The Beeches CP School Address: Ipswich, Suffolk IP1 6ET Salary: Grade 3, Point 4 – 6, £24,404 - £25,183 pro rata, £12.65 - £13.05 per hour Hours: 0.4 FTE, 2 days per week, 8.45am – 3.15pm, 39 weeks per year Contract: Permanent, required as soon as possible Reference: 7626 The Beeches Community Primary School is a friendly and happy school. If you join our team, you can be assured that you will be part of a caring community of staff who put children at the heart of everything we do. We are part of a thriving multi-academy trust, ASSET Education. We are looking for an experienced and talented Speech and Language Teaching Assistant, who ideally has experience in Early Years and Speech and Language interventions. This a varied role which includes delivering a variety of high impact interventions to individuals and small groups of children in Early Years, KS1 and KS2. The role entails being a therapy partner; working closely alongside both NHS and Private Speech and Language Therapy to best support our children. Experience and/or qualification and training in speech and language is preferred but not essential. You will need to: relish the challenge of supporting learning in an ambitious and diverse school work with dynamic, forward-thinking staff with high aspirations for our children be a teaching assistant who exemplifies outstanding classroom practice, behaviour, management and high expectations be committed to life-long learning and open to excellent CPD opportunities have good levels of English and Maths competence - GCSE C or equivalent and preferably a Level 3 Early Years qualification or equivalent have some experience, knowledge or expertise in Speech and Language interventions. Our aim is to attract people from diverse backgrounds to build on our inclusive culture and represent the communities we serve. We welcome applications from everyone regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, transgender status, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy, maternity and paternity. We are committed to inclusivity and will consider requests for flexible working including part time and job share arrangements, where the role allows. We are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health of all our staff, developing skills, training, further qualification and accreditation. The Beeches CP School offers a caring, friendly and welcoming environment. For more information Please read the Person Specification (pdf). Visits to the school are encouraged, please contact the school to arrange an appointment or for an informal discussion by either calling 01473 741225 or by emailing office@beechescps.org.uk. To find out more about us, please visit our website. How to apply Please complete your application by visiting MyNewTerm. Closing date: 12pm, 14 July 2025. ASSET Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. You will have to meet the requirements of the job description and will be subject to pre-employment checks including an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and children's barred list check, health check, online search and satisfactory references.