Speech and Language Therapy Assistant

North Star 180°, Bath, BA2 5RF

14 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  30 September 2025

• Closing date

  14 October 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  30 September 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Grade 9 £31,067 - £33,366 per annum, pro rata.

Speech and Language Therapy Assistant job summary

North Star Academy Trust is a small multi-academy trust that was set up with the ambition to improve the SEND provision in the South West and provide as many young people as possible with a bespoke, specialist education that is tailored to each individual's needs. We are a small but growing Trust, we currently consist of 4 schools including both Primary and Secondary provisions and an Alternative Provision.

Are you interested in working with children and young people in a SEMH setting to develop their speech, language and communication skills? If that sounds like you, come and join our highly supportive team.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join our team working under the direction of our Speech and Language Therapist, delivering therapy, supporting school staff and changing the lives of young people. 

You will be required to work 35 hours per week, 39 weeks per annum. Actual salary £25,700 - £27,602 p.a.

You will support children to achieve the outcomes agreed by a Speech and Language Therapist in conjunction with the school and family, through a range of activities including:

• Working individually with a child/ young person within the school

• Modelling strategies to class teachers/ teaching assistants

• Working with small groups

• Making resources to support student’s speech, language and communication needs (SLCN).

The successful applicants will have:

• Experience of working with children and young people either within mainstream or specialist schools

• Flexibility to adapt both your approach and communication style in order to deliver therapy intervention which is functional and client centred

You will be part of:

• An exciting and innovative development of an All-through learning community

• A dedicated team of staff who strive for excellence

• A caring and inclusive ethos

• A school which has supportive Trustees and Parents with high expectations of the school

In return, we offer a competitive salary, pension, a supportive team, training and development and the potential for career progression to the right person.

This is an exciting opportunity to join an expanding Trust with opportunities for personal and professional growth and development and career progression for the right candidate. 

Interviews will be scheduled as applications are received, please submit an early application. 

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 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 will not be accepted for this application.

About North Star 180°

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 16
• School size: 103 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: North Star 180° website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/aspire-academy-bath

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