Learning Support Assistant

Anthony Gell School, Matlock, Derbyshire, DE4 4DX

4 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  17 April 2026 at 12:59am

• Date listed

  8 December 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Casual
• Full-time equivalent salary: £13.05 - £13.26 Hourly Grade 5 Salary on a Relief term time basis

Learning Support Assistant job summary

We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and motivated Relief Teaching and Learning Assistant. The role involves working under the direction and guidance of class teachers to supervise and provide specific support for students with additional needs which will enable them to learn independently and in group situations. Under the direction of the SENDCo, the successful candidate will facilitate impactful interventions for children and young people. The successful candidate will be positive, flexible and able to respond to the needs of our students. Teaching Assistants at AGS are able to benefit from career development, with opportunities to extend learning and develop skill sets. Some of our Teaching Assistants go on to fulfil Grade 8 roles in developing and running targeted interventions for SEND students with specific needs.

Anthony Gell School caters for a wide range of special educational needs and disabilities within the realms of a mainstream secondary school. To enable this support to happen effectively, we provide a wide range of assistance, including: in-class support, 1:1 and small group sessions, a differentiated and broad curriculum, and specialist support.

The Aspire Faculty is where the Learning Support Department is based and consists of a Department Lead, SENDCo, Lead Practitioner and an experienced team of Teaching Assistants. We work alongside the school’s excellent pastoral team, teachers, and partner agencies/professionals to support and care for our students with additional needs. The faculty also has the support of our Family of Schools Worker on referral (this role is a shared role with our school and several supported Primary schools which include our Cluster of Gell Schools [COGs]. The Learning Support team deliver a range of targeted interventions including:

KS3 Literacy

KS3 Numeracy

KS4 Numeracy/Literacy/life skills

Handwriting support

KS3 Social Stories

KS3, 4, 5 Positive support

KS3 social skills

Our commitment towards inclusion enables children with SEND to attend the vast majority of their lessons and access adapted work, with additional support, in the same classrooms as their peers. This is supplemented by a smaller amount of additional support which takes place outside of the classroom.

Our students with SEND are able to benefit from a broad curriculum and they achieve success in a wide range of subjects before embarking on a variety of pathways post-16 and post-18.

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.

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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 Anthony Gell School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 781 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Anthony Gell School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/anthony-gell-school-matlock

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