Teaching Assistant
Varndean School
Brighton
- £27,254 - £27,694 per year
- New
- Expiring soon
- Salary:
- 16100
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- As soon as possible
- Apply by:
- 21 September 2026
Job overview
Teaching Assistant Level B:
Varndean School is looking to recruit an enthusiastic, committed and outstanding Teaching Assistant (Level B). 24 hours across 4 days a week, term time only. Points 9 to 10 - £27,254 - £27,694, actual starting salary: £16,100
This is an excellent opportunity for a passionate and dynamic professional to join our well established and highly successful Varndean Learning Centre (VLC). The busy, productive and highly effective VLC department is at the heart of the life of the school; effecting responsive classroom practice and delivering specialist provision across four areas to ensure that all of our students can thrive. As a result Varndean is very popular with families of children with SEND and there will be extensive opportunities for the successful candidate to develop professionally and contribute to the school’s aim to provide a world-class education for all of its students.
Varndean is an excellent place to work. Ofsted in 2022 described the “inspirational leaders” , the “expert” teachers, “impressive” pupils and the “exceptionally strong” staff training.
We hope you will want to pursue an application further and you are welcome to make a preapplication visit to the school. To apply please complete the application form and send/e-mail it, with a covering letter to Lynn Hill, Director of Finance and Operations, Varndean School vacancies@varndean.co.uk
The closing date is 9am on Monday 21 September 2026. Early applications are encouraged as the school reserves the right to interview excellent candidates in advance of this date.
What Varndean Can Offer You:
Being a Teaching Assistant at Varndean is an opportunity to work in a really inclusive school which prides itself on creating an environment where every child can thrive. Our pastoral system is an area of excellence and our extra curricular offer is second to none locally.
All teachers see themselves as teachers of SEND and are keen to make the adaptations necessary to help children succeed in their classroom. You will relish the opportunities to collaborate with colleagues at all levels, harnessing their expertise to enhance the provision on offer.
SEND intervention is organised across four main areas (ASC, SEMH x2, Cognition and Learning). Each of these has its own dedicated space, allocated TAs and a specialist leader.
As an integral part of our Individual Learning Support team our Teaching Assistants make a meaningful difference in the lives of children with SEND.
Varndean has built a reputation for professional growth. Our commitment to CPD (internal and external), the quality of the professional dialogue and the time we spend on staff well being mean the school is a good place to work and one that will support your career ambitions.
In addition Varndean is beautifully situated at the top of a learning campus with views across Brighton and Hove to the English Channel. Along with the quality of education on offer our location makes Varndean an inspiring place to work. We hope you will want to find out more.
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About Varndean School
Varndean School has a proud history. It has undergone many changes to bring it to where it is now; starting life in the centre of Brighton in 1884 and moving to its current site in 1926. Since then the school has evolved into a vibrant and diverse co-education comprehensive school with a population of over 1400 students and nearly 200 staff which represents the local community it serves.
Varndean School is a place where people matter. We believe that individuality is very much an internal quality that we foster and encourage through the widest variety of learning experiences.
Our broad curriculum promotes academic rigour so that our students can stand shoulder to shoulder with their peers nationally. Varndean is one of the top performing secondary schools in Brighton and Hove. We are committed to creativity and have a huge passion for music, performance, the arts, sport and anything that challenges and encourages participation.
Our opportunities for extended learning are second to none with our arts provision, successful sports teams, the largest cohorts of DofE in the South East as well as our extensive enrichment and entitlement curriculum. We are the first state school in Brighton and Hove to become a Directly Licensed Centre for DofE.
Varndean is a great place to learn and develop, in friendly, smaller and supportive environments. We are a really happy school where student relationships with each other, and staff, are excellent. We have a well established smaller school system each with its own identity: Angelou, Russell, Turing, Ellis and Lennox. Each school has a Head of School, a Deputy Head and a School Leader.
We have the highest aspirations for all of our students supported by highly trained and motivated experts in their fields. Our staff are the mainstay of our community. We provide huge opportunities for professional development and have a history of real success in creating visionary leaders and excellent practitioners. As working parents, partners and professionals, our Senior Leadership Team understand the stresses and pressures of professional life and our inherent Wellbeing Programme evidences our commitment to our staff as people, not just employees.
Varndean is set in a beautiful landscape overlooking the sea, at the heart of the vibrant and diverse Brighton lifestyle. We relish the cultural and creative opportunities that our city has to offer and we give back just as much in return.
Varndean is a school going places; we are not resting on our laurels. We look at every aspect of what we do and reflect on how to make our professional practice, our learning and our environment better. Ours is an exciting journey and we would be delighted if you would like to join us.
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