Job Title: Teaching Assistant Level 2 – Resource Base
Actual Annual Salary: £24,711 – £26,640 Based on hours and weeks worked
Full Time Equivalent Salary: £28,859 – £31,111 (CLF Grade C) Based on full time hours, all year round.
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: 37 hours per week – Full Time, Term Time Only Plus Inset days
Working Pattern: Monday to Friday
Potential Start Date: September 2026 (subject to completion of pre‑employment checks)
About the Role: This is a rare and genuinely exciting opportunity to play a pivotal role in our brand‑new Resource Base at Hans Price Academy, opening in September within a newly designed building and provision. The Resource Base will support students with Autism (ASD), speech, language and communication needs (SLCN), and emotional‑based school avoidance (EBSA) needs.
You will engage with the Resource Base Manager and/or SENCO as well as colleagues to play an active role in monitoring, evaluating, assessing and reporting on the needs of specific students and their short‑ and long‑term learning goals. Record and report on students’ achievements, progress and development.
About you:
- Be committed to being part of a brand‑new Resource Base
- Continuously be committed to improving the life chances of pupils.
- Always be committed to your own self‑development and resilient to the challenges of working in a busy school environment.
- Knowledge of supporting students with Autism and Emotional Based School Avoidance
- Be able to engage students and manage behaviour on a one‑to‑one or small‑group basis.
- Good literacy and numeracy competency (evidenced by GCSE Maths and English at grade C or above, equivalent qualifications or experience).
- Commitment to undertake relevant qualifications and to ensure ongoing professional development.
- Have good planning and organisational skills, specifically regarding learning activities and support materials.
- Be someone with a keen interest in working with children and committed to inclusion and acceptance of all.
What we can offer you:
- Access to a generous pension through the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).
- Generous annual leave.
- A comprehensive induction and ongoing commitment to wellbeing and career progression, through a range of training, apprenticeships and in‑role / wider trust development opportunities.
- Well‑being support through an Employee Assistance Programme.
- Health benefits, including wellness sessions, gym discounts, and flu jabs.
- A range of generous family leave options, including above industry average occupational maternity pay.
- Additional benefits like cycle to work scheme, on‑site parking plus many more!
We are an equal opportunity employer and proud to serve a diverse student population and our communities. We strongly believe that representation matters and so encourage applications from underrepresented and global majority groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.
We aim to remove any barriers to employment, ensuring everyone can compete on equal terms. Job share, part‑time and flexible working opportunities will be considered.
As a Disability Confident Committed Employer, we are dedicated to equity and inclusion and commit to interviewing applicants with a disability who meet the essential criteria. We aim to provide an inclusive and accessible recruitment process, and support employees throughout their employment. If you have a disability, are neuro‑divergent, or require any adjustments to support you through the application or interview process please let us know how we can assist.
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