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  • Start date details

    November 2025

  • Closing date

    29 September 2025 at 11am

  • Date listed

    17 September 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Teaching assistant

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Part time, full time

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£18,371.00 Annually (Actual) Grade 3, SCP 4-6 (£25,185 FTE)

Learning Support Assistant job summary

Stowmarket High School has an exciting future. We have seen a year-on-year improvement in GCSE results, but this forms just one piece of the jigsaw, and we strive to provide the best all-round education for our young people. Our enriching curriculum seeks to give our students every access to knowledge, skills and experiences to help them prepare for the future and encourage them to be independent, creative, confident and socially responsible citizens who make a positive contribution to society. We are proud to be the town school and work to improve the life chances and opportunities for all our students.

We are looking for a Learning Support Assistant to works alongside subject teachers and pastoral colleagues, working to ensure that the needs of a student with learning needs are being met.

We are able to consider applicants on either a 32.5 hour / 38 week contract or part time (hours per week to be agreed) basis.

As part of Kingfisher Schools Trust, you will receive a wide range of benefits, including:

Excellent opportunities for continuous professional development

Access to a huge variety of training courses through The National College

Pension scheme (LGPS) with generous employer contribution

Employee Assistance Programme for free and confidential advice

Shopping and leisure discounts

Cycle to work salary sacrifice scheme

Affordable electric car salary sacrifice scheme

If you have any questions, or would like to arrange a visit to our school, please contact recruitment@kingfisherschools.co.uk

Please submit your application as soon as possible, as the closing date for this vacancy may be altered if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Our school is part of Kingfisher Schools Trust. The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check will be part of the pre-employment screening process for this role. An application form must be completed in full; CVs alone cannot be accepted.

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 school is part of Kingfisher Schools Trust. The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check will be part of the pre-employment screening process for this role. An application form must be completed in full; CVs alone cannot be accepted.

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.

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About Stowmarket High School

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
Secondary
School size
896 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18
Ofsted report
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Stowmarket High School is situated in picturesque mid Suffolk with excellent commuter links to Cambridge, Ipswich and Norwich. We are an inclusive 11 – 18 Academy and part of Waveney Valley Academies Trust. 6th Form is currently not being offered. Construction of a new school is now complete on our current site and we have moved into our new state of the art school.

In return for working at Stowmarket High School, staff are assured of a welcoming environment with supportive colleagues and a strong focus on staff induction and ongoing professional development, a consistent and supportive approach to behaviour for learning together with inspirational and dynamic leadership.

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