28 days remaining to apply

  • Job start date

    1 September 2025

  • Closing date

    2 May 2025 at 9am

  • Date listed

    2 April 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Teaching assistant

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Subject

Special Education Needs (SEN)

Working pattern

Part time

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£25,992.00 - £27,711.00 Annually (FTE)

Higher Level Teaching Assistant (September Start) job summary

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced or aspiring Higher Level Teaching Assistant to join our team of passionate and energetic staff at Chelveston Road School to support high quality teaching and learning across the school.

Chelveston Road School is an exceptional secondary school for students with an increasingly diverse range of special educational needs and is part of the Better Together Learning Trust. The successful applicant must possess the necessary skills to assist our students to make even better progress and gain skills and accreditation for later life.

Applications are welcomed from anyone who can:

Demonstrate their ability to work both as a member of a team and individually.

Can demonstrate an awareness of the needs of our students.

Has a good level of education with appropriate literacy and numeracy skills.

Possess good communication skills both verbally and written.

A positive attitude and drive are also very important to us. You will be expected to provide cover for absent colleagues at short notice and be confident in working with a variety of people. Key attributes for this role are reliability and flexibility.

We are an Equal Opportunities employer and welcome applications from appropriately qualified persons regardless of gender, race, religion, disability or age. Better Together Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be required to complete an ID Check, enhanced Disclosure Barring Service check and any offer of employment will be subject to satisfactory references.

Chelveston Road School is part of Better Together Learning Trust, a charitable company limited by guarantee and registered in England and Wales with company number 08722556. The registered office is Friars Close, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire NN8 2LA

Commitment to safeguarding

We are an Equal Opportunities employer and welcome applications from appropriately qualified persons regardless of gender, race, religion, disability or age. Better Together Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be required to complete an enhanced Disclosure Barring Service check and any offer of employment will be subject to satisfactory references.

Applying for the job

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

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About Chelveston Road School

School type
Free School, ages 11 to 18
School size
92 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18
Ofsted report
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We are a secondary school for pupils with an increasingly diverse range of special educational needs.

School location

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