Offsite Learning Assistant

Job Introduction

As the founding school of Solent Academies Trust, Mary Rose is a consistently 'Outstanding' school which caters for pupils aged 3-19. All pupils attending Mary Rose have profound, severe and complex learning difficulties alongside a diverse range of diagnoses and needs, including Autism and highly complex medical conditions.   

We wish to recruit an Offsite Learning Assistant to ensure our pupils have access to offsite learning as well as enabling our pupils to also engage with the community. 

This role will predominantly involve driving the school minibuses; however, some classroom support may be required.

You must hold a current manual D1 driving licence, Midas accessibility module training will be provided.

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. 

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
• 17.9% employer pension contribution
• Confidential Counselling & Wellbeing Support Service
• Life Insurance - 3 times annual salary (for members of the pension scheme)
• Wellbeing Inset Day to support the wellbeing of our staff
• 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 website Solent Academies Trust - Our Vacancies

If you have any questions at all or you wish to submit an application, please email recruitment@solentacademiestrust.info

Please note we will only accept applications completed on our Solent Academies Trust form.

Closing date for applications is Monday 23rd February 2026, 9am

Interviews will be held on Wednesday 4th March 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.