Job Description

Castle Hill Infant and Junior Schools

Address:

Ipswich, Suffolk IP1 6QD

Salary:

25,185.00 pro rata, 13.05 per hour

Hours:

32.5 hours per week, 38 weeks per year

Contract:

Maternity / Paternity Cover - initial period until 31 August 2026. Required from January 2026

Reference:

8171

Castle Hill Infant and Junior Schools

are established schools based in Ipswich. We are two schools, working as one. We are part of a thriving multi-academy trust, ASSET Education.


We are incredibly proud of our schools; our curriculum is inspiring and engaging, supporting pupils to uncover new worlds and opportunities.


We have high expectations for our learners to achieve and develop them to be active members of our school community through our values of

Passion, Resilience, Integrity, Determination and Equity

.


We nurture the whole child, understanding the importance of developing pupils socially, emotionally and culturally. Castle Hill is proudly inclusive. Everyone is valued and celebrated within our community. All are lifelong members of #TeamCastleHill.


Be your best, give it your all, do it with Pride.


We are offering an exciting opportunity for a motivated and committed

Teaching Assistant

to join our team to work in upper KS2, to start in January. Experience is welcomed but full training will be given.

You will be:

a consistently good / outstanding classroom assistant committed to achieving high standards flexible and able to use your own initiative, understanding a range of duties able to work independently and as part of a team resilient, hardworking and self-motivated able to adapt to suit the needs of individual learners able to manage change well, and support children in a variety of situations.

You will:

be required to provide support in small groups be a team player who is solution focused, patient and caring have the ability to think on your feet and use your own initiative have a good knowledge of or be prepared to learn about sensory strategies and how to use these to support children to self-regulate or be willing to learn have an understanding of different communication methods provide support for children by implementing an effective range of learning strategies to ensure outstanding learning outcomes for all students work closely with the class teacher liaise with teaching staff to plan and deliver classroom support.
This post will be reporting directly to one of our Phase Leaders and will be based at Castle Hill.

To find out more

Please read the

Recruitment Pack (pdf)

For further details, to arrange a visit or have an initial discussion with the Headteacher

Jennifer Smith

, please email

Joanne Sparkhall

, Office Manager on

jsparkhall@castlehillprimary.org.uk

or call

01473 741758

.


Please also see

our website

How to apply

Please apply via My New Term using the following link:

https://mynewterm.com/jobs/141373/EDV-2025-CHJS-68792

To apply, please visit

our website

Closing date:

1 pm, 8 December 2025.

Interview date:

11 December 2025.


ASSET Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.
The successful candidate will have to meet the requirements of the job description and will be subject to pre-employment checks including an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and children's barred list check, health check, online search and satisfactory references.