Level 4 Teaching Assistant
Highfield Ely Academy, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB6 1BD3 days remaining to apply
Start date details
1 September 2025
Closing date
22 April 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
27 March 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
- £27,269.00 - £29,093.00 Annually (FTE) Actual Salary: £20,501.90 - £21,882.85 plus Allowances
Level 4 Teaching Assistant job summary
THIS IS AN INTERNAL POSITION FOR THE ACTIVE LEARNING TRUST EMPLOYEES ONLY
We are currently recruiting a Level 4 Teaching Assistant (Communication TA 2 days/PPA cover 3 days in Blue/Complex Needs class)
Job Role: Level 4 Teaching Assistant
Location: Highfield Ely Academy, Ely, Cambridgeshire
Hours: 32.5 hours per week, 39 weeks per year
Salary: Grade F £20,501.90 - £21,882.85 Actual Salary
Retention Allowance: £2,839.96 - £3,029.93
Honorarium: £1500
Are you a passionate and experienced Teaching Assistant with a special interest in supporting students' communication development? Join our team and help us make a real difference in the lives of students by supporting and enhancing their communication skills.
The Role:
As a Level 4 Teaching Assistant for Communication, you will play a key role in helping students develop essential communication skills, both individually and in groups. Your work will include providing direct support to pupils, assisting classroom teachers, and collaborating with staff and families to ensure the effective development of communication across the school.
Key Responsibilities:
- Plan, deliver, and assess group communication sessions for pupils across all year groups.
- Deliver training and ongoing support to staff, including class teams, to enhance their communication skills in the classroom.
- Create and provide communication resources that support students’ individual needs.
- Liaise with families to reinforce and generalize communication skills at home.
- Establish and maintain a communication-focused classroom that is purposeful, engaging, and conducive to learning.
- Work closely with the communication lead to ensure consistent and effective strategies are in place across the school.
Requirements:
- Proven experience in supporting the communication development of young people.
- Strong ability to plan, deliver, and assess communication interventions and resources.
- Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with staff, pupils, and families.
- A proactive, creative, and flexible approach to problem-solving and communication strategies.
Why Join Us?
- Belonging to a compassionate and inclusive Trust who values you and the role you play
- The chance to make a difference to the lives of our young people
- Be a part of a supportive and friendly team
- Gain valuable experience in a school environment
- Vivup Benefit System
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Local Government Pension Scheme
If you would like further information please contact Pippa Edwards on 01353 662085, or email pedwards@highfield.cambs.sch.uk
The Active Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and young people. We expect all staff to actively share this commitment. All adults working in our Trust in whatever capacity will be part of a thorough safer recruitment process. All appointments will be subject to pre-employment checks including the taking of satisfactory references and enhanced criminal record clearance in line with the need to create and maintain a safe culture.
The Active Learning Trust reserves the right to interview and appoint prior to the advert closing date. With this in mind, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
To ensure we recruit and retain the best talent, all new employees recruited to the Active Learning Trust (leadership, teaching and support staff) will be subject to a 6 months’ probation period at the start of their employment (except for Early Career Teachers who are subject to a Statutory Induction Period). This policy aims to assess new employees' alignment with our culture, teaching standards, and student needs. It is designed to foster success; with regular evaluations and support mechanisms in place, helping us to identify and nurture talent.
We value diversity and welcome applications from all, including those with protected characteristics under the Equality Act. Flexible working will be considered for all roles deemed suitable.
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 are not accepted.
About Highfield Ely Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 2 to 19
- School size
- 124 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Highfield Ely Academy website
School location
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