Key Role Information

Salary
£25,558.00 - 26,818.00
Job type
Part Time
Contract type
Permanent
Closing
18/09/2026 16:23
Interview
TBC
Contract term
TTO - Term time only
Pay grade
SFCA Support Payscale New | 6 - 9
Department
High Needs and Inclusion
Key stage
Not Applicable
Hours per week
33.75
Weeks per year
39.000
Visa sponsorship
No

Your Role

Atomix Educational Trust is a dynamic, forward-thinking multi-academy trust delivering exceptional education across our family of schools whilst providing comprehensive corporate training solutions. We foster academic excellence and professional development, creating an environment where innovation meets tradition in both educational and corporate settings.


Across our Prior Pursglove College and Stockton Sixth Form College sites, we are seeking to increase our team of Learning Support Assistants.


You will be primarily working with students aged 16-18 with an EHCP or High Needs funding support studying on courses from entry level to level 3 in the college. This will entail both in class and independent study support. 


You must be able to work on a one to one or group basis with our students and have an understanding of the needs of, and empathy for, students with learning difficulties and/or disabilities. You will have experience of delivering literacy and numeracy support and will hold a recognised Teaching Assistant qualification.


Hours of work for a 33.75 hours per week contract would be Monday to Friday 8.45 am to 4.00 pm, but part time hours will be considered. Please indicate on your application form your preferred place of work and requested hours of work.

Benefits

Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme for all our support staff
Opportunities for training and professional development
Enhanced maternity and paternity provisions
Membership of Vivup, our Employee Benefits and Wellbeing Platform
On-site canteen for both staff and students
Free on-site parking
Discounted nursery provision on the Prior Pursglove College site (available to all Trust employees)

Qualifications

5 GCSEs including Maths and English (grade 4-9) or equivalentessential
Relevant qualification as a Teaching Assistant or Learning Support Assistant or relevant experienceessential

Skills

CPD / Training

Have functional skills IT or willingness to develop skills furtheressential

Experience

Good note taking skillsessential
Be able to demonstrate appropriate commitment to equal opportunities and inclusive learningessential
Experience of working with numeracy/mathematicsessential

Personal Attributes

Excellent communication skillsessential
Ability to demonstrate an understanding of, and empathy for, learning difficulties and disabilities and have emotional resilience to work with challenging studentsessential
Have an understanding of the basic principles of safeguardingessential

Prior Pursglove College

HR Team

HR@atomix.ac.uk

Church Walk
Guisborough
Teeside
TS14 6BU
HR Team
HR@atomix.ac.uk
TBC

Safeguarding Information

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our students and expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be required to undergo a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) criminal record check and to undertake child protection training should they not already have recently done so. The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (1974).


If you have any convictions, cautions, reprimands or final warnings from the Courts or Police, you must declare them via the Safeguarding and Safer Recruitment Self Declaration.