East Sussex County Council
EBSA and Attendance Support Worker (Heathfield Community College)
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Hours of work: 37 per week. Working pattern: Full-time, term-time only (working for 39 weeks per year plus 6.05 weeks annual leave, which will increase after 5 years' continuous service) As the position is term-time only, the above salary will be pro rata. Fixed term for: 12 months
Closing date: Friday 10 July 2026, 9am. Interview date: Anticipated to be held on Monday 13 July 2026.
For more information and to apply for the above post, please contact:
Heathfield Community College
Cade Street
Heathfield
TN21 8RJ
Phone: 01435 866066
[https://01435 866066]
Email: office@heathfieldcc.co.uk
Website: Heathfield Community College – Website of Heathfield Community College, a secondary school in East Sussex, UK.
How to apply: Please see our website for an information pack and application form. Please complete and return your completed application form to jobs@heathfieldcc.co.uk by 9am on Friday 10 July 2026 at the latest.
EBSA and Attendance Support Worker
37 hours per week
Term Time Only including INSET days
Local Single Status Grade 5 point 12-13
£25,989 - £26,403 per annum
(actual salary equates to £22,454 - £22,811)
Fixed term for one year in the first instance
Pride. Ambition. Community. We are ambitious for our students, promoting academic excellence and personal achievement for all.
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The successful candidate will join an established team of educational staff. They will support the College by contributing to a wide range of learning and pastoral activities. They will devise and deliver high-quality, student-centred support to maximise their ability to access learning and thrive at secondary school, working closely alongside pastoral staff and the attendance team in intervention work with students and parents/carers.
Please contact Ben Pollard, Assistant Headteacher for further details and an informal discussion about the vacancy at bpollard@heathfieldcc.co.uk or 01435 866066. Please submit your application as soon as possible.
Start date: September 2026.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will need to undertake, or currently hold, a DBS enhanced clearance for this authority.
This post is covered by the Childcare Disqualification Regulations 2018. The school will need to ensure that they are not knowingly employing a person who is disqualified under the 2018 Regulations in connection with relevant childcare provision. Accordingly, the successful candidate will be required to demonstrate to the school, by completing a self-declaration form as part of the pre-employment checks process, that they have not been disqualified under the 2018 Regulations. If the preferred candidate is found to be disqualified under the 2018 Regulations, the offer of employment will be subject to the application by the preferred candidate to Ofsted for a waiver and the receipt of a waiver from Ofsted.
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Additional Information
This authority is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All staff will be expected to hold or be willing to obtain Enhanced DBS check or Enhanced check for Regulated Activity with the Disclosure & Barring Services (previously the Criminal Records Bureau). For further information about what is required in this process please go to.
All school based staff have the responsibility for promoting the safeguarding and welfare of children. All school staff should be aware of the school’s Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy and work in accordance with this document at all times.
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