Vacancies

Teaching Assistant - Winchelsea School

Job Introduction

Teaching Assistant Vacancy

Section: Winchelsea School
Sub Section:
Salary details: £25,583 - £25,989 FTE
Employment Status: Part Time, Term Time only
Hourly Rate:
Hours: 32.50
Hours Regularity: Per Week
Contract Type: Permanent
Working Weeks: 39
Closing date: 21 September 2025
Interview date: To be confirmed

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 are Early Years/Key Stage 1 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 £19,653 to £19,964. 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 job description and complete the application form which can be found at www.winchelseaschool.co.uk/vacancies.Please send your completed application form to recruitment@winchelsea.poole.sch.uk.

This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share the same commitment. The appointment will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, and rigorous checks of shortlisted candidates background credentials.

If you have not been contacted by the school by 01 October 2025, then could you please assume that your application has been unsuccessful.

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Our Benefits

We offer an excellent benefits package to colleagues. Find out more on our website

As a result of the creation of BCP Council in 2019, we are working on simplifying our terms and conditions of service and will be creating a single pay structure which is to be applicable for all employees. It is important to us that we offer benefits that our colleagues value as part of their total employment package and we are reviewing these to make sure we have it right. We have been in a process of collective bargaining since 2019 and have positively worked forward to reach an agreed position with the unions for the new contractual offer. This has taken longer than we hoped and therefore we are having to consider all alternative avenues available to enable us to remove inequality in the organisation as a result of bringing together 3 councils.

We are in the process of establishing a timescale for implementation, and all colleagues joining us will be included in these changes. We want to reassure everyone that whichever route is taken to reach the new terms and conditions, we can honour continuous service. If you have any questions at all about this process, please feel free to raise this with the hiring manager.

DBS

BCP Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the community and expects all staff and volunteers to share the same commitment. Applicants to this post will be required to complete the appropriate level of Disclosure & Barring Service Check. Please refer to the Job Description or Role Profile for more details.