Portsmouth City Council
Specialist Teaching Assistant - Redwood Park Academy
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Our vision is that all pupils Redwood Park Academy will be confident communicators, who are growing to be more independent, so that they are happy and healthy young adults who make positive contributions to their community
Specialist Teaching Assistant
32.5 hours a week, term time only
Band 5 + SEN Allowance
FTE £27,347 - £29,171
Actual Salary £20,833 - £22,223
As part of Solent Academies Trust, Redwood Park Academy is an ‘Outstanding School’ for pupils aged 11-16 years, with complex needs including learning difficulties and autism.
We wish to recruit an enthusiastic and highly motivated Specialist Teaching Assistant, with tracheostomy responsibility, to work collaboratively with our teaching team. You must be passionate and have the ability to inspire learning and support the development of our amazing pupils!
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
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We believe that when relationships thrive, people thrive – and so do the children and young people we serve.
By joining the Redwood Park Academy Team, we offer you:
- Excellent staff induction with a commitment to high-quality professional development aligned in relational leadership and HR excellence
- A culture rooted in relational practice, belonging, and wellbeing
- A workplace where your values, voice, and contribution truly matter
- Local Government Pension Scheme with the option of a 50/50 contribution to build over time
- 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
- SEN Allowance with an increase after 3 and 5 years of service
- CPD opportunities to support Career development
- Employee Referral Scheme
- Employee Benefits Platform
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.
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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 Redwood Park Academy | SAMpeople Recruit
If you have any questions at all, please email talent@solentacademiestrust.info
Closing date for applications is Thursday 1st October 2026, 9am
Interviews will be held on Friday 9th October 2026
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.
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