Teaching Assistant

Every; Maidstone; Remote; GBP 20,000 - 23,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

CPD programme

Benenden healthcare scheme

Job summary

New Line Learning Academy in Maidstone is seeking a passionate Teaching Assistant to support pupils, including those on SEND. The role involves in-class support, targeted interventions, and collaboration with teachers and SEND staff to help students access learning.

You will work 37 hours per week (Mon-Thu 8:00–16:00, Fri 8:00–15:30) across 38 weeks per year, with an emphasis on developing independence and progress.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting children or young people, including those on SEND registers.
• Ability to work with pupils in small groups and one-to-one settings.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with a creative, solution-focused approach.
• Willingness to engage in ongoing professional development and training.

Responsibilities

• Provide effective in-class support for students with EHCPs and SEND needs.
• Deliver targeted interventions to individuals and small groups.
• Build positive relationships to promote engagement, confidence and independence.
• Monitor, record and evaluate the impact of interventions on progress.
• Collaborate with teaching staff and SEND 팀 to adapt support strategies for sustained progress.
• Contribute to reviewing progress and maintaining accurate records.

Skills

SEND experience

1:1 support

Group interventions

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Job description

Teaching Assistant (New Line Learning Academy)

Contract Type: Permanent

Education Phases: Secondary;

Job Roles: Teaching Assistant;

Working Patterns: Full-Time;

Interview Date: Thursday 15th October 26

Expected Working Start Date: ASAP

Is a Shared Job: No

About us

New Line Learning Academy is a good school in the heartof Loose, Maidstone with over 900 pupils aged 11 to 16. New Line Learning arecommitted to the delivering the highest standard of education for the youngpeople in our care. In return, we expect our pupils to be committed to theirstudies and strive to achieve their goals.

The ethos is clear; believe and achieve.

New Line Learning aims for all of its pupils to bewell-motivated and self-aware learners, who can conduct themselvesappropriately in a range of situations. Aiming to create an ethos and anenvironment in which pupils feel safe and in which they can learn to interactrespectfully, sensibly and maturely with others. We want our pupils to developinto responsible citizens, playing an active part in the school, local andwider communities.

At Future Schools Trust, we are committed to building a workplace that reflects the diversity of the communities we serve. We activelywelcome applications from people of all backgrounds, including those who aredifferently abled, neurodivergent, LGBTQ+, from Black, Asian and minorityethnic communities, and from different religious or belief backgrounds. Wevalue the unique perspectives and experiences that individuals bring andbelieve they make our organisation stronger. If you require any reasonable adjustmentsduring the recruitment process, we are happy to support you.

What's in it for you?

• Avibrant and exciting place to work
• Afriendly and supportive environment
• Anexcellent CPD programme, with opportunities for action research andnationally accredited qualifications
• Thesupport of a Trust that currently encompasses two Secondary Schools andone Primary School. Alongside Tiger Cubs, our term time only Day Nursery,for children aged 3 months to 4 years, with great benefits to educationstaff.
• Awell-resourced department with schemes of work and resources available.
• Anopportunity to join various schemes such as the Benenden corporatehealthcare scheme

New Line Learning Academy isseeking to appoint an enthusiastic, dynamic and highly motivated TeachingAssistant to support pupils on the SEND register (including those withEducation, Health and Care Plans), both within the classroom and throughtargeted intervention programmes.

This is an exciting opportunityto join a committed and inclusive team dedicated to ensuring that all studentsachieve their full potential. Successful candidates will work closely withteachers, SEND staff and families to provide personalised support that enablespupils to access learning, develop independence and make excellent progress.

We are looking for an individualwho has experience of supporting young people in both small group andone-to-one settings and who is committed to developing their expertise in SENDprovision. Teaching Assistants at New Line Learning Academy receive acomprehensive programme of professional development and specialist training,enabling them to become highly skilled practitioners in deliveringevidence-based interventions across a range of needs.

Key responsibilities willinclude:

• Providingeffective in-class support for students with EHCPs.
• Deliveringhigh-quality targeted interventions to individuals and small groups.
• Buildingpositive relationships that promote student engagement, confidence andindependence.
• Monitoring,recording and evaluating the impact of interventions on student outcomes.
• Workingcollaboratively with teaching staff and the SEND team to adapt supportstrategies and ensure students make sustained progress.
• Contributingto the review process for students with additional needs through accuraterecord-keeping and feedback.

The successful candidate will:

• Haverecent experience of working with children or young people of a relevantage.
• Haveexperience of supporting learning within an educational or supportedlearning environment.
• Beable to use their own initiative and work independently while contributingeffectively to a wider team.
• Demonstrateexcellent communication and interpersonal skills.Have acreative and solution-focused approach to supporting students with a rangeof needs.
• Becommitted to ongoing professional development and training.
• Bepassionate about making a positive difference to the lives and outcomes ofyoung people.

The role is 37 hours per week, Monday-Thursday 8:00am-4:00pm and Friday8:00am-3:30pm, working 38 weeks per year.

Please note that the closing time for applications is Wednesday14 th October, 12:00pm.

Candidate Pack - Teaching Assistant NLL 2026.pdf