Teaching Assistant

Are you ready for a dynamic role where every day brings new challenges and rewards? Do you have a passion for helping students thrive and reach their full potential? Thistley Hough Academy is seeking a dedicated and compassionate Teaching Assistant to join our supportive team.

Job Title: Teaching Assistant
Location: Thistley Hough Academy, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
Salary: Grade 5 points 6 – 11: £25, - £28, per annum (£22, - £24, actual salary).
Start Date: As soon as possible
Contract Type: Full-time, permanent
Working Pattern: 37 hours, term-time + 1 week (39 weeks total).

Application Closing Date: 30th July

Please note: We review applications as they are received. Successful candidates may be invited to interview before the advertised closing date, and the vacancy may close early if a suitable appointment is made. Early applications are strongly encouraged.

Interview Date: Week commencing 3rd August

About You:

Thistley Hough Academy is seeking a supportive and empathetic Teaching Assistant to help create a learning environment where every student can reach their full potential. In this varied and rewarding role, you’ll work closely with teachers to support students both in the classroom and through pastoral care. Each day will bring something new, giving you the chance to use your initiative and make a real difference in students’ lives. You’ll assist with small group work, contribute to engaging lessons, and help monitor progress, while also building positive relationships with students, staff, and families. Strong communication, organisation, and a proactive attitude are key, as is a genuine passion for helping young people succeed academically, socially, and emotionally.

Our ideal candidate will have:

• Good reading, writing, and maths skills, with GCSEs at grade C/4 or above (or equivalent).

• Able to build good, professional relationships with children.

• Works well alone and with others.

• Clear and friendly communication with students, parents, and staff.

About the Success for SEND Team:

The Success for SEND team at Thistley Hough Academy is a positive and experienced group of professionals who are passionate about supporting students with special educational needs. With a wide range of backgrounds and skills, the team provides both classroom and pastoral support to help every student feel included, understood, and able to succeed. They embrace new challenges with enthusiasm and work closely together to create a nurturing and inclusive school environment. Ongoing training and development opportunities are a key part of the team’s culture, making it a supportive and rewarding place to grow professionally.

About Thistley Hough Academy:

Thistley Hough Academy is a vibrant, inclusive, and high-performing secondary school in Stoke-on-Trent. Proudly celebrating our best-ever GCSE results in , we are one of the city’s highest achieving non-selective schools.

Significantly oversubscribed, our success reflects expert teaching, high expectations, and a culture of kindness. Our core values, Respect, Resilience, and Responsibility are central to everything we do.

We offer a broad, ambitious curriculum in a disruption-free environment, supported by passionate staff and a strong sense of community. As part of the Creative Education Trust, we benefit from a collaborative network committed to excellence.

Recognised by Ofsted as a ‘Good’ school, we nurture the whole child, academically, socially, and emotionally, and build strong partnerships with families and the wider community. Join us in shaping a school where every child is empowered to reach their full potential. To find out more please visit our

About Creative Education Trust:

Creative Education Trust is a growing network of 17 schools, educating over 13, children and young people across England. Since , we’ve worked in partnership with communities to deliver an education that inspires ambition, promotes equity, and unlocks opportunity for every learner.

We believe every child has talent, every community has strength, and every school can be a place where excellence thrives. Our curriculum is rich, broad, and inclusive - designed to build knowledge, nurture creativity, and prepare students for the future.

We are united by a shared purpose: to transform lives through education. Our schools are places where students feel safe, supported, and empowered to lead their own lives with confidence. Through collaboration, high expectations, and purposeful leadership, we ensure that success is both expected and achieved - together.

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Essential Information:

Creative Education Trust (CET) is committed to Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and young people by keeping them safe, we expect all our colleagues to share in this responsibility.

All shortlisted candidates are subject to online checks prior to interview.

The CET Recruitment Policy follows the guidance set out by Keeping Children Safe in Education, where all offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS Check, separate Barred List Check, References and where appropriate a Prohibition from teaching search.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) .

CET is committed to developing, maintaining, and supporting an inclusive culture and environment for the benefit of its employees and the communities it serves.