Education Learning Support Practitioner

Aurora Foxes, Minehead, Somerset, TA24 5TY

39 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  17 November 2025

• Closing date

  26 December 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  17 November 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £23,804.83 - £25,960.16

Education Learning Support Practitioner job summary

Overview and Responsibilities

Education Learning Support Practitioner – Aurora Foxes

Location: Minehead, Somerset

Hourly Rate: £12.37 - £13.49

Annual Salary: £23,804.83 - £25,960.16 (FTE £25,729.60 - £28,059.20)

Hours: 40 hours per week – Term time plus additional days and training (42 weeks per year)

Contract: FTC until December 2025

Welcome to Aurora Foxes, a specialist college and training hotel for young people with learning disabilities, situated in the friendly seaside town of Minehead. Foxes is a very special place.

We believe in changing lives and giving our students the skills, knowledge, and confidence to successfully shape their own future. Our aim is to equip our young adults with the life and hospitality skills to become work ready, life ready.

The main purpose of the role:

As one of our Education Learning Support Practitioners your role will be to assist our students during sessions within all areas of vocational training and support the hotel business team at Foxes Hotel.

Your role is to help achieve our mission which is to equip young adults with learning disabilities to find sustainable employment in the hospitality sector and to live independently

Key duties:

You will have high expectations of all students, and to constantly challenge and stretch each student at every opportunity.

Support the students in their learning, enabling them to reach their full potential.

Professionally and effectively support with managing student behaviour, seeking further advice and guidance where appropriate.

Support every student to make progress in each session under the guidance of the tutor, and to assist the tutor in ensuring this progress is recorded, evidenced and evaluated effectively and efficiently.

Creatively produce resources that will support student progress.

Respect the privacy (confidentiality) and dignity of all students and at all times adhere to the equality and diversity policy.

Please note: there is a requirement for shift work including every other weekend, on a 2 week rota pattern. The shift times are usually 7.30am-3.30pm and 1.30pm-9.30pm

Skills and Qualifications

Successful candidate qualities:

Experience in a similar role desirable but training can be provided for the right candidate

Experience in supporting in the care or education industry

Desirable an understanding of working with people with a disability

Level 2 in English and Maths

Level 3 qualification in education (or willingness to complete a qualification)

Benefits and Additional Information

🌟What’s on Offer at Aurora?

We believe in supporting you as much as we support the children and young people in our care. Here’s a snapshot of the fantastic benefits waiting for you:

📚 Grow with Us – Training & Development

Learning never stops at Aurora! We offer a wide range of training programmes and career development opportunities to help you build your skills and reach your goals.

💸 Save Money on Everyday Essentials

With the rising cost of living, our Perkbox app helps you stretch your money further:

Discounts on groceries, phone plans, internet, dining out, gym memberships & more

Access to our Cycle to Work and Car Scheme

💰 Competitive Pay & Reward

We regularly benchmark our pay and benefits to stay ahead of the curve. You’ll enjoy:

Enhanced Annual Leave

Company Sick Pay

Enhanced Pension

Life Assurance

🩺 24/7 GP Access – For You & Your Household

Need a doctor? No problem. Book a phone or video appointment anytime, day or night. This service covers everyone in your household.

🦷 UK Health Cash Plan

Cover everyday healthcare costs like dental and optician bills. You and your children are included in the scheme, and you can upgrade to add your partner too!

🧠 Employee Assistance Programme

Your wellbeing matters. Get confidential support on a wide range of issues, including:

Freephone counselling (available 24/7)

Online tools and resources

👯‍♀️ Refer a Friend – Earn £1,000!

Know someone who’d be a great fit? Refer them and get rewarded!

(*Terms apply)

How to apply?

Please complete an online application form in full, remembering to include all employment and education details.

Successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment safeguarding checks including an enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check.

The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Aurora Group is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.

The Aurora Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children and young adults in our care and is a disability confident and equal opportunities employer.

This advert could be taken down at any point in time without prior notice if the position is filled.

Please note that candidates that are shortlisted might be subject to an online search.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Aurora Foxes

• School type: Other type, ages 16 to 25
• School size: Up to 85 pupils
• Age range: 16 to 25
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Aurora Foxes website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/foxes-academy

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