational provision to meet those pupils needs. We are creating a new Internal Alternative Provision at Hastings and are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and highly motivated teaching assistant (or Learning Support Assistant, depending on experience) to join our Alternative Provision team. We have a clear understanding of what we are looking for in the staff we appoint. If you have a desire to work hard, want to transform lives, can use your own initiative, have a good sense of humour and want to be part of a dynamic team, then you could be the person that we are looking. You could be part of our Hastings Family.

What the school offers its staff

Thank you for your interest in this post. This is a permanent role to begin in the Autumn Term. The hours of work will be 0.6FTE with 17.25 hours per week with the exact hours and times to be confirmed, during term-time only, plus one week (39 weeks per year).

During our latest OFSTED inspection, we were very proud that our Hastings Family and CARES values were recognised as being central to all that we provide. The school continues to be rated ‘Good’ and we are committed to further improvement to ensure that we provide “Care and Excellence for All”; a motto which underpins and informs everything we do.

Our Progress 8 score is significantly above the national average. These continuing improvements are attributed to our focus on the basics: an orderly climate for learning, engaging teaching, and building positive relationships with all stakeholders.

Should you require any further information about Hastings please visit our website at www.hastings.school


Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to sarah.brown@hastings.school

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About Hastings High School

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 16
Education phase
Secondary
School size
854 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 16
Ofsted report
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The school was judged ‘Good’ at our last Ofsted inspection. We are committed to further improvement to ensure that we provide “Care and Excellence for All”.

The school has had significant investment in the last 12 months to build 8 new classrooms, a sports hall alongside redevelopment of the canteen and main pastoral areas. This will enable us to take extra pupils starting with a cohort of 200 in Year 7 in Autumn 2025.

We have a strong academic record with each of the previous 4 years having achieved a Progress 8 score “above average”, achieving a score of +0.40 last year. Our predictions for the future year groups are that they will exceed this. These continuing improvements are down to our focus on the basics; an orderly climate for learning, engaging teaching and building positive relationships with all stakeholders.

We have a comprehensive induction programme for new staff to help you settle in and provide very high levels of support. We are a school which strives to bring out the best in our staff by investing heavily in staff development and wellbeing.

Arranging a visit to Hastings High School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email sarah.brown@hastings.school.

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