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Complex Needs Higher Level Teaching Assistant

St Michael's Catholic College

Southwark

  • £30,000 - £30,001 per year
  • Expired
Job type:
Full Time, Fixed Term
Start date:
01 September 2025
Apply by:
11 July 2025

Job overview

Complex Needs Higher Level Teaching Assistant

Full Time, Hours 8:30am - 4:30pm Monday to Friday - Term Time only 

Salary Term time only equivalent £30,000

Required for September 2025 

St Michael’s Catholic College is a highly successful and inclusive school which offers exceptional opportunities for a talented, committed and skilled Higher-Level Teaching Assistant to provide high quality support for our students with the most complex needs. This is an ideal position for a highly experienced and specialist SEN practitioner who has substantial experience of planning, resourcing and delivering bespoke SEMH in class support interventions as well as working in an advisory capacity with teaching staff. In this role, you will work with students, staff and other professionals to achieve the best outcomes for our students who have special educational needs with a particular focus on students with complex SEMH needs in relation to ADHD and Autism This is the ideal post for a candidate who enjoys working with young people and alongside a motivated and dedicated SEN team. The successful applicant will need to be hardworking, articulate, diligent, IT literate and conscientious with an outstanding record of attendance and punctuality.

St Michael’s Catholic College has been judged outstanding in all areas by Ofsted in April 2025, the 3rd time in a row that the school has achieved the best possible Ofsted outcome and we were also judged to be outstanding in our most recent Diocesan Inspection in March 2023. Outcomes continue to be above all local and national performance measures and St Michael’s is the only school in England to receive 5 SSAT awards for exceptional outcomes in 2023 and 2024, winning for attainment, progress and closing the gap.

St Michael’s is an outward looking school with an excellent reputation in the local area. As well as being a strategic partner in the Catholic Schools’ Partnership and Southwark Schools Learning Partnership, St Michael’s is a founding school in the St Benedict Catholic Academy Trust which opened on 1st April 2024. Founding school Headteachers and Governors have worked with Trustees and the Diocese to establish a Trust with a vision and mission to be a beacon of Catholic education, where schools retain their unique identity whilst also being part of a wider community and support network.

Alongside these opportunities to work with professionals from a range of other establishments, the college was awarded transforming status by SSAT reflecting the outstanding professional development and wellbeing support we offer to staff. The college’s excellent location by Tower Bridge facilitates a large number of business partnerships and enrichment opportunities. 

St Michael’s College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

For an application form and information pack please contact Mrs Valerie Ferguson v.ferguson@stmichaelscollege.org.uk 

Early applications are advised as the College reserves the right to appoint at any stage during the application process. 

Closing date: Friday 11th July at 9am


11–18 Years - Academy in the St Benedict Catholic Academy Trust

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Diocese of Southwark

St Michael’s Catholic College

Llewellyn Street, Bermondsey, London SE16 4UN                                                               



 





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About St Michael's Catholic College

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 St Michael’s is a co-educational, Roman Catholic denominational secondary with sixth form in the London borough of Southwark. As of the most recent inspection there were 750 students on the school roll. The school is located close to the banks of the Thames, and the nearest Tube station is Bermondsey on the Jubilee line. In November 2012, the school became an academy managed by the St Michael’s Academy Trust. The sixth form first opened in 2011 and the first students completed their A-levels in 2013. The school is named for the archangel who defeated Satan.

Principal

Ms Felicity Corcoran

Values and vision

The school is committed to the highest level of achievement for pupils of all abilities and recognises that there are no limits to a child’s potential. The ethos is to facilitate academic and personal success in a rigorous learning community and in a culture which embraces the spiritual values of serving others, tolerance, prayer and forgiveness.

It is the St Michael’s belief that students grow into mature and responsible adults through Learning together in a Catholic community. This is achieved through aspiring to academic excellence and success, acquiring confidence, self-esteem and fulfilment of their individual talent, and developing a love of learning, a love of Christ, and a love of each other

Ofsted

“Teachers’ enthusiasm for their subjects and commitment to their students are very evident. They base their planning on detailed knowledge of what their students have already achieved and teach lessons which help all students to make rapid gains in knowledge and understanding. Teachers ask very effective questions to check regularly on students’ progress during lessons.” 

View St Michael's Catholic College’s latest Ofsted report

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