Unity Schools Partnership

Higher Level Teaching Assistant

Company
Location
Haverhill, England, United Kingdom
Posted At
9/10/2025
Description
HIGHER LEVEL TEACHING ASSISTANT

Samuel Ward Academy

Higher Level Teaching Assistant

Contract: Part-time, permanent (26.5 - 33.4 hours per week, 38 weeks per year)

Salary: Grade 4, SP 9-12 (FTE: £27,254 - £29,540 / Actual: £16,321/£20,571 - £17,690/£22,296 per annum)

Start date: October 2025

We are seeking to appoint a Higher Level Teaching and Learning Support Assistant to join or friendly team. The successful candidate must have good literacy, numeracy and communication skills. Someone who is solutions-driven, organised, proactive, is passionate about supporting students to raise their level of educational attainment and ensure that they make progress. The successful candidate must be ELSA trained or be happy to train.

You will support students to learn as effectively as possible both in a small group setting and within the wider school as appropriate. To deliver small group learning following specific programmes to learners.

Samuel Ward is a highly successful oversubscribed 11-18 co-educational comprehensive with 1300 pupils on roll, situated in pleasant surroundings on the western edge of Suffolk 25 minutes from Cambridge.

For an informal conversation, please contact Kirsty Franks, PA to Headteacher ( or 01440 760333).

Closing date: 09:00am, 21 September 2025

Interviews: w/c 22 September 2025

Please note: we may hold interviews as and when applications are received and we reserve the right to offer to a candidate prior to the closing date. We only accept applications submitted online via our careers website and which are completed before the closing deadline. With this in mind, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible and advise you check the job information as per the listing on our careers site.

In line with safer recruitment, we are unable to accept CVs. Failure to complete an application form satisfactorily may result in not being shortlisted for the post.

Unity Schools Partnership is committed to safeguarding, safer recruitment and promoting the welfare of pupils. Our comprehensive recruitment and selection processes aim to discourage and screen out unsuitable applicants. Successful candidates are subject to rigorous pre-employment checks. We are equally committed to eliminating discrimination and encouraging diversity. We aim for our workforce to be representative of society and that each employee feels respected and able to give their best. We are committed to providing equality and fairness in our recruitment and employment practices and not to discriminate on any grounds. We oppose all forms of unlawful and unfair discrimination.

We care deeply about inclusive working practices and diverse teams. If youd prefer to work part-time or as a job-share, well facilitate this wherever we can whether to help you meet other commitments or to help you strike a great work-life balance. Were keen to ensure were designing an organisation that works for everyone, so we particularly encourage applications from different under-represented groups.

CLOSING DATE

2025-09-21

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