Job & Skills Coach
Combe Pafford School, Torquay, Devon, TQ2 8NL8 days remaining to apply
Start date details
Wednesday 2nd September 2026
Closing date
21 May 2026 at 9am
Date listed
1 May 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £28,598.00 - £31,002.00 Annually (FTE) Actual Starting Salary £20,775 (could be reviewed for exceptional candidates)
Job & Skills Coach job summary
About Our School
Combe Pafford School currently provides specialist education for students aged 9-19 (Years 4-14) with:
- Moderate learning difficulties
- Physical difficulties
- Autistic Spectrum Condition (ASC)
- Complex needs
We combine high-quality academic teaching with a strong vocational pathway that continues into our Post-16 provision. Some students study GCSEs; others follow Entry Level or Functional Skills qualifications. Our belief is simple: there are no ceilings to what our young people can achieve.
Our aim is for every student to leave us with meaningful qualifications, confidence in themselves, and the skills they need for independence, work-based employment and adulthood.
Future Development
At the request of Torbay Local Authority, from September 2026 the school will move to a formal designation for Autistic Spectrum Condition (ASC). From this point forward, new admissions will require a formal ASC diagnosis. This shift strengthens and focuses on our commitment to delivering high-quality specialist provision for autistic learners. Our first cohort under this designation will join us in Years 4-7 from September 2026 and we are excited to welcome them to the school.
In line with our new designation, the school is having a capital build project completed over the summer. This includes new outside learning spaces, a new sensory zone with associated spaces, new toilets, outside playground equipment and a new OT space. All our current young people with MLD will continue their journey at Combe Pafford as we build our new ASC cohorts up from the lower end of the school. The school will be fully ASC by September 2030.
The Role of Job Coach
The Job and Skills Coach supports Sixth Form students across three pathways by mentoring them in education, employability, independence, and vocational development. They also act as a link between school, home, and employers to help students build skills, confidence, and experience for adulthood, work, or further training.
Why Join Us?
We are proudly oversubscribed and recognised as a school of choice within Torbay and the surrounding community. Staff benefit from a supportive team ethos, clear routines, strong leadership, and a culture that values professional growth and wellbeing.
If you believe in the potential of every young person and want to make a meaningful difference in the shaping of their lives, we would be delighted to receive your application.
Please note: The school reserves the right to close this vacancy early should a suitable number of applications be received. We therefore encourage interested candidates to submit their applications promptly, as the post may be filled before the advertised closing date.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. A DBS disclosure is required for this post
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Combe Pafford School
- School type
- Academies, ages 8 to 19
- School size
- 257 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 8 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Combe Pafford School website
Combe Pafford is a successful and popular 8-19 single academy special school situated on the coast in Torbay within easy reach of Dartmoor National Park. The school is a very popular school and always oversubscribed and has an excellent reputation locally for catering for the needs of pupils who have moderate learning difficulties, many of whom have additional needs of ASC or PD. We have 205 pre 16 pupils and a thriving sixth form of 60 students.
We are fortunate in that the school has been extensively remodelled and refurbished in recent years and we have invested heavily and created a wide range of first-class vocational facilities on-site which includes a construction hall, fully operational garage, a horticulture centre, hair salon, café which opens to the public and, at present, we are constructing a new animal care centre. The outcome of this is that on average, at least 50% of our students leave us to undertake suitable and appropriate employment.
Besides a wide-ranging academic offer, we are also extremely keen to help youngsters develop their personal and social skills through wide-ranging enrichment and residential opportunities, which recently has included visits to Europe, China and Costa Rica and at present, planning is underway for students to visit a link school in Kenya with another group going to Gran Canaria.
Our vision is to develop a successful school that delivers the very best educational experience with a clear focus on raising standards and having high aspirations for all pupils and students whilst celebrating each individual’s uniqueness.
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