Learning Partner

Sladewood Academy, Stroud, Gloucestershire, GL5 1NL

18 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  22 March 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  4 March 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time, full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £22,557.00 Annually (Actual) Grade 6 - Point 15 - £15.56 per hour

Learning Partner job summary

Are you looking for a fulfilling, worthwhile and secure job? Would you like to have a job that makes a real difference? Come and join the team at the SAND Academy Trust, a Trust in Gloucestershire offering exceptional education in our eight schools.

About you

You might already have experience of education or you might be looking for a career change. As long as you are passionate, caring, and have good communication skills we can offer all the training and support you need to become a Learning Partner/Teaching Assistant with us. You are likely to have a relevant level 3 qualification (Teaching Assistant, Social Care, Nursery Nurse, NNEB).

The Role

We are looking to appoint a Learning Partner to join our dedicated and friendly team to provide cover across the school. The successful applicant should have a passion for working with pupils who have special educational needs and disabilities. The main purpose of the Learning Partner is to support teaching and learning within classes.

The Schools and the Trust

We are passionate that every child deserves the very best education. As a partnership we will: improve outcomes, opportunities and life chances for children and young people, offer more / wider support for their families and share and develop staff expertise.

Our Benefits

By joining our team we can offer you, generous annual leave allowance, generous pension scheme (LGPS), Employee Assistance Program & Counselling, Occupational Health Service, Continuing Professional Development and Staff Get Staff Referral Scheme.

Additional Information

As part of our Safe Recruitment practices, we will need a completed application form before any offers, and all staff will require pre-employment checks which include an enhanced DBS, satisfactory Health clearance and evidence of Right to Work in the UK.

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 Sladewood Academy

• School type: Free School, ages 4 to 11
• School size: 55 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Sladewood Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/sladewood-academy

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