24 days remaining to apply

  • Closing date

    27 April 2025 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    1 April 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Teaching assistant

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Key stage 3, Key stage 4

Working pattern

Full time, part time: 32.25 hours per week, Term-time only (38 weeks)

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

Between £18,645 and £20,275

What skills and experience we're looking for

Applications are invited from suitably qualified, experienced and enthusiastic candidates with good literacy, numeracy and communication skills.The successful candidate will have experience of TA work with secondary age SEND students and experience of working with students with autism and attachment difficulties. Applicants need to be fully aware of responsibilities relating to the duty of care and to be able to take responsibility, work on own initiative and make decisions. The successful candidate will have listening skills and be fully aware of responsibilities relating to the duty of care.

What the school offers its staff

At Higham Lane, our staff are our most precious resource. We are committed to offering you:

  • excellent continuous professional development
  • reduced workload
  • behaviour for learning that empowers teachers to teach and students to learn
  • a range of imaginative approaches to ensure staff wellbeing
  • free, onsite parking
  • subsidised eye care for extended VDU users
  • a Gym Membership Scheme
  • a Cycle to Work Scheme
  • free lunch for duty staff
  • an Employee Assistance Programme, providing practical and emotional support
  • an Employee Benefits Scheme, offering discounts on everyday essentials

We provide a supportive Employee Assistance Programme as well as an Employee Benefits Scheme, offering discounts on Everyday essentials.

Further details about the role

How to Apply

Please apply by clicking https://centralenglandacademytrust.face-ed.co.uk/vacancies

If you would like to have a chat about this post, please contact Sonia Taylor, SENDCO by calling the school on024 7638 8123.

The closing date for applications is 9pm, Sunday 27th April (If you encounter a problem in meeting this deadline, please contact the school).

Additional Information section:

Please note our clear expectations regarding personal and professional conduct of staff and the safeguarding of students:

  • To have total regard for the need to safeguards students' wellbeing, in accordance with statutory provisions.
  • To have proper and professional regard for the ethos, policies and practices of the school, and maintain high standards in their own attendance and punctuality.
  • To have an understanding of, and always act within, the statutory frameworks which set out their professional duties and responsibilities.

Commitment to safeguarding

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff to share this commitment. All successful applicants will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and will also be taken through the School's vetting procedure. Higham Lane School is also strongly committed to protecting personal data. Our Privacy Notice, which can be found under the GDPR section on the School website, describes why and how we collect and use personal data and provides information about individuals’ rights.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.
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Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

About Higham Lane School

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
Secondary
School size
1425 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report
Phone number
02476388123

Part of the Central England Academy Trust, Higham Lane School and Sixth Form College is a large, 11-18 comprehensive academy, set on an attractive site on the Warwickshire-Leicestershire border, easily accessible due to excellent road, train and bus connections. The school and sixth form college forms part of the CEAT trust and schools within our small trust work closely together bringing many benefits to both students and staff.

We offer an ambitious, broad and balanced knowledge curriculum where we value equally achievement in all its forms: artistic, academic, social, cultural, sporting and intellectual. All students achieve well at Higham Lane School, and in 2023 our Progress 8 figure was 0.56 which is testament to how well students, teachers and parents/carers work together effectively. We are committed to ensuring that an ambitious curriculum, combined with evidence-informed teaching and learning, and excellent behaviour from students make Higham Lane School a thriving environment for all that work and study here. Our Progress 8 figure for 2023 puts us in the top 6% of state-funded mainstream schools for progress, which we are delighted with, and we are committed to building upon this fantastic achievement for our students.
We were extremely pleased to have been rated as Outstanding by Ofsted in May 2019, one of only a small number of schools in England to have achieved the highest rating that year. We are also delighted that we continue to achieve impressive A level results in our high-performing Sixth Form with an average grade of B- placing the school within the top 4 mainstream Sixth Form schools in Warwickshire and the highest-performing in North Warwickshire, which again shows how students, staff and parents/carers work together effectively. In July 2021, we were granted World Class Schools status, one of a very small number of schools to achieve this.
We are also very excited to be opening a new free school, Higham Lane North Academy, in September 2025. Just a mile away from Higham Lane School, there will be exciting opportunities for the two secondary schools, as part of the wider trust, to work together with many mutual benefits for both students and staff.
Higham Lane School and Sixth Form College has a strong ethos based on mutual respect between students and staff and very clear expectations regarding students’ effort and behaviour. We enjoy an excellent reputation with parents/carers and are always over-subscribed. You will find a happy, caring and purposeful environment at Higham Lane. Students get on exceptionally well, both with each other and with our staff, who take pride in working here. Our students are encouraged to do their very best in every aspect of their lives and to reach the highest standards, irrespective of their ability. We encourage them to ‘Work Hard, Be Kind and Take Responsibility within the overall aim to “Be the best you can be!”

Arranging a visit to Higham Lane School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email jobs@highamlaneschool.co.uk.

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