Student Support Mentor; Teaching Assistant

Teaching Assistant (Student Support Mentor)

Caludon Castle School, Coventry

Full or part time, term time only plus 5 teacher training days

Grade 3: £25,185 - £26,403 (Full time equivalent) pro rata to hours worked

Actual salary: £18,901 - £19,815 (based on 32 hours per week)

Start date:

September 2026

Are you motivated by knowing your work will make a difference to young people? If so, we could have just the job for you!

We are looking to recruit to our student support team. As a teaching assistant (SSM) you will liaise with the cohort’s teachers, tutors, parents and carers in a key worker role, attend meetings, oversee student progress, and act as a reporting link to staff at all levels when appropriate.

As part of a friendly and hardworking team, you will be a key worker to an identified year group, inspire and enthuse a number of students to achieve their termly targets. The position also entails providing assistance to classroom teachers with timetabled intervention/support in a classroom setting and providing teaching cover on occasion.

You will be approachable, enthusiastic, motivated and resilient and able to support our vulnerable students as well as our most able, encouraging them to become independent learners.

This is a unique opportunity to provide specialist support utilising your skills, whilst also observing a wide range of lessons across all subjects and years. The post could suit an experienced Teaching Assistant or someone looking to enter teaching, as it offers school‑based experience prior to applying for a PGCE or School Direct opportunity.

• Cycle to work scheme
• Access to the on‑site gym and swimming pool
• Free parking
• Employee discount scheme
• Commitment to staff wellbeing and recognition initiatives through our wellbeing committee and people strategy

This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The Trust is committed to safeguarding, promoting the welfare of children and young people and creating a culture of vigilance and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and vigilance.