Reading Support Assistant (Reading Interventions)

Sidney Stringer Academy, Coventry, West Midlands, CV1 5LY

32 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  10 August 2026 at 11:59am

• Date listed

  2 July 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
• Working pattern: Full time, part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Grade 3 £19,196 to £20.125

Reading Support Assistant (Reading Interventions) job summary

Job overview:

• To provide high-quality, targeted reading interventions for students in Years 7 to 11 to improve literacy outcomes across the academy.
• To be based primarily in the library, leading the assessment of students' reading abilities and implementing "stage-not-age" intervention programmes.
• To support students across a broad spectrum of need, ranging from fundamental letter and word recognition to advanced reading and comprehension fluency.
• To bridge the gap between targeted intervention and the wider curriculum by supporting students within the classroom to apply their literacy skills.
• Be proactive in supporting the wider reading team to foster a love of reading and a culture of literacy across the student body.
• Support the librarian with administration of the library.

Working hours:

32.50 hours p/w - term time only plus 5 days, 8:30 am - 3:30 pm Mon-Fri

Job requirements:

• High levels of academic literacy.
• Understanding of "stage-not-age" intervention pedagogy and barriers to reading.
• Excellent communication skills (written and oral).
• Ability to enthuse and motivate others to foster a love of reading.
• Confident in the use of information and communication technology (ICT).
• Experience working with children in an educational setting.
• Experience delivering literacy or reading interventions.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Willingness to share expertise, skills, and knowledge.
• Sensitivity to the aspirations, needs, and self-esteem of others.

Interview date: Tuesday 19th August 2026

Why join us?

As a Reading Support Assistant within Sidney Stringer Academy, you’ll be able to make a key difference to a pupil’s educational experience as a crucial part of the wider team, and will have the opportunity to develop your skill set with key training and development opportunities available.

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 school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be required to undertake an enhanced criminal record check via the DBS.

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 Sidney Stringer Academy

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 1496 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Sidney Stringer Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/sidney-stringer-academy

Our Trust consists of five schools led by Sidney Stringer Academy. The schools are Radford Primary Academy, Ernesford Grange Community Academy, Riverbank Academy (Special School), Sidney Stringer Academy and Sidney Stringer Primary Free School.

All of the schools in the trust are working together with the ambition of becoming outstanding. As the Trust develops we are exploring the opportunities of creating shared posts and services across the schools so that we can benefit from economies of scale.

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