Job Description

Salary

23,928 per annum

Contractual hours

37.5

Basis

Full Time

Region

Swindon

Job category/type

Support Staff

Date posted

04/12/2025

Job reference

REQ004341



Are you looking for a new challenge?

Would you like to work as part of a team in a role where you can make a difference to the lives of children and young people?

An Exciting Opportunity to join Swindon Academy; the most improved school in Swindon Role:

Higher Level Teaching Assistant

Location: Swindon

Salary: 23,928 per annum

Contract type: 37.5 hours a week, term time only

Swindon Academy are looking for an ambitious and hard-working individual to join a busy team within primary phase. The purpose of the role is to work in partnership with class teachers to support learning in line with the national curriculum, codes of practice and academy policies and procedures. You will also provide small group interventions using specific programmes as directed.

The main duties will involve:

To provide cover when required for teacher absence. To work under the guidance of the class teacher to support teaching and learning in the classroom To provide general support to the class teacher in the management and organisation of the pupils and the classroom To run small group interventions to close gaps or to meet specific SEND/SEMH needs To assist the teacher in creating and maintaining a purposeful, orderly and supportive learning environment To promote the inclusion of all pupils ensuring they have equal access to opportunities to learn and develop To be responsible for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people within school Promote positive pupil behaviour in line with academy policies for culture for learning Monitor and record pupil responses and learning achievements, resolving all but the most complex problems independently

Our ideal candidate will have:

Excellent communication skills and be able to build good relationships with young people and adults An ability to deal with students and staff so that they feel they have been dealt with consistently and fairly An ability to convey authority and earn students respect, with the ability to make good decisions really fast. The ability to show initiative whilst knowing when to take advice Good judgement over matters of confidentiality and integrity in dealing with sensitive information about students Strong IT skills with the ability to positively respond to training in the use of school IT packages.

Other requirements

:

Educated to A Level or Level 3 Teaching Assistant Sound literacy and numeracy, GCSE in English and Maths at Grade C or above Some previous experience of working with young people is desirable Some understanding of how students learn or teaching experience is desirable

Why choose us

At Swindon Academy, we pride ourselves on a team of staff who are supportive, friendly and dedicated to providing the very best teaching and learning for our students. Staff across the academy set a culture of high expectations and continuous improvement for students which, in turn, is reflected in the emphasis we place on continuing professional development (CPD) for our staff.

We have made significant, sustained progress at GCSE and are proud to be the top performing school in Swindon for progress over the last six years.

After a visit from Ofsted in June 2022, the academy continues to be a 'Good' school in all aspects of the inspection framework. Inspectors who visited the school noted that, "Warm, caring relationships are at the heart of the way that staff work with pupils.

United Learning

Swindon Academy is part of United Learning, a large, and growing, group of schools aiming to offer a life changing education to children and young people across England.

Our schools work as a team and achieve more by sharing than any single school could. Our subject specialists, our group-wide intranet, our own curriculum and our online learning portal all help us share knowledge and resources, helping to simplify work processes and manage workloads for an improved work-life balance.

As a Group, we can reward our staff better: with good career opportunities, better pay, benefits, and ultimately, the satisfaction of helping children to succeed. We invest in our staff wellbeing. Our academies each have at least eight INSET days per year (with three of those solely dedicated to planning), and an ongoing group-wide wellbeing programme. It's an ethos we call 'the best in everyone'.