Learning Coach
Avanti Fields School, Leicester, LE5 0BX23 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
19 April 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
27 March 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 1, Key stage 2, Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Working pattern
- Part time: Please see JD for further information
Contract type
- Permanent
Actual salary
- Grade 3, £25,117 - £26,216 per annum, pro rata / Approximately £18,212 - £19,009 per annum (0.72508 FTE)
What skills and experience we're looking for
Please note: We are currently recruiting for three Learning Coach positions
Salary: Grade 3, £25,117 - £26,216 per annum, pro rata / Approximately £18,212 - £19,009 per annum (0.72508 FTE)
About us and the role
Join Avanti Fields School as a Learning Coach and play an important role in helping every pupil feel supported, confident and ready to succeed.
Working closely with teachers, you will provide classroom support as well as targeted assistance for individuals and small groups, helping pupils engage with their learning and make positive progress both academically and personally.
In this role, you will help create a positive and inclusive learning environment where pupils feel encouraged to participate, develop their skills and build confidence. You will support teachers with lesson delivery, contribute to pupils’ wellbeing and behaviour, and help ensure that all learners are able to access the curriculum.
This is a rewarding opportunity to make a meaningful difference within a nurturing and supportive school community. If you enjoy working with children and are committed to helping them grow and succeed, we would be delighted to hear from you.
What will you do?
- Provide individual, small group and classroom support to pupils to help them access learning and achieve positive outcomes.
- Work closely with teachers to deliver lessons, lead targeted interventions and adapt support to meet pupils’ individual needs.
- Support pupils with SEND and those with English as an additional language to ensure inclusive participation and progress.
- Promote positive behaviour, wellbeing and social development while building supportive relationships with pupils and families.
- Maintain safeguarding and pastoral responsibilities, reporting concerns, supporting wellbeing, and actively contributing to the wider life of the school, including trips, events, and classroom displays.
What are we looking for?
- Evidence of strong communication skills; Ability to communicate clearly and concisely both orally and in writing
- Excellent level of literacy and numeracy skills
- Ability to provide necessary first aid, medical and intimate care to children or undertake training successfully
- An understanding of classroom roles and responsibilities
- 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
School visits are welcomed and encouraged. Please contact the school to arrange a suitable time.
Avanti Fields School is an all-through, faith-designated (Hindu) state school which welcomed the first intake of Year 7 students in September 2018, and first intake of Nursery and Reception students in September 2022. The school is rapidly expanding and will grow year by year to a full cohort of 1,320. This is an exciting time to join the school as it continues its journey to outstanding.
The staff at Avanti Fields School are passionate about our school and are relentlessly focused on improving the achievement and opportunities for all our students. All staff that work at the school will need to subscribe to our ethos and values and seek to improve and develop their own practice and performance for the benefit of our students.
This is a unique opportunity to work in a school which is driven by three key elements for both students and staff:
- Educational excellence
- Character formation
- Spiritual insight
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 Fields School
- School type
- Free School, Hindu, ages 3 to 16
- Education phase
- All through school
- School size
- 1178 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Avanti Fields School website
- Email address
- talent@avanti.org.uk
Avanti Fields School is a new all-through school which welcomed the first intake of Year 7 students in September 2018. The school is rapidly expanding, and will grow year by year to a full cohort of 1,320. This is an exciting time to join the school as it moves into its new state of the arts building and continues its journey to outstanding.
Avanti Fields School; we are an all-through; 3–16 Hindu-faith school – part of the multi-academy, Avanti Schools Trust.
Avanti Schools are extremely popular with Hindu and non-Hindu parents alike who want an outstanding, disciplined and inclusive environment for learning for their children.
Our established schools in London and Leicester are all at least rated good with outstanding features and have the highest expectations are our pupils.
Avanti’s faith ethos means high academic and moral standards and an environment that values and nurtures the best within all faiths.
Avanti Fields is a Hindu-designated faith school, part of the growing family of Avanti schools. However, staff and students at Avanti Fields School do not originate from any specific faith background. Applications are welcome from practitioners of any faith and from those of none; they will, however, be expected to be in full sympathy with the unique ethos and vision of the School.
Arranging a visit to Avanti Fields School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email talent@avanti.org.uk.
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