Literacy & Functional Skills Teaching Assistant

REDHILL ACADEMY TRUST; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 22,094 - 23,923; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Local Government Pension Scheme

Generous annual leave entitlement

Cycle to work Scheme

Commitment to employee Health and Well

Employee benefits platform

Job summary

Redhill Academy Trust is seeking a Literacy & Functional Skills Teaching Assistant to join the learning support team. This 32.5-hour per week, term-time post is permanent and starts September 2026.

The role supports students with a wide range of SEND, promotes welfare and wellbeing, and offers CPD and progression opportunities within SEND. The department emphasises inclusion and collaborative teamwork.

Qualifications

• Qualified Literacy & Functional Skills Teaching Assistant with experience supporting students with SEND.
• Supports welfare and wellbeing of young people.
• There is a CPD pathway and progression within SEND.
• Role to facilitate greater inclusion and remove barriers for students with identified needs.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate greater inclusion and remove barriers for students.

Skills

SEND experience

Welfare support

Team collaboration

Literacy support

Job description

Actual salary: £22,094 - £23,923 per annum (FTE: £26,141 - 28,305)

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.

Redhill Academy Trust Pay Scale, Band 7

Scale points 32 - 36

Actual salary: £22,094 - £23,923 per annum (FTE: £26,141 - 28,305)

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 is 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.

Benefits

• 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

For further details regarding this post please contact Nic Musgrove, Operations Manager on the Academy number.

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.