Higher Level Learning Partner

Sladewood Academy, Stroud, Gloucestershire, GL5 1NL

13 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  TBC

• Closing date

  14 October 2025 at 12:59am

• Date listed

  29 September 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £24,900.00 Annually (Actual) £17.18 per hour

Higher Level Learning Partner job summary

About you

The successful applicant should have a passion for working with pupils who have special educational needs and disabilities and be qualified to Level 3 in a relevant qualification. You may be working in a similar role such as a Senior Learning Support Worker and should have at least a Level 1 Makaton qualification which you are experienced in using to support pupils with a high level of needs on an individual 1:1 basis, in classes. small groups and champion Makaton across the school. You should also be experienced in leading classes as you will be providing a cover service for teachers.

The Role

As a Higher-Level Learning Partner, you will join our dedicated and friendly team. You will be working to support pupil(s) with a high level of needs on a 1:1 basis, utilising your Makaton skills and you will also be working in small groups. The role requires the provision of a cover service for teachers, covering PPA subjects and meetings.

The Trust

We are passionate that every child deserves the very best education. As a partnership we will: improve outcomes, opportunities and life chances for children and young people, offer more / wider support for their families and share and develop staff expertise.

Our Benefits

By joining our team, we can offer you, generous annual leave allowance, generous pension scheme (TPS), Employee Assistance Program & Counselling, Occupational Health Service, Continuing Professional Development and Staff Get Staff Referral Scheme. Applications for flexible working or job share will be considered on an individual basis.

Additional Information

SAND Academies Trust is committed to Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share the same commitment. As part of our Safe Recruitment Practice, we will need a completed application form before any offers, and all staff will require safeguarding/pre-employment checks which include an enhanced DBS, satisfactory health clearance and evidence of Right to Work in the UK. Please ensure that you have read and understood the information within the Candidate Information pack and understood our Statement on the Recruitment of Ex-Offenders which can be found on our careers page.

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

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

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 Sladewood Academy

• School type: Free School, ages 4 to 11
• School size: 55 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Sladewood Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/sladewood-academy

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