Vacancies

The Thomas Hardye School is a 13-18 mixed comprehensive school with 2300 on roll including 800 in the Sixth Form. It is a part of the Wessex Multi Academy Trust. We can offer excellent working conditions, a supportive environment and plenty of opportunity for further development at one of the most successful comprehensive schools in the country. The superb facilities include an on-site nursery and a new sports complex.

The Thomas Hardye School is part of the Wessex MAT group of schools, committed to equal opportunities and to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.

Current Vacancies

Teaching Assistant (CCN Base)

Contract:	31.25 hours per week. Term-time only, plus 3 inset days
Contract Length:	Fixed term for 2 years
Salary:	Grade 5, £17,457 with possible increments to £17,970. Full time equivalent salary is up to £25,183.
Applications Close:	Monday 2^nd June 2025
Interview Date:	TBC

We are seeking to appoint an innovative Teaching Assistant to support students in school. You will be skilled at engaging and motivating students who find learning and communicating a challenge, in the classroom as well as during intervention groups.

Our CCN base is a provision which supports 9 students, who are fully integrated in to our mainstream school alongside their peers. These students are offered additional resources, intervention and at times different spaces to work as needed, in order to help them succeed in school.

As a CCN base teaching assistant, you will be supporting students with special educational needs, specifically autism and associated difficulties. Aiding the teacher to deliver the curriculum, you will help children and young people to understand and access activities and overcome challenging behaviour both in the main classroom and in the base.

We require someone:

Enthusiastic and committed to the learning needs of all young people.
Good at building relationships with young people and other adults.
Qualified at least to level 2 (grade C/4 or above at GCSE) in English and Maths.
Able to communicate effectively and maintain confidentiality.
Adaptable, flexible, proactive and relentlessly optimistic.

We can offer:

A friendly and supportive working environment.
The opportunity to build on existing skills and knowledge, working as part of a Multi Academy Trust, with internal opportunities for career progression.
A generous pension scheme, on-site nursery, and discounted local gym membership.

If you have any queries about the post please contact: Claire Noble, Assistant Headteacher, by calling the school number.

Please send a letter of application together with a completed application form to Mrs Anita Pullen, Headteacher’s PA by the deadline, Monday 2^nd June.

You will be contacted only if you are shortlisted for interview.

Application form - Non Teaching

Job Description

Teaching Assistant

Contract:	30.58 hours per week. Term-time only, plus 3 inset days
Contract Length:	Fixed term for 2 years
Salary:	Grade 5, £17,082 with possible increments to £17,585. Full time equivalent salary is up to £25,183.
Applications Close:	Monday 2^nd June 2025
Interview Date:	TBC

We require someone:

Enthusiastic and committed to the learning needs of all young people.
Good at building relationships with young people and other adults.
Qualified at least to level 2 (grade C/4 or above at GCSE) in English and Maths.
Able to communicate effectively and maintain confidentiality.
Adaptable, flexible, proactive and relentlessly optimistic.

We can offer:

A friendly and supportive working environment.
The opportunity to build on existing skills and knowledge, working as part of a Multi Academy Trust, with internal opportunities for career progression.
A generous pension scheme, on-site nursery, and discounted local gym membership.

If you have any queries about the post please contact: Claire Noble, Assistant Headteacher, by calling the school number.

Please send a letter of application together with a completed application form to Mrs Anita Pullen, Headteacher’s PA by the deadline, Monday 2^nd June.

You will be contacted only if you are shortlisted for interview.

Application form - Non Teaching

Job Description

Wessex MAT will conduct online searches of shortlisted candidates. In line with KCSIE guidance, this will be part of safer recruitment checks, and the search will purely be based on whether an individual is suitable to work with children. As care must be taken to avoid unconscious bias and any risk of discrimination, a person who will not be on the appointment panel will conduct the searches and will only share information if and when findings are relevant and of concern.

Wessex MAT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The post is subject to safeguarding checks, including an enhanced DBS check and Children’s Barred List check. The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.

Wessex MAT recognises the benefit of having a diverse workforce and is committed to building a workforce which reflects diversity from the communities it serves. The Trust values the contributions from all staff from a wide range of different backgrounds and actively seeks to promote an environment that is free from discrimination and harassment. The Trust supports fair promotion and cultural acceptance. Under the provision of the Equality Act 2010 Wessex MAT welcomes applications from everyone and operates a recruitment process which is fair and does not discriminate against or disadvantage anyone because of their age, disability, gender reassignment status, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race or nationality, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.