Senior Teaching Aide – Orchard Hill College, Southwark
| Posting date: | 18 November 2025 |
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| Salary: | £26,770 to £30,538 per year |
| Additional salary information: | Grade 5\6, spine points 21.1 – 28, Inner London £26,770 - £30,538 (FTE £33,864 - £38,631) inclusive of London Weighting Allowance |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 03 December 2025 |
| Location: | Southwark, South East London |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Orchard Hill College |
| Job type: | Permanent |
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Summary
We are looking for a Senior Teaching Aide (STA) to join our busy team, where our committed workforce is dedicated to empowering and enabling students to achieve. This role offers the chance to take on greater responsibility while making a significant difference in the development of students.
Key Responsibilities:
• Demonstrates the mentality that students can and do achieve.
• To deputise for the lecturer, and in their absence plan and deliver learning activities.
• Demonstrate commitment to collaborative and cooperative working by effectively managing Learning Support Assistants in the absence of the lecturer / when running a session.
• Support safe, consistent and predictable environments.
• To ensure all members of the teaching team consistently support health and wellbeing of learners and that all staff follow the guidelines for individual support, care needs and medical interventions.
Key Requirements:
• Experience of working within a team.
• Experience of working with or caring for children or adults who have barriers to learning and/or special educational needs.
• Must hold level 2 Maths and Level 2 English qualifications or be willing to enrol on a functional skills course within your first year of employment and complete the course within 2 years.
• Able to demonstrate a commitment to the safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults.
• Able to contribute to the planning, implementation and record keeping of sessions by evaluating & monitoring student progress, initiating own suggestions, creating resources, interpreting and putting into practice session plans, guidelines and procedures
Orchard Hill College is an exciting, forward-thinking organisation, and we offer many benefits to attract and keep our staff, contributing towards maintaining and improving wellbeing, and encouraging our required behaviours, achievements, values, and skills. Below is just a selection of the benefits available to our employees:
Rewards & Benefits:
• Pathways for progression within the trust, ensuring you can grow and thrive in a supportive and inclusive environment.
• Pension Scheme - you will be enrolled in either the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) or the Teachers' Pension Scheme (TPS), both offering life cover and financial protection for your family.
• Salary Sacrifice Schemes (Cycle Scheme, Home Electronics Scheme)
• Employee Wellbeing - We support employee wellbeing with access to counselling, mental health support, generous leave, flexible working, and enhanced parental leave including Employee Assistance Programme, MyGym Discounts, Corporate Eyecare Scheme
• Employee Discounts (Blue Light Card, Costco Membership, Discounts for Teachers, and more)
• Other (Season Ticket Loan and Employee Referral Scheme)
Key Responsibilities:
• Demonstrates the mentality that students can and do achieve.
• To deputise for the lecturer, and in their absence plan and deliver learning activities.
• Demonstrate commitment to collaborative and cooperative working by effectively managing Learning Support Assistants in the absence of the lecturer / when running a session.
• Support safe, consistent and predictable environments.
• To ensure all members of the teaching team consistently support health and wellbeing of learners and that all staff follow the guidelines for individual support, care needs and medical interventions.
Key Requirements:
• Experience of working within a team.
• Experience of working with or caring for children or adults who have barriers to learning and/or special educational needs.
• Must hold level 2 Maths and Level 2 English qualifications or be willing to enrol on a functional skills course within your first year of employment and complete the course within 2 years.
• Able to demonstrate a commitment to the safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults.
• Able to contribute to the planning, implementation and record keeping of sessions by evaluating & monitoring student progress, initiating own suggestions, creating resources, interpreting and putting into practice session plans, guidelines and procedures
Orchard Hill College is an exciting, forward-thinking organisation, and we offer many benefits to attract and keep our staff, contributing towards maintaining and improving wellbeing, and encouraging our required behaviours, achievements, values, and skills. Below is just a selection of the benefits available to our employees:
Rewards & Benefits:
• Pathways for progression within the trust, ensuring you can grow and thrive in a supportive and inclusive environment.
• Pension Scheme - you will be enrolled in either the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) or the Teachers' Pension Scheme (TPS), both offering life cover and financial protection for your family.
• Salary Sacrifice Schemes (Cycle Scheme, Home Electronics Scheme)
• Employee Wellbeing - We support employee wellbeing with access to counselling, mental health support, generous leave, flexible working, and enhanced parental leave including Employee Assistance Programme, MyGym Discounts, Corporate Eyecare Scheme
• Employee Discounts (Blue Light Card, Costco Membership, Discounts for Teachers, and more)
• Other (Season Ticket Loan and Employee Referral Scheme)
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