Speech & Language Teaching Assistant
The Beeches Community Primary School, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 6ET18 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
14 July 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
25 June 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £24,404.00 - £25,183.00 Annually (FTE) Grade 3, Point 4-6
Speech & Language Teaching Assistant job summary
Contract Details: 2 days per week, to be agreed (0.4 FTE), between the hours of 8:45am-3:15pm, 39 weeks a year
The Beeches Community Primary School is a friendly and happy school. If you join our team you can be assured that you will be part of a caring community of staff who put children at the heart of everything we do. We are part of a thriving multi-academy trust, ASSET Education. We are looking for an experienced and talented Teaching Assistant, who ideally has experience in Early Years and Speech and Language interventions. This a varied role which includes delivering a variety of high impact interventions to individuals and small groups of children in Early Years, KS1 and KS2. The role entails being a therapy partner; working closely alongside both NHS and Private SALT to best support our children. Experience and/or qualification and training in speech and language is preferred but not essential.
The person that we are looking for needs to:
Relish the challenge of supporting learning in an ambitious and diverse school
Work with dynamic, forward thinking staff with high aspirations for our children
Be a teaching assistant who exemplifies outstanding classroom practice, behaviour, management and high expectations
Be committed to life-long learning and open to excellent CPD opportunities
Have good levels of English and Maths competence - GCSE C or equivalent and preferably a Level 3 Early Years qualification or equivalent
Have some experience, knowledge or expertise in Speech and Language interventions
Our aim is to attract people from diverse backgrounds to build on our inclusive culture and represent the communities we serve. We welcome applications from everyone regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, transgender status, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy, maternity and paternity. We are committed to inclusivity and will consider requests for flexible working including part time and job share arrangements, where the role allows.
We are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health of all our staff, developing skills, training, further qualification and accreditation. The Beeches CP School offers a caring, friendly and welcoming environment. Visits are strongly recommended.
Please contact us on 01473 741225 or email office@beechescps.org.uk with any queries or to submit your application.
Please also see our website – www.beechescps.org.uk
ASSET Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.
The successful candidate will have to meet the requirements of the job description and will be subject to pre-employment checks including an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and children's barred list check, health check, online search and satisfactory references. Copies of our safeguarding and safer recruitment policies are available on request.
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 The Beeches Community Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 2 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 392 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- The Beeches Community Primary School website
Age 2-11 Primary School
School location
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