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Sandbach High School and Sixth Form College is situated only a 5 minute drive from junction 17 of the M6, with excellent links to the north west and the Midlands. Sandbach train station is a 10 minute walk from the school and our location benefits from being on several bus routes.
Join our positive, vibrant and caring community with kindness at the heart of our high expectations.
This is a time of great innovation and forward thinking at Sandbach High School and Sixth Form College. We aim to ‘educate for life’ here and students have an appetite for success, parents are supportive and proud of our work and staff are committed to unleashing potential.
We know it is vitally important that we recruit the very best staff: colleagues who are determined, positive with students and have a genuine love of learning. We believe in creating a sustainable framework for success rooted in people and strong relationships.
We are proud of our training, staff development and succession planning and we work closely with other schools in our local area and further afield. Development is fundamental to what we do and we have a long history of offering excellent CPD programmes, collaboration with other schools and personalised coaching. We are proud of our outstanding record of career progression and promotion.
Dedication, good humour & enthusiasm
Sandbach High School and Sixth Form College is a wonderful place to work, with the dedication, good humour and enthusiasm of the staff matching that of the students. We expect our staff to be hard working and enable them to focus on where they can have the biggest impact. We support this by having an active staff wellbeing group and workload consideration is in place for all.
We invite all prospective new members of the school, be they staff or students, to visit us and see for themselves what we have to offer and the direction in which we are heading.
We offer an excellent package of support and benefits for the right candidate, including:
- working within a talented and supportive community
- students who are a pleasure to teach
- good facilities
- a high achieving school with high standards and high expectations
- collaborative opportunities with other schools in Cheshire and the north west
- on-site parking
- annual flu jabs
- corporate Everybody gym membership rates
- access to an on-site and telephone counselling service
Please send application forms for vacancies to recruitment@Sandbachhigh.co.uk
Current Vacancies
Application packs and forms of all the jobs and roles currently advertised are available to download below. If you require further information regarding any of our vacancies please email recruitment@sandbachhigh.co.uk
Specialist SEMH LSA
Specialist SEMH Learning Support Assistant (Including Intervention)
Sandbach High School and Sixth Form College are looking to recruit a Specialist SEMH Learning Support Assistant on a 37 hours per week, term time + 5 days contract.
| Appointment Type | Permanent |
| Start Date | As soon as possible 1st September 2025 |
| Hours | 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday
39 weeks per year (Term time plus Inset days) |
| Salary Scale | Sandbach High School and Sixth Form College pay scale
Grade 5 £25,001.01 - £27,711.94 pro rata Actual salary £20,368.26 - £22,705.06 |
| Closing Date | Monday 2nd June 2024 12noon. |
| Interview Date | TBC |
As a school we are looking for a confident, solution focussed professional to join our Learning Support Team as Specialist SEMH LSA (including intervention).The successful candidate will liaise with teaching and support staff to enhance the learning environment and education for all students and ensure any additional needs are met. The focus of the role initially will be a mixture of emotional literacy intervention and in-class support for SEND students with SEMH requiring this provision. They will work with our SEND Leadership Team and external agencies to support our students. They will be leading interventions for SEMH. They will be working with a group of enthusiastic, conscientious, supportive and compassionate staff in the Learning Support Department. Our students are hardworking and well-behaved; this is a growing area of our work and an exciting time to join the team
Visits to the school, and informal enquiries, prior to application, are warmly welcomed please contact Mark Hitchen, Assistant Headteacher, on 01270 765031 to discuss or email mhitchen@sandbachhigh.co.uk
To apply for this post, please complete an application form with a supporting statement of no more than two sides of A4 on your suitability for the post and the school. The closing date for applications is Monday 2nd June 2025 at 12 noon.
Pastoral Support Assistant
Sandbach High School and Sixth Form College are looking to recruit a dynamic and motivated Pastoral Support Assistant on a 37 hour per week, term time plus Inset Days temporary contract, in the first instance.
Required for September 2025
Sandbach High School and Sixth Form College pay scale – Grade 5 £25,001.01 - £27,711.94 Pro Rata
The Pastoral Support Assistant will support individuals and groups of students with challenging behaviour, implementing strategies for managing such challenging behaviour in the classroom and the wider school to enable access to learning, contributing to the development and maintenance of a purposeful, nurturing learning environment.
For an application pack containing further information including job description, person specification please see below.
Sandbach High School and Sixth Form College is committed to the safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all our employees and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is exempt under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced check by the “Disclosure and Barring Service” along with other stringent vetting and induction processes.
In line with the requirements of the Equality Act 2010 Sandbach High School and Sixth Form College does not request attendance or medical information on candidates for posts prior to appointment. We will, however, seek a post-appointment attendance reference for successful candidates, which will include questions relating to attendance records. Appointments will be made subject to this reference and Sandbach High School and Sixth Form College may, in some circumstances, withdraw the offer of appointment on the basis of information received, again having full regard to the requirements of the Equality Act.
Sandbach High School and Sixth Form College is committed to the promotion of equality of opportunity and the elimination of discrimination; all applicants should note that they will be considered on the basis of suitability regardless of disability, gender, race, religion, age, sexual orientation and marital status or any other discrimination which is unfair or unreasonable
N.B. Applications will only be accepted on the school application form.
Closing Date: Monday 2nd June 2025-noon
Interviews: w/c Monday 9th June 2025
Science Laboratory Technician - Chemistry
| Appointment Type | Permanent | |
| Start Date | 30th June 2025 or as soon as possible | |
| Salary Scale | Sandbach High School and Sixth Form College pay scale
Grade 4 – 30 hours pw – Term Time +1 £23,364.83- £25,001.01 pro rata Actual salary £16,272.93- £17,413.32 |
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| Closing Date | Wednesday 4th June 2025 - Midday | |
| Interview Date | TBC | |
The Trustees are seeking to appoint a Science Laboratory Technician to support the Science Department. The Science Technician will provide a practical, daily technician service to members of the teaching staff in the Science Department through the preparation and provision of equipment, apparatus and chemicals to enable pupils to carry out laboratory and workshop practical work and experiments.
The closing date for applications is Wednesday 4th June - Midday.
For further information and an application form please see the downloads below.
