Outdoor Education Teaching Assistant Level 2

**Ref: SCH-EPT-0406**
18 day(s) remaining

**Establishment**: The Heights Burnley

**Location**: The Heights School, Burnley

**Salary**: £22,548 to £24,416

**Department**: Learning Support

**Job Type**: Full Time

**Closing Date**: 31/10/2025 13:20

**Interview Date**: w/c 03rd November 2025

**Start Date**: 01/12/2025

**Additional Information**

**Contract Type**:Permanent

**Hours per Week**:36.50

**Weeks per Year**:45.860

**Pay Grade**:NJC | SCP 6 - SCP 11

**The Role**

**The Job**:

- The Heights Burnley seek to appoint an Outdoor Education level 2 Teaching Assistant to join the school from December 2025 or earlier on a permanent contract working term time only (39 weeks per year). The actual salary for this position is £22,548 to £24,461 per annum.

**What does this job do?**
- To provide support to students experiencing difficulties on a day-to-day basis while accessing the outdoor learning programme.
- To support the outdoor education lead in school to support the outdoor education programme including trips and excursions, DoE expeditions and activity sessions.
- To support the outdoor education lead and wider team with the Duke of Edinburgh programme including the administration and qualification.
- To be trained and compliant with EVOLVE and guidelines of the Local Authority.
- To maintain the outdoor education stores and equipment to ensure that all equipment is adequately logged, monitored and maintained so that it is available for issue, use and return as required.
- To work as part of the team that responds to challenging behaviour
- To liaise with staff, parents and relevant outside agencies to provide appropriate
- To work under the instruction/guidance of teaching/senior staff (or HLTA leading the class in the short-term absence of the class teacher), to implement planning and assessment, working with individual or small groups of pupils to achieve high levels of accelerated pupil progress.
- To support pupils to overcome barriers to learning, promoting the inclusion of all pupils by developing their communication skills, supporting them to manage their behaviour, developing independence and social skills and to take responsibility for monitoring/reporting on the impact of class-based interventions.

**What are the job requirements?**
- Experience of working with or caring for children of relevant age
- How to support phonics and reading development including use of cued articulation.
- Experience of support work with children in an educational setting.
- Ability to relate well to children
- Be positive and respond to situations in a calm, professional manner at all times.

**About The Heights
- Burnley**:

- We are a 5-16 Alternative Provision School. Our provision caters for those pupils who have found it difficult to achieve in a mainstream school. Our staff are dedicated and committed to providing the best educational experiences including vocational studies, learning outside of the classroom, personal and social development programmes, as well as the core curriculum: developing successful learners who can make a positive contribution to, and are prepared for, their future working lives.

We are passionate about making a difference, having a positive impact, delivering high quality teaching and learning, and achievement for all. Pupils are taught in small groups, which allows us to provide bespoke support packages and interventions for everyone. We pride ourselves in knowing each pupil, therefore, tailoring our approach and support appropriately. We thrive off helping our pupils achieve their goals and celebrate their success.

With the highest of expectations, our dedicated and skilled team create an environment where pupils are happy, challenged and successful.

**About the Education Partnership Trust (EPT)**:

- EPT was established in 2012 as a multi-academy trust and is an approved academy sponsor. Our vision is to create outstanding schools which transform learning, lives and communities. We benefit from our diverse and unique range of schools which include secondary mainstream, alternative provision and special and have a proven track record of sustained improvement. Our schools are united by a drive to improve opportunities and outcomes for children and young people within a collaborative learning culture.
- Our staff are our most valued asset so we continually invest in our colleagues and we believe that all teaching and support staff posts within our schools are key in terms of supporting pupil achievement and improving their life chances. As such we are keen to recruit dedicated and ambitious professionals who will add value to our schools and trust by helping our young people to succeed.

“If you’re good at what you do, you can work anywhere. If you’re the best at what you do, we want you to work for Education Partnership Trust.”

**Our extensive range of rewards and benefits include**:

- Healthcare cash back plan provided free by the trust includes optical, dental, ph