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Curriculum Learning & Progress Assistant for Maths

Heanor Gate Spencer Academy · Heanor · Derbyshire

Job description

We are seeking to appoint a passionate and inspiring faculty Learning and Progress Assistant to work within a successful, forward thinking Maths team. The role will involve working with a range of students including those with SEND or who may have arrived at secondary school with lower than expected levels of learning.

The successful candidate will be an enthusiastic individual who shares our ethos of supporting all learners to achieve their full potential and raises aspiration. A high level of competency within Maths is essential and higher levels of qualifications within the realms of Maths are desirable.

The role will involve working with a range of different students within the Maths faculty, including SEND students with varying degrees of learning, behavioural, communication, social, sensory or physical difficulties. The role will specifically involve:

  • In class intervention within Maths lessons.

  • Supporting our most vulnerable learners to attain basic numeracy skills through additional interventions.

  • Small group teaching and intervention to students who may be withdrawn from their regular Maths lessons.

  • Working in partnership with class teachers to support learning in line with the national curriculum, codes of practice and school policies and procedures.

  • Adapting teaching resources to ensure that they are accessible for SEND learners or those working at a level below what would be expected.

  • To work within the Inclusion and Intervention Faculty as part of a larger team in ‘Closing the Gap’.

This post is open to those aspiring to become a Learning Progress Assistant within a high performing team.

Spencer Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our children and young people. Therefore, we expect everyone to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to satisfactory pre- employment checks, including a satisfactory Enhanced criminal records with Barred List Check through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and the completion of Level 2 Safeguarding training. It is an offence to apply for the role if an applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children (where the role involves this type of regulated activity).

The Trust and its member academies are committed to promoting equality and diversity in both employment and education provision. We aim to ensure that students, parents, governors, employees, contractors, partners, clients and other stakeholders within the Trust community are treated fairly, and with dignity and respect regardless of Protected Characteristics.

Spencer Academies Trust is a Disability Confident Committed Employer

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About this school

Heanor Gate Spencer Academy

Academy converter · Secondary · Ages 11–18

Outstanding
Pupils
1,423
Avg teacher salary
£50,502
Pupil:teacher ratio
17.5:1
Academy trust
THE SPENCER ACADEMIES TRUST

Average (mean) teacher salary · DfE School Workforce Census 2024/25

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Heanor, Derbyshire, DE75 7RA

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Salary
£23,418.00 - £24,960.00 Annually (Actual)
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full time
Posted
9 June 2026
Closing date
22 June 2026

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