Specialist Deaf Support Assistant

• King Edward VI School
• Address: Grove Road Bury St Edmunds IP33 3BH
• Salary: 19454 - 20420 per annum ( 28142 - 29541 pro rata)
• Hours: Full time 30 hours per week 39 weeks per year
• Contract: Permanent required to start ASAP
• Reference: 5080

Your role/responsibilities:

As our Deaf Resource Base continues to grow at King Edward VI School we are looking for a Support Assistant to join our team. You will be supporting our students to access their learning either individually in small groups or in mainstream lessons.

You will need:

We are seeking to appoint someone who has:

• a good level of maths and English at GCSE
• good spoken and written language skills
• BSL Level 1 with a commitment and willingness to work towards Level 2
• experience of working with children and young people in an Education setting

• the ability to work as part of a team and make a positive contribution to our school and the wider community.

About us

We are the Local Authoritys secondary provision for Deaf learners in West Suffolk. King Edward VI CEVC School is a successful oversubscribed 11-16 school with 1200 students on roll. We are situated in the historic town of Bury St Edmunds (the jewel in the crown of Suffolk) surrounded by beautiful countryside just over an hour by train to London and with close links to the A14.

We will offer you:

• the opportunity to work with a supportive team of colleagues with a focus on putting our students at the centre of everything we do.

For more information

We are receptive to requests for a pre-visit and/or informal contact ahead of making an an informal conversation about this vacancy or to arrange a visit please contact Sarah Trueman HR and Training Manager or by calling (option 3).

Please also see the attached job description (pdf).

How to apply

Completed application to be returned to:

Closing date: 9am 22 June 2026