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Teaching Assistant II
- Salary details: Pay Band 5, SCP 11-18, £28,142 – £31,537 pro rata
- Employment Status: Part Time, Term Time Only
- Hours: 32.5 hours per week
- Contract Type: Permanent
- Working Weeks: 39
- Closing date: 1 June 2026
Start Date: as soon as possible
Winchelsea School is a community special school committed to meeting the needs of pupils, aged 4 to 19, with a wide range of learning difficulties. We collaborate closely with local schools, who host our eight satellite classrooms at Kinson Academy, Old Town Infant School, Canford Heath Junior School and Magna Academy.
Working closely with teaching staff, you will become an integral part of the Winchelsea Team. Previous experience of working with children, specifically those with moderate learning difficulties and autism, would be an advantage. Winchelsea School has a comprehensive induction process, provides many opportunities for professional development and the potential for progression.
We are particularly interested in hearing from you if you would like to support our younger pupils. However, we also have vacancies working with our older cohorts. Candidates should be aware that all staff might be required to work at one of our satellite settings or at the main Winchelsea School site.
Please note that the working week for this role is 32.5 hours on a term time only basis, and the pro-rata salary based on hours and weeks worked will be £21,167 to £23,720.
The standard weekly working pattern for a Teaching Assistant is:
Monday 8.30am-4.15pm Tuesday 8.45am-3.30pm Wednesday 8.45am-3.30pm Thursday 8.45am-3.30pm Friday 8.30am-3.30pm
We would also be interested in hearing from you if are able to offer part-time hours.
Should you wish to apply for this vacancy, please review the role profile and complete the application form which can be found at www.winchelseaschool.co.uk/vacancies. Please send your completed application form to [email protected].
If you have not been contacted by the school by 13 March 2026, then could you please assume that your application has been unsuccessful. We may however, contact you prior to the closing date.
Further Information
Winchelsea School values the diversity of our workforce and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people; this is a commitment which we expect all staff and volunteers to share. The successful candidate will be required to have a Disclosure and Barring Service check in line with the Governments safer recruitment guidelines.
The pro rata salary shown is based on the number of hours and weeks worked and includes appropriate paid annual leave and bank holiday entitlements.
This role is UK based and your Right to Work will need to be established as part of the appointment process.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (2013 and 2020)) provide that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. The MOJ’s guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.
Keeping Children Safe in Education
Winchelsea School will conduct online searches of shortlisted candidates. This check will be part of a safeguarding check, and the search will purely be based on whether an individual is suitable to work with children. All aspects of social media and internet searches will be conducted. As care must be taken to avoid unconscious bias and any risk of discrimination, a person who will not on the appointment panel will conduct the searches and will only share information if and when findings are relevant and of concern.
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