Learning Support Assistant

Matford Brook Academy, Exeter, Devon, EX2 0BZ

11 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  5 October 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  24 September 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
  • Learning support or cover supervisor
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 1, Key stage 2, Key stage 3
• Working pattern: Full time: 33 Hours per Week, 39 Weeks per year, term time only
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £25,584 - £26,403

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are looking for someone who is passionate about education, eager to make a difference, and committed to supporting children and young people of all ages.

If you are motivated, caring and dedicated to helping pupils thrive, we would be delighted to hear from you.

What the school offers its staff

At Matford Brook Academy, we are a small but growing all-through school. This provides us with an exciting opportunity to do things differently and to shape a supportive and ambitious learning community.

We are seeking to appoint a committed and enthusiastic Learning Support Assistant to join our team. This role will initially be based within our primary phase, with the potential to work across all year groups as the academy continues to grow.

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

The Ted Wragg Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will also be completed.

Applying for the job

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About Matford Brook Academy

• School type: Free School, ages 2 to 16
• Education phase: Through
• School size: 163 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Matford Brook Academy website
• Email address: hr@matfordbrook.academy
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/matford-brook-academy

Welcome to Matford Brook Academy, a new all-through school within the Haldon Reach development on the outskirts of Exeter. Our school opened to our first cohort of Year 7 pupils in September 2023. We look forward to welcoming a new Year 7 cohort in September 2024, as well as opening to our first Reception pupils and our dedicated Nursery and Preschool.

Our mission at Matford Brook Academy is to provide an excellent, all-through education that empowers children to believe they can, and should, change the world around them.

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