Teaching Assistant Level 3

York High School, York, North Yorkshire, YO24 3WZ

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  9 October 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  25 September 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4
• Working pattern: Part time: 31 hours per week Term time plus two weeks
• Contract type: Fixed term - Fixed term until 31 August 2026
• Full-time equivalent salary: Grade 6 Level 1-4 (£28,394 to £30,976 per annum)
• Actual salary: Actual annual salary £21,488.38 to £23,442.42

What skills and experience we're looking for

York High School is seeking a resourceful, innovative and passionate Teaching Assistant to work within a new internal provision with individuals and small groups of students with Special Education Needs and Disabilities (SEND) to improve accessibility to mainstream curriculum and inclusion in school.

The internal provision will cater for Key Stage 3 students, offering high quality interventions in a nurturing environment to students with a range of needs. This includes those who require enhanced support to transition to secondary education, make good progress with their learning outcomes (such as reading or numeracy skills), develop their social and emotional skills or improve their wellbeing.

The successful candidate will plan, manage, deliver and audit a range of interventions using assess, plan, do, review cycles. These interventions may target learning or emotional needs and may be delivered individually or to a group of students. There may also be some class support involved. You will also be the key worker for a caseload of students, attending meetings and liaising with parents and staff as necessary. The successful candidate will have high expectations of what students can achieve, and will be naturally empathetic.

You will have experience of successfully delivering interventions to students individually or in small groups, and experience of supporting students with SEND in education. You will be able to describe and measure the impact of these interventions on young people you have worked with. You will possess GCSE English and maths at Grade 4/C or above, or equivalent, and also hold a Teaching Assistant qualification at Level 2 or above. You will be able to quickly build effective relationships with students, staff, parents and carers in order to support students to become the best that they can be.

We would strongly encourage any prospective candidate to visit the school. Please email Dawn Becton, PA to Principal and Office Manager, at d.becton@yorkhigh.elt.org.uk if you would like to arrange a visit.

Further details about our school are available on our school website: www.yorkhighschool.co.uk

An application form, job description and person specification are available on the Trust website: Careers - Excel Learning Trust

Please email applications to recruitment@elt.org.uk marked for the attention of Mr Gavin Kumar, Principal.

Interviews will be held during the week commencing 13 October 2025.

Excel Learning Trust reserves the right to close advertisements early. Advertisements will therefore close at midnight either on the advertised closing date, or at the point the decision has been taken to close the advertisement early. Applicants will be invited for interview once suitable applications are received, therefore early applications are strongly encouraged and advised.

What the school offers its staff

In return, we can offer a supportive working environment, with colleagues who care deeply, are experts in their fields and who are passionate about what they do. We also offer a range of staff benefits, and further details regarding our benefits and information about our Trust can be found on our website.

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

Excel Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All appointments are made in accordance with safer recruitment practices and the statutory guidance in Keeping Children Safe in Education. Online checks will be carried out on all shortlisted candidates, and all appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS check, satisfactory references and checks regarding suitability to work with children.

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About York High School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 748 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: York High School website
• Email address: recruitment@elt.org.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/york-high-school-york

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