Learning Coach

Coombeshead Academy, Newton Abbot, Devon, TQ12 1PT

6 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  3 November 2025

• Closing date

  29 September 2025 at 10am

• Date listed

  18 September 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £18,185.00 - £18,767.00 Annually (Actual) Grade C5-C7

Learning Coach job summary

Closing Date: Monday 29 September 2025 at 09:00am

Interview Date: Wednesday 1 October 2025

Start Date: 3 November 2025

Contract Type: Permanent

Part time 30.85 hours per week / 39 weeks per year 0.71FTE - 08.40am - 3:10pm

Grade C5 - C7 £25.583 - £26,402 (pro rata approx. £18,185 to £18,767)

Required from November 2025 to be part of our learning coach team which forms our Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) department. You will take a pro-active role in the support of the educational, social, emotional and physical needs of the students identified with SEND to eliminate their learning gaps and raise their expectations to achieve their full potential. Some students may need physical support and intimate care.

Coombeshead Academy is an inspirational and inclusive place to work and visitors to the school all comment on the warmth, behaviour and qualities of our young people.

At Coombeshead Academy we offer you:

The opportunity to work in a school where all staff are viewed as part of a family.

A school where we value inclusivity and work hard to meet the needs of all students.

Somewhere where leaders look after you as well as encourage you to pursue your aspirations and goals (For example training in literacy interventions and first aid).

A school where the learning and wellbeing of students is at the heart of everything that we do.

A supportive team of Learning Coaches led by an experienced SENCO and Senior Leader.

Opportunity to lead intervention groups.

A school with a healthy view of the work life balance needed to be a great learning coach.

A clear behaviour policy which supports the ambition of a disruption free learning environment.

Opportunities to share your practice and learn from others across the trust and Teaching School Alliance.

Why not come and have a look round the school before you apply. Get to meet the team you will be working with and gain an understanding of why Coombeshead Academy is such a special place. If you have a genuine desire to do the best for young people, then we would welcome your application.

Please. visit our school website - www.coombesheadacademy.org.uk . If you have any further questions please contact Mrs Battong, PA to the Headteacher via email - caroline.battong@educationsouthwest.org.uk . Applications must be made by submission of the My New Term application form on Vacancies - Coombeshead Academy . The closing date for applications is Monday 29 September at 9am with interviews likely to take place on Wednesday 1 October

Education South West is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post. This includes checks with past employers, an online check of publicly available information, including social media, and an enhanced disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service

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 Coombeshead Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 873 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Coombeshead Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/coombeshead-academy

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