Ancillary Assitant

The Fountains High School, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, DE13 0HB

18 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  4 January 2027

• Closing date

  30 October 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  6 October 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £25,614.00 Annually (FTE) Support Pay Scale (Point 3) Actual Salary: £22,242 Per Annum

Ancillary Assitant job summary

Job Title: Ancillary Assitant

Location: The Fountains High School

Grade/Scale: Support

Contract: 37 hours per week, term time only (including inset days).

Fountains High School is a successful and welcoming special school committed to supporting young people with a wide range of additional needs. We are proud of our inclusive, caring environment where every pupil is encouraged to develop confidence, independence and essential life skills.

We are looking to appoint a reliable and hardworking Ancillary Assistant to join our support team. The successful candidate will play an important role in maintaining a safe, clean and welcoming environment for pupils, staff and visitors, ensuring the school continues to operate effectively. A commitment to safeguarding, health and safety, and promoting the welfare of children and young people is essential.

Please see the attached Application pack including a Welcome from The Head Teacher and more information about The Fountains High School and Esteem MAT.

Please review the attached Job Description to learn more about the role and what we are looking for in the successful candidate.

Benefits Include:

- LGPS Pension Scheme (16.6% employer contributions)

- Generous holiday entitlement

- Access to Westfield Health membership scheme including cashback schemes for health and retail benefits, discounted gym memberships, and free confidential advice.

- Access to National College CPD platform.

- Access to My Money Matters Financial Wellbeing Platform

- Enhanced Maternity Pay

For further information, please contact Harriette Lyon (School Business Manager) on hlyon@fountains-high.staffs.sch.uk

We reserve the right to interview suitable candidates upon application and may close the application process prior to this date

We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We welcome applications from all individuals, regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status. 

Perfection is not required, if you are excited by the role and our organisation, but not sure if you meet 100% of the criteria, we would still love to hear from you!

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Esteem Multi-Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all its students. We expect all staff, volunteers and agency staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. The possession of a criminal record will not necessarily prevent an applicant from obtaining this post, as all cases are judged individually according to the nature of the role and information provided.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About The Fountains High School

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Size: 246 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: The Fountains High School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-fountains-high-school

The Fountains High School is a 11 to 19 special school within the Esteem Multi Academy Trust situated in Stretton, Burton Upon Trent. The school is presently oversubscribed with 222 pupils on roll including 36 Post 16 students based at Burton and South Derbyshire College (BSDC) campus.

The South Derbyshire Support Centre situated in Newhall – Swadlincote and caters for 26 pupils aged 7-16 with a variety of educational needs with a large number of the pupils having been permanently excluded or at risk of permanent exclusion from local mainstream academies. Both schools share a senior leadership team and local governing body.

At Fountains we pride ourselves on creating rich and exciting learning experiences for all children. All learning in school is highly differentiated and is rooted within four different curriculums' which is underpinned by our school values which are centred on Personal Learning and Thinking Skills which develop each child's character, providing the foundations that we try and live by every day.

Coupled with our school motto, ‘Always achieving out Potential' we ensure that children become empowered learners, who flourish and thrive, preparing them to meet their future aspirations so that they will succeed in life.

Further information about our academy can be found on the website at

https://www.fountains-high.staffs.sch.uk/ 

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