Work With Us
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
Learning Support Assistant
Grade 5 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 | 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 £21,478.66 - £23,798.88 |
| Closing Date | Wednesday 9th July at 12noon. |
| Interview Date | Friday 11th July and/or Monday 15th July |
As a school we are looking for a confident, solution focussed professional to join our Learning Support Team as a Grade 5 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. Alongside our SEND Leadership Team out Grade 5 LSAs support the leadership of a key area of need including intervention. We are fortunate with the expertise of our current team that we can be flexible around the specific responsibilities linked to the successful applicants’ strengths. 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 an exciting time to join our growing forward-thinking 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 Wednesday 9th July at 12 noon.
