Literacy & Functional Skills Teaching Assistant

Redhill Academy Trust; Calverton CP; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 26,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Local Government Pension Scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Cycle to work scheme

Benefits platform

Job summary

Literacy & Functional Skills Teaching Assistant role at Colonel Frank Seely Academy, part of Redhill Academy Trust, Calverton. The post is 32.5 hours per week, term-time only, permanent, starting September 2026.

We seek a suitably qualified, enthusiastic individual with experience supporting students with SEND and a commitment to welfare and wellbeing. The role offers CPD opportunities within the Trust.

Qualifications

• Experience working with students with SEND.
• Willingness to support welfare and wellbeing of students.
• Interest in progression to a secondary environment within SEND.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate greater inclusion and remove barriers for students requiring SEN support.
• Support the welfare and wellbeing of pupils across key stages.
• Contribute to the CPD pathway and professional development within the team.

Job description

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Literacy & Functional Skills Teaching Assistant

Reference: JUL20267686

Expiry date: 08:00, Mon, 31st Aug 2026

Location: Calverton

Benefits: Pension scheme, Employee Assistance programme, Cycle to work scheme, Benefits platform.

32.5 hours per week - Term Time Only, Permanent

Required to start September 2026

We are looking for a suitably qualified and enthusiastic Literacy & Functional Skills Teaching Assistant to join our established learning support team. Experience in working with students with a wide range of SEND and a desire to work with young people in supporting their welfare and wellbeing is essential.

The Learning Support department at Colonel Frank Seely Academy is managed by the SENDCo with support from a team of Teaching Assistants who are supportive, caring and passionate. We are looking to appoint a Literacy & Functional Skills Teaching Assistant to further enrich the team. We are looking for someone who is kind, dedicated and hard working from any educational background and any key stage that wishes to progress to a secondary environment within SEND. There is a pathway for progression within this role and CPD to support within it. The role is primarily to facilitate greater inclusion and remove barriers for students with identified or moving towards being identified as requiring SEN support.

Colonel Frank Seely Academy i s part of Redhill Academy Trust. The Academy is also a member of Redhill College of Leadership and Development and as such there are excellent CPD opportunities for further information please visit the website.

• Access to Local Government Pension Scheme
• Generous annual leave entitlement increasing with service, plus statutory holidays
• The opportunity to be part of a highly supportive and ambitious team/school
• Recognised continuous local government service for annual leave entitlement, Occupational Maternity/ Paternity pay
• Cycle to work Scheme
• Commitment to employee Health and Wellbeing including Employee Assistance Programme
• Employee benefits platform

As Redhill Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding children practices, any appointment will be subject to an enhanced DBS and Child barred list checks, candidate online search and successful references.