Teaching Assistant

Corfe Hills School, Broadstone, Dorset, BH18 9BG

7 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  14 October 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  7 October 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: 17 hours per week within school hours. Working pattern to be discussed
• Contract type: Fixed term - until 31.08.2027
• Actual salary: £10,177 to £10,338 per annum

What skills and experience we're looking for

To support teaching and learning processes and to assist the SENDCo in developing, implementing and managing individual/group student learning strategies aimed at:

a. supporting progress

b. establishing and maintaining relationships with individual students/groups to support with learning activities

c. inclusivity of students with identified SEND needs.

Essential knowledge and skills:

• 5 GCSEs including English and Maths (minimum level 4 or equivalent experience/ vocational qualification)

• Previous experience of working in an educational setting

• Experience in dealing with challenging behaviour whilst remaining calm

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills

• Demonstrate role model behaviour

• Fluency in English for all student and public-facing roles, specifically to support students’ learning and wellbeing

What the school offers its staff

Initio Learning Trust provides:

• A supportive and welcoming environment with a genuine commitment to professional development.

• A flexible, equal opportunities workplace.

• Access to the local government or teachers pension scheme.

• Employee benefits including a Health Cash Plan and Cycle to Work scheme.

About Initio Learning Trust

Initio Learning Trust is a multi-academy trust based in Dorset. We are responsible and accountable for the education of over 7000 pupils from 3 to 19 years of age and for the employment and support of over 1000 staff in 19 schools across Dorset, from Bridport in the West of the county to Verwood in the East.

We believe in enabling every person to thrive within their role, and our core values of Ambition, Collaboration and Respect underpin the pride we take in offering genuine professional development opportunities for all our staff; and in our focus on staff wellbeing.

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

Corfe Hills School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. All posts require 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.

About Corfe Hills School

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 13 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 943 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 13 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Corfe Hills School website
• Email address: vhead@corfehills.net
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/corfe-hills-school

Corfe Hills is an ambitious and high performing school where every student is known and supported to succeed. The school has been on a significant and ambitious improvement journey over the last five years as can be seen by our excellent outcomes. We are delighted with our recent Ofsted inspection in September 2021 when we were graded good in all categories.

Teaching and Learning

Teaching and Learning is at the heart of all that we do and our personalised professional development programme is centred around our Principles of Teaching that have been shaped by research from, among others, Barak Rosenshine, John Hattie and Doug Lemov. We also follow a lesson structure shaped around these principles that liberates and enables students to Learn to the Max every lesson. We are committed to regular developmental lesson visits and coaching conversations as part of our shared commitment to developing as practitioners.

Living Here

Corfe Hills School is in a fabulous location within easy reach of Bournemouth and its beaches, Poole and its harbour, the Jurassic Coast and the Dorset countryside. The school serves the catchment area of Broadstone, Corfe Mullen and the wider area and we truly believe that all of our students are exceptional.

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