Grade 7 - Senior Teaching Assistant
The Fusion Academy, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE9 8AGThis job expired on 19 September 2025 – see similar jobs
Start date details
30th October 2025
Closing date
19 September 2025 at 1pm
Date listed
2 September 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £25,998.00 Annually (FTE) Actual starting salary: £22,250.96
Grade 7 - Senior Teaching Assistant job summary
Senior Teaching Assistants
Required to work in lower school within Key Stage 2/3 and with a primary model approach to lessons.
Salary: Grade 7
Actual starting salary: £22,250.96
FTE £25,998.00 per annum
37 hours per week, 39 weeks per year
Start date: 30th October 2025
The Fusion Academy, a school for children and young people aged 7-19 with communication and interaction needs and/or autism. We are located in a new purpose built school in Barwell. The Fusion Academy is part of a Multi Academy Trust called Open Thinking Partnership.
A flexible solution focussed approach to supporting young people of mainstream academic ability, whilst addressing their communication and interaction barriers to learning is crucial.
You will have identified skills in supporting children and young people to access learning in a flexible and nurturing way within a specialist or mainstream environment.
As a Senior Teaching Assistant you will work primarily within a classroom supporting engagement, with additional input for PSHE and Social Communication for students. You will work with the class teacher to put in place strategies that engage students and collaboratively develop learning sequences. With support, there will be some responsibility for planning for individuals and small groups, preparing resources and directing classroom support staff. You will lead class groups (between 7 and 10 students) when teachers are taking part in meetings and other identified developments.
The closing date for applications: 19th September 2025 at midday
Interview date: TBC
The Open Thinking Partnership is committed to the safeguarding of children and young people. An enhanced disclosure from the DBS will be required for this post.
If you haven't been notified by 24th September you will not have been successful in being shortlisted.
The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and subject to a check being carried out at an Enhanced level by the Disclosure and Barring Service regarding any previous criminal record.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
The Fusion Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.
About The Fusion Academy
- School type
- Free Schools, None, ages 7 to 19
- School size
- 93 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 7 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- The Fusion Academy website
The Fusion Academy is for young people with autism and/ or communication and interaction needs who do not have a learning disability.
To come to The Fusion Academy, students must have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) that states communication and interaction and/ or autism as their primary area of need.
The Fusion Academy is not set up for young people with cognition and learning needs. It is designed for young people who, despite their difficulties around communication and interaction, have the potential to learn at an age appropriate level and will be looking to access qualifications and potential employment in the future.
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