Specialist Teaching and Learning Assistant (Literacy & Numeracy)

Buxton Community School, Buxton, Derbyshire, SK17 9EA

8 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  11 November 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  3 November 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £23,091.00 - £24,623.00 Annually (Actual)

Specialist Teaching and Learning Assistant (Literacy & Numeracy) job summary

You will take responsibility for the day-to-day management and development of our Learning Resource Centre, creating a welcoming and engaging environment that promotes reading for pleasure, independent study and curriculum enrichment.

Alongside this, you will deliver targeted literacy and numeracy interventions to students who require additional support, helping them build confidence, close attainment gaps and make sustained progress.

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 Buxton Community School

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 954 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Buxton Community School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/buxton-community-school-buxton

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