Teaching Assistant

Uplands Academy, Wadhurst, East Sussex, TN5 6AZ

13 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  23 June 2025 at 10am

• Date listed

  9 June 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subjects: Teaching Assistant, Learning Support Assistant
• Working pattern: Part time, full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £24,027.00 - £24,027.00 Annually (FTE)

Teaching Assistant job summary

Full time or part time considered, term time only (up to 30 hours per week)

Start: ASAP

Single status Grade 3, currently £24,027 per annum full time equivalent

We are looking for a professional and self-motivated individual, with excellent communication skills and the ability to be flexible. The successful candidate will join our team of dedicated and experienced Teaching Assistants who assist in promoting the learning and personal development of all students, including, but not exclusively, those with special educational needs. Whilst experience is preferable it is not essential, and training will be given.

Uplands Academy, Wadhurst forms part of MARK Education Trust, alongside Beacon Academy in Crowborough. The acronym MARK stands for Motivated, Ambitious, Resourceful, and Knowledgeable; qualities embraced by all our students and staff.

We work meticulously to secure a culture of unapologetically high expectations that are underpinned by our collective, uncompromising belief and ambition for the students of Uplands Academy. Our experienced, loyal, highly skilled and highly effective team of staff work together so that teachers can teach and students can learn. The Academy is committed to the development of both its staff and students.

This role is paid at Single Status Grade 3, currently £24,027 per annum full time equivalent.

Deadline for applications: 10am, Monday 23rd June 2025

For further details, please visit our website www.uplands-academy.org or contact the Human Resources department on 01892 786611 or email HR@uplands-academy.org. Please be advised that we do not accept curriculum vitae.

All posts are subject to DBS enhanced clearance, health checks and satisfactory references. Uplands Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

NB: we advise applying promptly for this post as we reserve the right to close and interview early if sufficient suitable applications have been received.

Commitment to safeguarding

All posts are subject to DBS enhanced clearance, health checks and satisfactory references. MARK Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Applying for the job

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About Uplands Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 799 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Uplands Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/uplands-community-college-wadhurst

Uplands Academy converted to an Academy in September 2022 and became a member of the MARK Education Trust (formally Beacon Community College Academy Trust). The acronym MARK was selected because staff who work in the trust are motivated, ambitious, resourceful, and knowledgeable. This partnership will provide many exciting opportunities for professional development, and the sharing of good practice across the schools within the trust.

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