Lead Teaching Assistant

Posted on 09/09/2025

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21 Sep 2025
Hastings
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£25,992 - £31,067 (pro rata) Actual salary: £22,357.48
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Education Support
Ark Alexandra Academy
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Lead Teaching Assistant

Start date: As soon as possible

Location: Ark Alexandra Academy, Hastings, East Sussex

Salary: Ark Outside London Support Scale 6, points 8-19: £25,992 - £31,067 (pro rata)

Actual starting salary: £22,357.48

Hours: 36 hours per week, 39 weeks per year (term time only)

Contract: Permanent

Closing date: 11:59pm on 21 September 2025

The school reserves the right to close this advert early and interviews may take place before the advertised closing date. Applicants are strongly encouraged to apply early for this role to avoid disappointment.

Would you like to be instrumental in helping remove barriers to student progress and development?

We are looking for a reliable and detail-oriented Lead TA to join our hard-working SEND team. You will have your own dedicated area and will have access to a range of online training for your role.

As a Lead Teaching Assistant you will provide specialist support for pupils, parents, TA’s and teachers, to establish a supportive learning environment in which children make excellent academic progress. You will lead a team of TA’s, alongside planning and delivering intervention programmes to address the student needs and to remove barriers to their progress and development. You will be instrumental in our mission to provide every student, regardless of their background, a great education and real choices in life.
As the ideal candidate you will:

Have experience of removing barriers so that students make at least good progress.

Have experience in establishing successful learning relationships with young people, treating them consistently with respect and consideration.

Have experience in developing and implementing high quality programmes and interventions for students.
How to apply:

Please click 'apply' on the website you are visiting to complete an online application form. Please ensure you complete your application fully.

Please note we are unable to accept paper applications or applications via CV. We will also be reviewing applications on an on-going basis and this advert may close earlier than advertised depending on the level of response. Early application is strongly encouraged. You will be able to pause, save and log back in to complete your application up until the vacancy closes.

To find out more about our school, please visit our website: www.arkalexandra.org

If you have any questions about the role, please contact HR on [email protected]
Benefits
We offer health benefits such as:
- Healthcare Cash Plan
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Staff discounts (online and in-store) via instant vouchers or reloadable gift cards from the Ark Rewards scheme
- Developing CPD offer for support staff
- Salary higher than the national pay scales
- Twice as many training days as standard and network-wide events with Ark colleagues, held by the best minds in education
- Weekly staff training designed to meet the needs of the school
- Coaching for every teacher
- Protected co-planning time
- Access to the high-quality, professional development, including nationally recognised qualifications such as the NPQML and NPQSL
- Opportunities to collaborate with colleagues across the network
Find out more about the benefits of working for Ark at arkonline.org/careers/why-work-with-us/.
About Us
We are aiming to create one of the top performing schools in the UK right here in Hastings.

Ark Alexandra Academy is a popular secondary school in Hastings. We operate a ‘One School, Two Campus’ model, which brings with it unique opportunities for career growth and development. The school is on an exciting and rapid journey of improvement which is underpinned by research and best practice. We place primacy on traditional values: discipline, courtesy and respect. Our students are smart and ready to learn and thrive. We are a strict no mobile phone school.

As part of the Ark network, Ark Alexandra Academy has access to the dedicated support of a highly successful MAT with a well-regarded CPD offer for leaders and teachers at all levels and a developing programme for support staff. In addition, the school is part of the Hastings DfE Education Investment Area giving an increased focus on the region, potential funding, and genuine opportunities for collaboration between schools.

Visit arkalexandra.org/jobs to learn more about us and see our current vacancies.

Diversity and inclusion:

We aim to build a diverse and inclusive organisation where everyone – staff and students – can do their best work and achieve their full potential. We want to reflect and represent diverse perspectives across our organisation because we know that doing so will make us stronger and more effective. To know more about Ark’s diversity and inclusion commitments, please click on this link.

Safeguarding statement:

Ark is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in its academies. In order to meet this responsibility, its academies follow a rigorous selection process to discourage and screen out unsuitable applicants.

Ark requires all employees to undertake an enhanced DBS check. You are required, before appointment, to disclose any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975. Non-disclosure may lead to termination of employment. However, disclosure of a criminal background will not necessarily debar you from employment - this will depend upon the nature of the offence(s) and when they occurred. To read more about Ark’s safer recruitment process, please click this link.

Please note we will be reviewing applications on an on-going basis and this role may close earlier than advertised depending on the level of response. We strongly encourage to submit your application at your earliest convenience.