Special Teaching Assistant (STA)

Sunrise Academy, Lowestoft, NR33 8AX

18 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  14 April 2026 at 8am

• Date listed

  27 March 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 4
• Working pattern: Full time: Full-time and part-time hours available* Term-time only working weeks (39 weeks per year)
• Contract type: Fixed term - Initial 3 month fixed term contract
• Full-time equivalent salary: £25,185 - £25,989 per annum (Pro-rata to actual working hours and weeks)
• Additional allowances:

  Additional £200 Joining Bonus

What skills and experience we're looking for

• Sunrise Academy, Lowestoft
• Full-time and part-time hours available*
• Term-time only working weeks (39 weeks per year)
• Initial 3 month fixed term contract
• 1 FTE Salary: £25,185 - £25,989 per annum (Pro-rata to actual working hours and weeks)
• Additional £200 Joining Bonus!

* Full and part time opportunities available, please detail your preference in your application

We are seeking a committed and compassionate Special Teaching Assistant to provide support for students with social, emotional, and mental health needs and Autism. This role is central to helping students access learning, build resilience, and develop the confidence and independence needed to thrive both in and beyond the classroom.

Working closely with teaching staff, you will support lesson preparation and delivery, contribute to monitoring and assessment, and provide tailored assistance with personal and social development. You’ll also play a key role in promoting positive relationships and modelling inclusive values throughout the school day, including during break times and transitions. Experience in a SEND or SEMH/ASD setting is desirable, alongside strong communication skills, patience, and a genuine commitment to inclusive education.Where available, we will always extend contracts/facilitate permanent opportunities for strong candidates following an initial fixed term contract.

What the school offers its staff

• Membership into Local Government Pension Scheme
• Family friendly policies and flexible working
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Employee wellbeing initiatives
• Free parking
• Company events
• Access to various memberships and discount schemes
• Learning and development opportunities, including staff development days
• Funded subject course development for your role
• Range of staff communities, including EDI and neurodiverse communities
• Career progression opportunities

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

SENDAT Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Safer recruitment checks will be required for all of our staff at SENDAT.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Sunrise Academy

• School type: Free School, ages 9 to 16
• School size: 44 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 9 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Sunrise Academy website
• Email address: recruitment@easterneducationgroup.ac.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/sunrise-academy

Sunrise joined SENDAT Trust on 1st April 2022. It was previously called The Everitt Academy. It caters for up to 52 young people with a full EHCP for SEMH in Key Stages 3 and 4.

We are working with the LA to consider taking some Key Stage 2 students in the future.

As at Trust we are committed to trauma informed practice across all our schools and in all policies we work to. We have trained over 30 Level 5 practitioners and have an ongoing commitment to this. To support this work we have developed out TIS umbrella, which aims to show approaches and programmes that we use across the Trust under our overall TIS approach. Two of the schools in the Trust are TIS approved schools and we are working on all school being approved. https://sendat.academy/trauma-informed

Arranging a visit to Sunrise Academy

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@easterneducationgroup.ac.uk.

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