Personalised Learning Assistant

# Personalised Learning Assistant## Job Introduction As the founding school of Solent Academies Trust, Mary Rose is a consistently 'Outstanding' Specialist Sports College which caters for pupils aged 3-19. All pupils attending Mary Rose have profound or severe learning difficulties alongside a diverse range of diagnoses and needs, including Autism and highly complex medical conditions.
We wish to recruit Personalised Learning Assistants to work collaboratively with our growing team of teachers to support our pupils in their learning and development in all aspects of life, as well as supporting their medical needs.

As an individual you will need to be flexible, energetic, resilient and committed to working with children, who need high levels of support in order to learn. At Solent Academies Trust, we are proud to be a community built on connection, respect, and belonging.  Our Relational Culture Charter guides us to work together and support each other through:  
* Valuing Difference
* Effective Communication
* High Challenge & High Support to Empower
* Respect for All
* Solution-Focused Approaches We believe that when relationships thrive, people thrive – and so do the children and young people we serve.

By joining the Mary Rose Academy team, we offer you:
* SEN Allowance with an increase after 3 and 5 years of service
* Excellent staff induction with a commitment to high quality professional development
* The opportunity to be part of an innovative and forward-thinking school
* A happy, committed and supportive community
* Local Government Pension Scheme with the option of a 50/50 contribution to build over time
* Competitive employer pension contribution
* Confidential Counselling & Wellbeing Support Service
* Life Insurance - 3 times annual salary (for members of the pension scheme)
* Free onsite parking
* Increase of paid weeks after 5 years of service from 45.1 weeks to 45.9 weeks
* CPD opportunities to support

Career development
* Employee Referral Scheme
* Salary Extras Employee Benefits Platform The hours for these roles are Monday 8.30am – 3.30pm and fortnightly until 4.30pm, Tuesday – Thursday 8.30am – 3.45pm and Friday 8.15am – 2.30pm. You will work for 39 weeks of the year; however, you will be paid for 45.1 weeks.  Your salary will be paid over 12 months of the year.

If you want to make a positive difference and enrich the lives of our pupils, then this could be the school for you!

For more details, please visit our jobs board Mary Rose Academy | SAMpeople Recruit If you have any questions at all, please email (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). Closing date is for applications is Tuesday 8th September 2026, 9amInterviews will be held on Wednesday 16th September 2026.
** Safer Recruitment
*** Solent Academies Trust welcome applications regardless of age, gender, ethnicity or religion. Only applications submitted on the academy’s application form will be accepted Solent Academies are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment.

All successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service checks along with other relevant employment checks.*### Attached documents
* Job Description Apply+−Leaflet |  Open Street Map  contributors### Personalised Learning Assistant
* ** Salary
* * Band 4 + SEN Allowance
* ** Salary Frequency
** Annual
* ** Working Hours
** 32.5
* ** Job Reference
** EPSEDJOBS/10469/12797
* ** Contract type
** Permanent - Part Time
* ** Closing Date
** 8 September, 2026
* ** Job category
** Support
* ** Phase of education
** Special
* ** Establishment and Location
** Solent Academies Trust, Gisors Road, Southsea, United Kingdom
* ** Local Authority
** Portsmouth
* ** Number of Positions
** 1
* ** Job Type
** Term Time Only
* ** Date posted
** 6 August, 2026

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