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  • Start date details

    September 2025

  • Closing date

    16 June 2025 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    29 May 2025

Job details

Job role

  • HLTA (higher level teaching assistant)

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Full time: 37 hours per week

Contract type

Permanent

Pay scale

Salary: Support Staff Pay Scale F: £24,341 to £26,404 pro-rata per annum (Actual) (£27,711 - £30,060 full time/full year equivalent)

What skills and experience we're looking for

Qualifications: ● Level 2 qualification in maths and English ● NVQ 2 or equivalent in teaching assistance or equivalent experience

Experience: ● Significant experience in working with vulnerable young people with SEND/MH ● Confidence to work effectively and assertively with young people, external agencies and parents/carers ● Accuracy and precision in written presentation ● Good ICT skills ● Creative approach to problem solving ● Effective time management and prioritisation skills ● Ability to work autonomously using own initiative and able to make judgements on when to adjust support ● To be flexible, adaptable, creative and willing to work outside term time

Professional Skills and Attributes: ● Effective communication, interpersonal, presentation and organisational skills ● Ability to work with a range of stakeholders ● Ability to provide a differentiated support service to pupils ● Commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils ● Commitment to personal professional development

What the school offers its staff

The Inspiration Trust offers all staff a range of benefits via our ‘my lifestyle' portal. All eligible staff will have access to a range of benefits from salary sacrifice schemes and employee discounts.

Commitment to safeguarding

Inspiration Trust is committed to safeguarding and all staff appointments are subject to satisfactory references and enhanced DBS checks. You will be required to provide references and undertake an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check.

This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We are an equal opportunities employer.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

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Visas cannot be sponsored.
How to apply
If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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About The Thetford Academy

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 19
Education phase
Secondary
School size
1305 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 19
Ofsted report
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School website
The Thetford Academy website
Email address
recruitment@inspirationtrust.org
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teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-thetford-academy

Thetford Academy is a community secondary school and sixth form, close to the Norfolk-Suffolk border. We help our students get the best possible GCSE results, and guide them through A Levels and vocational studies that prepare them for university and the world of work.

We are part of the Inspiration Trust, a close-knit family of schools in East Anglia, dedicated to providing high-quality education for all of our young people, combining academic attainment with rich cultural experiences.

Arranging a visit to The Thetford Academy

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@inspirationtrust.org.

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