Learning Coach
Coombeshead Academy, Newton Abbot, Devon, TQ12 1PT13 days remaining to apply
Start date details
2 September 2025
Closing date
30 June 2025 at 9am
Date listed
17 June 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- Special Education Needs (SEN)
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £25.583 - £26,402 (pro rata approx. £18,185 to £18,767)
Learning Coach job summary
Closing Date: Monday 30 June 2025 at 09:00am
Interview Date: Friday 4 July 2025
Start Date: 2 September 2025
End Date: 31 August 2026
Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract initially for one year to provide 1 to 1 support for a named student, with provision for the role to be extended.
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 2 September 2025 to be part of the learning coach team which forms our Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) department. You will take a pro-active role in the 1 to 1 support of a named student joining in year 7, possibly including intimate care. You will provide educational, social, emotional and physical support for the named student who has an EHCP. This is a fixed term contract linked specifically to a named student. The Fixed Term Contract is initially until 31 August 2026 to provide 1 to 1 support for a named student, with provision for the role to be extended.
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 Thrive, 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 teacher.
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 30 June at 9am with interviews likely to take place on Friday 4 July.
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
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 are not accepted.
About Coombeshead Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 872 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Coombeshead Academy website
School location
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