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  • Start date details

    September 2025

  • Closing date

    30 June 2025 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    17 June 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Teaching assistant

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Subject

Special Education Needs (SEN)

Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£29,346.00 - £30,226.00 Annually (Actual) LBR Scale 6 (Points 18-20)

Higher Learning Teaching Assistant job summary

We are looking for an enthusiastic, diligent and passionate professional to join our SEND Department. We are looking to appoint a candidate confident in helping students aged 11-16 across various KS3 and GCSE subjects and who has the skills to lead a small team of Teaching Assistants to support those pupils with additional learning needs. This post would suit candidates with previous Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA) experience/qualification or those aspiring to gain this.

As part of Seven Kings Teaching School Alliance, Wanstead is able to provide a wide variety of CPD opportunities for staff at all stages of their career, both within Wanstead and the Teaching School Alliance. The post offers an excellent opportunity for the right person to develop their career within an exciting and supportive department and school.

Wanstead High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff to share in this commitment. This post will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check.

The closing date for this post is 23:59 on Monday 30 June 2025, although outstanding candidates may be interviewed before the closing date.

Completed applications should be returned by email to recruitment@wansteadhigh.co.uk.

Interviews TBC

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.
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Commitment to safeguarding

Wanstead High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share in this commitment. This post will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and Overseas Police checks, if applicable. Online searches will also be carried out for shortlisted candidates. Successful candidates will undergo full Safer Recruitment checks including, if applicable, Children’s Barred List check, Right to Work check, Qualifications check, Section 128 check, Prohibition from Teaching check and Professional References.

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About Wanstead High School

School type
Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
Secondary
School size
1434 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18
Ofsted report
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11-18 large comprehensive school based in the heart of East London.

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