Teaching Assistant

Bexhill High Academy, Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, TN39 4BY

21 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  TBC

• Closing date

  9 October 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  18 September 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
• Working pattern: Part time: 35 hours per week term-time only. Part time and flexible working are also considered.
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: Single Status Grade 4 Points 9-10 currently £25,185-£25,583 per annum pro rata. Pro rata salary £20,433.36-£20,756.27 per annum. Includes a daily 30 minute unpaid break

What skills and experience we're looking for

Teachers and support staff at Mulberry Academy Bexhill make the education of their pupils their first concern. They seek to achieve the highest possible standards in work and conduct, act with integrity and have strong subject knowledge. Through endeavour, they keep their knowledge and skills as current as possible, remaining at the forefront of pedagogy and educational research.

Principal Accountabilities: to deliver targeted support to students with SEND to maximise their progress across the curriculum.

What do you have to achieve?

● create an ethos of high aspirations that fits with the academy values.

● maximise the achievement and progress of vulnerable students

● maintain confidentiality on all academy matters.

● promote and reinforce good student engagement and attendance

● help to remove barriers to learning by ensuring that all students are able to access the curriculum.

● promote the inclusion and acceptance of all students within the classroom

What do you have to do – based on our TA Mantras? Know your Students:

● to work with the teacher to establish an appropriate learning environment

● to work with teaching staff in lesson planning, evaluating and adjusting lessons/work plans as appropriate including the personalisation of individual resources

● to monitor and evaluate pupils' responses to learning activities through observation and planned recording of achievement against predetermined learning objectives

● to implement agreed learning activities/teaching programmes, adjusting activities according to students' responses/needs

● to be responsible for keeping and updating records as directed and contribute to the review of systems/records as requested

○ to contribute to the formative assessment of student progress

● to support the administration of assessments and external exams as directed

● to be aware of and comply with policies and procedures relating to safeguarding

● to provide support for homework club

● to act as a mentor for identified students as directed

What the school offers its staff

We offer a number of excellent staff benefits for our employees including a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) and a healthcare scheme. We have a partnership with the Mulberry schools trust, which is a high performing Multi Academy Trust of schools that are based in London. This offers our staff excellent CPD opportunities and offers our students numerous exciting opportunities.

Flexible working opportunities

Flex working considered

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

The Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Additional documents

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

Teaching Assistant Advert.pdf - 769 KB (opens in new tab)

About Bexhill High Academy

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 1441 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Bexhill High Academy website
• Email address: recruitment@bexhillacademy.org
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/bexhill-high-academy

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Arranging a visit to Bexhill High Academy

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@bexhillacademy.org.

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