Do you want to work as part of a team to provide excellent reading support, guidance and encouragement to students in an outstanding school?

We are looking for a hardworking, dynamic, reliable, Reading Assistant with excellent skills and a high level of personal drive. You will work with colleagues to have a positive, measurable impact on students’ reading achievement and progress. You will also be a key member of staff assisting in the promotion and development of an effective Learning Resource Centre, dedicated to promoting literacy and reading for pleasure.

The successful candidate will need to:

• Assist the Learning Resource Centre Manager in promoting and developing an effective and efficient Learning Resource Centre. 
  
• Assist the Learning Resource Centre Manager in supporting the learning needs of students and the promotion of literacy and reading for pleasure. 
  
• Provide reading support to students either in the classroom, 1:1 or in small groups outside the classroom.
  
• Support the delivery of literacy programmes with 1:1 or small group interventions. 
  

Why work at The Compton School, part of the Middlesex Learning Trust?

• You will be joining a highly successful school with a national profile of excellence in teaching and learning, teacher training and student outcomes.
• Collaborative opportunities for sharing of best practise across the Trust
• Exceptional professional development: The Compton School works alongside a local Teaching School Hub to deliver key professional development programmes – there are specific professional development opportunities for support staff as well as teaching staff.
• A commitment to staff wellbeing, including a 2-week Autumn half term, scheduled INSET days, staff-run Wellbeing Team, staff socials, a staff choir, cakes in the staffroom every Friday, a cycle-to-work scheme and wellbeing afternoons.

Who are we?

We are a massively oversubscribed school that has had five Outstanding OFSTED inspections in succession, most recently in March 2024. Students at the Compton make exceptional progress - our results routinely put the school within the top 10% of schools nationally for progress.

At The Compton we understand that our brilliant teachers make a difference to the life chances of our students every day by helping them to secure outstanding outcomes. We always strive to appoint the very best teachers and once in post we provide a workplace environment that ensures their needs are fully met now and in the future.

The Compton School is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified candidates. We are proud of our diverse school community, and we are committed to delivering our ethos of ‘Excellence for All’ in an inclusive and supportive working environment in which everyone is valued.  

Are you the right person to join our team? If so, we would be delighted to hear from you.

The Compton School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.