Teaching & Learning Assistant

East Midlands Education Trust; Wirksworth CP; On-site; GBP 14,000 - 18,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Teachers Pension Scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Cyclescheme

Job summary

East Midlands Education Trust is seeking a Teaching & Learning Assistant for Highfields School in Matlock, Derbyshire. You will support learning, assist pupils with diverse needs, and work closely with teachers to raise attainment.

The role is part-time (32.5 hours per week), term-time only (39 weeks), starting September 2026. Applicants should be motivated, patient, and committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.

Qualifications

• Experience of working with young people.
• The ability to inspire and motivate students and colleagues to achieve their best.
• Highly effective interpersonal, communication skills.
• A commitment to professional development.
• A commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.

Responsibilities

• Support teaching and learning within the learning support department.
• Assist students with additional needs to reach their full potential.
• Maintain safeguarding standards and promote welfare of children.
• Collaborate with teachers to raise standards of teaching and learning.

Skills

Experience with young people

Inspire and motivate students

Interpersonal communication

Professional development

Safeguarding welfare commitment

Education

N/A

Job description

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Teaching & Learning Assistant

Reference: AUG20268735

Expiry date: 2026-08-31 11:00:00.000

Location: Highfields School

Benefits: All employees:- Local Government / Teachers Pension Scheme Permanent, contracted employees:- SAS Employee Assistance Programme- Cyclescheme

Permanent, Part-Time (32.5hrs Per Week), Term-Time Only (39 Weeks)

Starting Date - September 2026

The opportunity has arisen for teaching and learning assistant within our successful, enthusiastic and talented learning support department.

Highfields is a vibrant and popular school with approximately 1300 students, including 200 in our sixth form. Our students are friendly and highly motivated.

Highfields are proud to be a part of East Midlands Education Trust (EMET), a partnership of schools whose mission is to raise the educational standards and improve the life chances of all the children within our Trust. Our schools are high performing schools who represent the full age range of 3-19, along with an alternative education provider, and we place great emphasis on collaborative working across the Trust within a family of schools approach. Our schools enjoy a high degree of ‘aligned autonomy’ whilst, at the same time, they are supported by a central trust team who help ensure our schools provide the highest quality of provision possible.

The learning support team play a big part in enabling students with additional needs to reach their full potential.

To start as soon as possible, we are looking for an outstanding practitioner. The successful candidate will be resourceful, inspirational and forward thinking. You will share our vision of achieving excellence and raising further the standards of teaching and learning.

We wish to appoint a colleague to this post who has:

• Experience of working with young people.
• The ability to inspire and motivate students and colleagues to achieve their best
• Highly effective interpersonal, communication skills
• A commitment to professional development
• A commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.

Highfields is situated in Matlock, the county town of Derbyshire, on the south eastern edge of the beautiful Peak District National Park. It is within easy reach of Sheffield, Derby and Nottingham.

The successful candidate will have to meet the requirements of the person specification in order to be offered the post, will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK. The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Safeguarding checks will be undertaken during the recruitment process and this may include online searches.

We welcome applications regardless of age, gender, ethnicity or religion.

Closing date for applications is 12:00PM on Monday 31st August 2026.

Interviews to be held on Friday 4th September 2026.