Teaching Assistant

Telscombe Cliffs Academy, Peacehaven, East Sussex, BN10 7DE

21 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  4 November 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  14 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Part time: 32.5 hours a week - Monday - Friday
• Contract type: Fixed term - Fixed term contract until 31st August 2026 due to annual funding review
• Full-time equivalent salary: £24,796pa
• Actual salary: £19,920pa
• Pay scale: Grade 3 SCP 7

What skills and experience we're looking for

Teaching Assistant

Job description

Fixed term contract until 31st August 2026 due to annual funding review

Passion – Urgency – Positivity – Aspiration – Commitment

STEP Academy Trust is an exciting, dynamic place to work that can offer great opportunities to the right candidate. If you are ready to take the next step in your career, join us as we‘Strive Together for Excellence in Partnership’.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and energetic Teaching Assistant to join our team at Telscombe Cliffs Academy. Strong literacy/numeracy skills are essential, as well as the ability to relate well to children and adults. This post is for supporting individual and small groups of children with interventions that have a positive impact on their learning. You will also be required to provide support with children with high needs.

Our ideal candidate will:

• have experience of working within a school setting and be highly proactive and committed to going that extra mile to ensure pupils achieve the best they possibly can;
• have experience of planning and undertaking interventions that have a positive impact on pupils and their learning outcomes;
• be able to communicate with all staff and pupils;
• display a commitment to the Trust’s equalities policies;
• an understanding of, and prior experience of supporting children with special needs is desirable

What the school offers its staff

We can offer you:

• a dedicated leadership team, who are committed to supporting and developing colleagues;
• excellent professional development and promotion opportunities;
• membership to Perkbox discount scheme;
• subsidised private health care with Benenden;
• a free school lunch when working in school.

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

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Telscombe Cliffs Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 565 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Telscombe Cliffs Academy website
• Email address: office@telscombecliffsacademy.org
• Phone number: 01273 583113
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/telscombe-cliffs-academy

Arranging a visit to Telscombe Cliffs Academy

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email office@telscombecliffsacademy.org.

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