Teaching Assistant (EAL focus)

Crispin School Academy, Street, Somerset, BA16 0AD

10 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  8 October 2026

• Closing date

  18 October 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  8 October 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: Grade 14, Point 4-6, £26,016 FTE, actual: £14,524

Teaching Assistant (EAL focus) job summary

Permanent contract to start as soon as possible.

Grade 14, points 4-6, current starting salary £26,016 FTE per annum, actual starting salary £14,524 per annum (£13.48 per hour).

6 hours per day, 08:30-15:10, less a 40 minute break, across 4 days, to include Wednesday.

Paid at 24.5 hours per week to include fortnightly 1 hour Monday training session 15:15 to 16:15 38.4 working weeks (term time plus 2 days, pro rata).

We want to hear from you if you have a passion for supporting young people and their learning within a forward thinking team that is part of a school with a strong sense of community and purpose. As Teaching Assistant your role will be to support learning with individuals and groups of students. As part of this role you will be working with our students who use English as Additional Language (EAL), no previous experience required. You will be part of our SEND, lead by the SENDCo and supported by the Assistant SENDCo. 

Candidates will need to demonstrate:

• Strong organisational skills and the ability to work as part of a team. 

• Ability to supervise the work of individuals and groups of students.

• A passion for working with students with additional needs.

• Ability to carry out administrative tasks to support the SEND team in the delivery of high-quality teaching and learning.

We can offer you:

• The benefit of working in an innovative and forward-thinking Trust.

• A chance to work within a school committed to every learner.  

• The opportunity to work with our young learners.

• A commitment to offering excellent CPD opportunities.

• Staff benefits, including discounted gym membership and a cycle to work scheme.

• In addition to your contribution to the pension scheme, the school/employer contribute to the pension fund, currently 19.2%. 

• A staff assistance programme with specialist provider, PAM Wellbeing, who provide a 24/7 free phone helpline, or face-to-face counselling for every employee in the Wessex family.

At the Wessex Learning Trust collaboration is key, we work together to share knowledge, grow and develop through professional learning communities.

To apply for this position, please complete a support staff application form (available on The Wessex Learning Trust website and E-Teach), together with a letter of application for the attention of Mr Lee Cornwall, Headteacher. Your letter should be no more than two pages, detailing your experience to date and why you are the best candidate for the position.

Interviews to be held 22 October 2026

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

Crispin is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. This post requires a criminal background check via the disclosure procedure. The successful applicant will therefore be subject to an Enhanced DBS.

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent spoken English is an essential requirement of the role.

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 Crispin School Academy

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 978 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Crispin School Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/crispin-school-academy

Crispin is a popular school with a strong reputation. We unashamedly have high expectations of all members of our community and we believe in challenging and supporting students to achieve their very best. Visitors regularly refer to our students and colleagues very positively. Relationships between staff and students are a strength of the school and colleagues are committed to providing every opportunity for students to have a broad experience and to be successful. We are committed to educating the whole child to ensure they enter adulthood as happy, supported young people with a love for learning. There is a sharp focus on learning and students receive excellent support. At all times we seek to be a compassionate institution.

It is important to state that Crispin has a very strong safeguarding culture which we would expect potential colleagues to wholeheartedly support.

We have a wide-ranging curriculum and have recently expanded the opportunities for students. We offer two Languages, a range of Arts and Technology options and have recently introduced new examination courses in areas such as Business, Engineering, Health and Social Care and Sport. Students have the opportunity to study Philosophy and our popular new course, Curriculum for Life. We have a high uptake of EBacc subjects but this sits alongside a commitment for students to retain a considerable degree of choice over which courses to follow. There are also a wide range of enrichment activities for students ranging from residential visits to school productions; sports to music; an enrichment week to work experience. We have recently expanded our ‘Employability’ programme considerably and we are also fortunate to have a successful Alumni Scheme.

We are proud of our vertical House system which is comprised of four Houses (Corvus, Falco, Sturnus and Tyto). This system allows for a wide range of opportunities for students from collaboration to competition, student leadership to support. All colleagues are members of one of the Houses.

We are fortunate to have a well-equipped site which includes extensive grounds, a range of curriculum area blocks and an astroturf pitch. We are also extremely fortunate to have opened a new purpose-built Innovation Hub in November 2020. This has been the most substantial development of the site since the opening of Crispin.

Crispin is due to become part of the Wessex Learning Trust on 1 March 2023. We have already been working closely with the Trust and this will offer a range of opportunities for the successful candidate.

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