Teach Portsmouth Support and
Teaching Assistant Jobs Fair 2025

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Join The Community Learning Service where you can grow your potential and broaden your horizons.

Want to take your next steps but unsure where to start?

They offer a variety of free workshops and courses at The Learning Place that can help improve health and wellbeing, confidence and digital skills. You can also gain qualifications in maths, English and IT, alongside other accredited courses all designed to help you take your next steps.

They deliver Family Learning in Portsmouth schools which offer parents the background knowledge and confidence to help their children's learning and encourage independent learning.

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Want free and impartial advice on careers?

The National Careers Service provides high quality, free and impartial information, advice and guidance to help you make decisions on learning, training and work.

They can carry out skills assessments to match you with the perfect career whilst also exploring different career options.

They can talk about courses and apprenticeships, enabling you to earn while you learn.

Three schools in Portsmouth:

• Cliffdale Primary Academy
• Mary Rose Academy
• Redwood Park Academy

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Solent Academies Trust is a multi-academy trust working collectively for the benefit of their community and those they support to reduce disadvantage for vulnerable learners.

They are currently comprised of five special schools, three of which are in Portsmouth.  Founded by Mary Rose Academy, which now celebrates its fourth outstanding Ofsted rating, their trust has over 17 years' experience in transforming lives of children and families through high quality specialist education for pupils aged 2 - 19.

Eight schools in Portsmouth:

• Arundel Court Primary Academy and Nursery
• Court Lane Infant Academy
• Court Lane Junior Academy
• Highbury Primary School
• Langstone Primary Academy
• The Flying Bull Academy
• Stamshaw Infant Academy
• Stamshaw Junior School

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The University of Chichester Academy Trust was formed in 2012 and currently have nine schools in Portsmouth. Their mission is to create a vibrant inclusive and aspirational family of academies, transforming life chances for pupils through excellent teaching and learning.

They will be promoting a range of non-teaching vacancies and professional service roles.

Six schools in Portsmouth:

• Meon Infant School
• Meon Junior School
• Moorings Way Infant School
• New Horizons Primary School
• Penbridge School
• The Portsmouth Academy

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The Thinking Schools Academy Trust is made up of 26 schools across Kent, Portsmouth, Essex and the southwest. While each school embarks on its own individual journey, they all share a vision of “transforming life chances” for every child and young person educated by their trust.

The team will be promoting a variety of jobs in primary and secondary schools from across the city of Portsmouth.

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Trafalgar School is a secondary school in Portsmouth and part of Salterns Academy Trust. Their core values underpin all that they do and are proud of how highly their students and staff value these.

As a relationship driven school, there is a true sense of community; Trafalgar School is a place where everyone belongs, and all are equally valued. 

Their talented staff work hard to create an aspirational learning environment for all to enjoy and flourish in. They are proud of their fully inclusive ethos and their students genuinely appreciate the difference being at school makes.

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HSDC has three campuses located in Alton, Havant and South Downs. The college's provision includes nearly 40 A Level subjects across the three campuses as well as vocational courses including T Levels, UAL and BTEC qualifications and apprenticeships delivered in partnership with leading local and national businesses.

HSDC will be exhibiting a range of training courses to support you to become a teaching assistant including functional skills in maths and English.

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Biscoes has long-served Portsmouth and its surrounding areas since 1854. They provide a range of legal services including visa advice.

Biscoes will be attending the event to provide information about skilled work visa applications, generic immigration advice around family-based visa applications and student visas/graduate visas.

They are not a recruitment agency and do not provide sponsored employment. While we are unable to confirm what exhibitors will be providing sponsorship opportunities, we would recommend speaking to other exhibitors in the first instance.