Specialist Teaching Assistant (TA3) – Literacy & EAL

Stratford Upon Avon School, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, CV37 9DH

17 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  6 November 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  20 October 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
• Working pattern: Full time, term time: Working hours for this role are 37 hours per week, typically 8.00am – 4.10pm, Monday- Thursday and 8.00am- 3.40pm Fridays, term time plus 5 staff learning days; 39 weeks per annum.
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: £32,578 to £35,570, starting point depending on experience and qualifications. Actual salary for hours and weeks worked is calculated as £28,223 to £31,513 subject to any continuous service

What skills and experience we're looking for

Are you passionate about making a difference to the lives of young people? Do you have the skills, initiative and enthusiasm to support students with literacy needs and those learning English as an Additional Language (EAL)? If so, we would love to hear from you.

We are seeking to appoint a Level 3 Teaching Assistant to coordinate EAL provision across the school and support the integration and inclusion of EAL pupils. The successful candidate will also support and develop the learning of students with SEN needs in Literacy through the planning and delivery of individual, paired and small group work. The ideal candidate will have initiative, enthusiasm and the ability to work positively with some our most vulnerable students, often with SEN.

This is a varied and rewarding role that combines direct student intervention, curriculum support, assessment, and partnership working with staff, families and external agencies.

What the school offers its staff

The School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and is therefore subject to an Enhanced DBS and requires a children’s barred list check.

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 School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Post is subject to an Enhanced DBS

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Additional documents

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JD Specialist TA.pdf - 215 KB (opens in new tab)

About Stratford Upon Avon School

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 1935 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Stratford Upon Avon School website
• Email address: recruitment@stratfordschool.co.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/stratford-upon-avon-school

This is no ordinary school. There are many excellent schools around, but they all have a very different feel. We are a lovely school with a genuine ‘feel good factor’ throughout. Our mission is summed up by 3 words, Engage, Enthuse & Inspire, which underpin what we’re all about. As a result, visitors are invariably struck by the energy/enthusiasm of our staff & the excellent relationships evident with students. There has never been a better time to work at Stratford upon Avon School.

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