Faculty Learning Support

Brighton Hill Community School, Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG22 4HS

10 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  20 September 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  10 September 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £25,551.00 - £26,456.16 Annually (FTE) Annually (actual) £19996.94 - £20705.34

Faculty Learning Support job summary

Are you someone who enjoys, have the skills and experiences in supporting students' learning, wellbeing and independence through personalized interventions and classroom assistance within the HIVE Department, ensuring every learner is empowered to engage, progress and succeed in secondary education

Are you interested in developing your skills and knowledge in supporting students with SENd in the classroom? Our new Faculty Learning Support role (formally Teaching Assistant) could be the start of a new and exciting career.

Benefits include:

• Opportunities to access fully funded accredited courses, alongside your working hours, to further enhance your knowledge and skills with working with students with SENd.

After successfully recruiting 5 new members of this team, we are now looking to extend the team further. We are looking for an enthusiastic, passionate and committed person with good literacy and numeracy skills to join a friendly, supportive and ambitious department which has been newly developed to provided highly effective provision for our SEND students.

As a school we continue to strive to provide the best outcomes for all of our students. As such we will be able to support the successful candidate in the following ways

• Ambitious commitment to full and specialist CPD
• Opportunity to work and collaborate with likeminded colleagues and teachers.
• Opportunity to develop areas of interest within the role of and remit of SEND
• Access to a newly developed staff room and modern workspace.
• Free access to the school gym to support wellbeing.
• Opportunities to work across the whole school with a range of colleagues.
• Allocated quality time to prepare interventions and resources.
• Opportunity to be involved in extra-curricular and school trips.

Role Purpose

• To support SEND students in the classroom / faculty they are allocated to, to access and support learning and make expected progress.
• To complement and support the professional work of the Teachers in their faculty to support task learning activities.
• To support the progress of SEND students within the faculty and providing best practice resources and sharing ideas.
• To liaise with teacher within the allocated faculty with regards to curriculum and be prepared to support tasks and activities. This could include some pre-learning, responsive support in the classroom and additional interventions.
• The role includes dealing with individual pupils and/or groups with complex learning needs.

Essential

• An ability to establish positive and effective working relationships with students and colleagues.
• The capacity to develop an in-depth understanding of student's needs, in order to support them with effective approaches to learning and development.
• Commitment to participate fully in all areas of school life.
• Commitment to undertake additional training to support student needs.
• Willingness and engagement with educational research.
• An ability to adapt practice and contribute towards the extensive SEND vision.

Desirable but not essential

• Experience of working within an educational setting; practice of leading small group and 1:1 intervention sessions.
• Experience as a Teaching Assistant.

Working hours are 32.75 per week, Monday - Friday during term time (half days will be considered).

Monday 815am til 3.30pm
Tuesday 8.15am til 3pm
Wednesday 8.15am til 4pm
Thursday 8.15am til 3pm
Friday 8.15 til 3pm

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 Brighton Hill Community School

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 1284 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Brighton Hill Community School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/brighton-hill-community-school-basingstoke

Brighton Hill Community School, a vibrant and inclusive secondary school located in the heart of Basingstoke, Hampshire. Our school is dedicated to fostering a supportive and dynamic learning environment where every student is encouraged to achieve their full potential, and that leads to making success inevitable. We believe our school cornerstones of Commitment, Collaboration, Courage and Kindness are integral to this.

At Brighton Hill, we pride ourselves on our commitment to excellence in both academic and extracurricular activities. Our curriculum is designed to inspire a love for learning and to equip students with the skills they need to succeed in an ever-changing world. We emphasize the importance of values, well-being, and personal development, ensuring that our students grow into well-rounded, responsible, and empowered individuals. We are proud that our students achieve progress above the national average.

Our school is known for its strong sense of community and the #YellowArmy spirit, where students, staff, and parents work together to create a positive and nurturing environment. We are proud to be a Training School, supporting the next generation of teachers.

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