Communications Assistant (Specialist Resource Provision)
Avanti Grange Secondary School, Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire, CM23 2BD7 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
23 September 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
15 September 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Working pattern
- Full time: Please see JD for further details
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Grade 3, £26,388 - £27,188 per annum, pro rata. Approximately £18,289 – £18,844 per annum (0.69309 FTE)
What skills and experience we're looking for
Grade: Grade 3, £26,388 - £27,188 per annum, pro rata. Approximately £18,289 – £18,844 per annum (0.69309 FTE)
About us and the role
We are seeking a Communications Assistant Specialist Resource Provision to join the team at Avanti Grange Secondary School, supporting students to access learning, build confidence and develop their independence within the mainstream school environment.
Working closely with the Specialist Teacher and wider teaching team, you will provide tailored support in the classroom, helping students engage positively with their learning, develop relationships with others and participate in the wider school community.
You will have the opportunity to understand each student’s individual needs, strengths and goals, adapting your support to help them make progress and become increasingly confident in their learning and interactions with others. You will also play an important role in supporting students as they develop greater confidence in transitioning into mainstream lessons and taking part in the wider life of the school.
This role will enable you to build meaningful relationships with students and contribute positively to their inclusion, progress and wellbeing. You will be part of a supportive and collaborative team, with opportunities to learn from experienced colleagues, take part in relevant training and develop your own skills and experience in supporting students with additional needs. Your contribution will help create a positive, welcoming environment where students feel valued, supported and able to achieve their potential.
Please note that we may close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, we'd encourage you to submit your application as early as possible.
School visits are welcomed and encouraged. Please contact the school to arrange a suitable time.
What will you do?
- Support students from the Specialist Resource Provision (SRP) to access learning and participate confidently in the mainstream classroom.
- Work closely with the Specialist Teacher and wider teaching team to create a purposeful, supportive and inclusive learning environment.
- Encourage students to develop positive relationships, engage with others and build their confidence in transitioning into the wider school community.
- Observe and share meaningful feedback with teachers on students’ progress, achievement and development, including progress towards individual targets.
- Promote safeguarding, wellbeing and inclusion while contributing to professional development, training and the wider life of the school
What are we looking for?
- Good level of literacy and numeracy skills
- Good keyboard skills and knowledge of relevant ICT packages, computer, audio and video equipment
- Ability to communicate clearly and concisely both orally and in writing
- The ability to work well within a team
- Commitment to the safeguarding and welfare of all students
Please view the full Job Description for more information on the responsibilities and essential criteria required for this role.
What the school offers its staff
Avanti Grange is Bishop’s Stortford’s newest secondary school, already recognised as Outstanding in all areas by Ofsted (2025). Our state-of-the-art campus serves families across Bishop’s Stortford and neighbouring villages, and is home to a vibrant, ambitious and supportive community. The school is heavily oversubscribed, reflecting its strong reputation locally and the demand to be part of our journey.
We are a co-educational community school, part of the Avanti Schools Trust, with a clear vision to inspire spiritually compassionate changemakers. Our staff are motivated by a shared purpose: to deliver exceptional teaching, foster character formation, and nurture wellbeing. As one colleague put it: “Working at Avanti Grange feels like being part of a family with a shared, values-driven mission.”
We are equally committed to the growth of our staff as to the success of our students. In 2024, we were awarded the Teacher Development Trust Gold Award for the quality and culture of our professional development – recognition held by only a small number of schools nationally. Through education-leading CPD and coaching, colleagues at Avanti Grange thrive in an environment where “better never stops.”
Students benefit from a rigorous, knowledge-rich curriculum, underpinned by yoga, mindfulness, and an exceptional co-curricular programme. Our pastoral system is a defining strength: impeccable behaviour supports high-quality learning, while wellbeing is woven into daily life through practices that allow both staff and students to flourish.
With more than 660 students on roll and growing each year towards a full secondary and sixth form, Avanti Grange offers a rare opportunity to help shape one of the most exciting schools in the region.
Why should you apply
Avanti exists to help each person become a well-rounded human being through intellectual, moral and spiritual growth, and so make the world a better place.
You will be working in a fantastic environment, with:
- Great opportunities for professional development
- LGPS pension scheme (subject to eligibility)
- O2 discounts, Specsavers corporate eye test vouchers
- Eligible for NUS Card and CSSC membership
- Well-being programs (retreats, yoga, wellness apps)
- Cycle-to-work Scheme
Further information about the job
Pre-employment checks
Avanti Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful candidates are required to have an Enhanced DBS check unless internally appointed and still within the cycle of DBS re-checks.
Any appointment subsequently made will be subject to the receipt of satisfactory references and other pre-employment checks.
Diversity and Inclusion
We want to make sure we are attracting the widest possible range of people and ensure that they are accepted, understood and treated equally when they work here. This means we will work hard to understand that each employee is unique and ensuring that individuals or groups are not treated differently or less favourably on the basis of specific characteristics.
Such characteristics include (but are not limited to) age, disability, gender including transgender, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status, and how the school supports pregnant women and new parents.
Commitment to safeguarding
Avanti Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful candidates are required to have an Enhanced DBS check unless internally appointed and still within the cycle of DBS re-checks.
Any appointment subsequently made will be subject to the receipt of satisfactory references and other pre-employment checks.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on school website (opens in new tab)Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Avanti Grange Secondary School
- Organisation type
- Free School, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- Size
- 660 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Email address
- talent@avanti.org.uk
Avanti Grange is a school that is committed to giving all children an engaging and enriching educational experience. We provide a richly diverse and connected school environment, representative of the world that our pupils will enter. Our pupils mature into individuals who are ambitious, open-minded and confident. Along with our academic pathway, we also take care to support individual character formation and spiritual insight through The Avanti Way.
Each pupil at our school is celebrated for their individual talents. For our pupils’, school is about exploring strengths and developing academic and personal skills that will ensure that every child is well prepared for the quickly changing world that awaits them. It is our promise that we will create an environment of challenge, enjoyment and collaboration, both within our school and throughout the Avanti Schools Trust and beyond.
Avanti Schools support each person’s life journey along three parallel paths: Educational excellence; Character formation; and Spiritual insight.
Avanti’s unique ethos places a key emphasis on each individual’s wellbeing and good mental health. Children with higher levels of emotional, behavioural, social, and school wellbeing, on average, have higher levels of academic achievement and are more engaged in the school community. All our schools share a dedicated approach to wellbeing, from providing yoga and mindfulness sessions, sports and exercise, charity work, and working with parents and carers as co-educators.
Arranging a visit to Avanti Grange Secondary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email talent@avanti.org.uk.
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