Overview
Teaching Assistant (Priory School) – East Sussex County Council, Lewes, Sussex
Contract: Part time, 30 hours per week. Term-time only (39 weeks per year plus 6.05 weeks annual leave, pro rata salary).
Fixed term until: July 2026. Closing date: 25 September 2025.
Priory School is a mixed 11-16 comprehensive based in Lewes, East Sussex.
Responsibilities
* Support pupils with Special Educational Needs, particularly students with Autism.
* Work within the Oak Centre (ASC Support Centre) and on the main school site.
* Assist the Oak Lead teacher and HLTA with leading classes within the facility.
* Support children and their class teachers with differentiating activities within mainstream lessons.
Qualifications/Requirements
* Experience working with students with Special Educational Needs, in particular autism.
* Confident, proactive and dedicated; able to demonstrate creative behaviour management skills and teaching styles.
* Good academic qualifications and people skills.
* DBS enhanced clearance or the ability to obtain it.
Application details
Full details and the application form can be downloaded from the Priory School website under Join Us, Staff Vacancies. They are also available from Personnel at Priory School, Mountfield Road, Lewes, East Sussex, BN7 2XN. Email: personnel@priory.e-sussex.sch.uk. Telephone: 01273 476231 ext. 211. Website: www.priory.e-sussex.sch.uk. Please note, CVs are not accepted.
Interview date: Tuesday, 30 September 2025.
Equality and safeguarding: East Sussex County Council is committed to equality of opportunity and safeguarding. Successful applicants will need to undertake DBS enhanced clearance. The post is covered by the Childcare Disqualification Regulations 2018. The school may require a self-declaration and, if disqualification is present, Ofsted waiver processes may apply.
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