Learning Support Assistant

Job role

• Teaching assistant

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Part time, full time

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

BG7 (N8–11), Actual salary £21,808 – £22,880 p/a (£25,992 – £27,269 FTE)

Learning Support Assistant job summary

Learning Support Assistant (Level 3)

Salary: BG7 (N8–11), £25,992 – £27,269 per annum (FTE)

Actual salary (pro-rata): approx. £21,808 – £22,880 per annum

Hours: 35.5 hours per week, Term Time Only + INSET Days (45.6 weeks paid per year)

Contract type: Permanent

We are a friendly school, serving a richly diverse community in north Bristol. Our students are wonderful – they value their teachers, knowing that you can make a real difference to their lives. The mission statement of the school, “inspire today, empower for life”, lies at the heart of all that the school does. We place no limits on our aspirations for our students. As a school we are building our success on our core values, being Open-minded, Respectful, Creative & curious, Healthy, Ambitious, Responsible and Determined. Ofsted visited us in March 2025, and noted that “pupils are happy and safe at [our] inclusive school” and that staff are “proud to work and the school and are well supported by leaders”, testament to the collegiate and supportive culture that we have created as a school community.

The Learning Support team is an active team, generous in their support of colleagues and to the wider life of the school. An excellent learning support assistant can have a huge impact on young people. Learning Support Assistants at Orchard School work one-to-one or with small groups of students mainly delivering literacy and numeracy interventions, but also social skills, speech and language development, mental health and supporting with learning difficulties and disabilities. There may also be times when you are needed to work in-class with teachers to support the learning of identified students with additional needs.

The post would suit an individual with excellent Maths and English skills and competent ICT skills, who is keen to make a difference to young people’s life chances. We are looking for individuals who are able to take responsibility for interventions and are able to support some of our most vulnerable students to engage positively in school. Learning Support Assistants must be able to listen to young people and find proactive ways through their concerns and difficulties to enable personal development and positive wellbeing, and at the same time be firm and fair with children in maintaining good behaviour for learning. We are particularly interested in LSAs who have excellent English and are able to speak community languages.

Over the past few years this role has appealed to recent graduates who may be considering a future career in teaching, educational psychology, children’s and young people’s services, or social work.

We offer:

• Enthusiastic students, willing to learn and achieve, who need staff who believe in them.
• A bright, happy place in which to learn and work.
• A professionally stimulating environment which values the contributions of all staff.
• A strong commitment to your professional development.
• Award-winning staff wellbeing.

Please read the attached Staff Prospectus to find out more about us, or visit our website on www.orchardschoolbristol.co.uk. If you have any questions relating to this role, please contact Emma Snell on esnell@orchard.tila.school

Trust in Learning (Academies) is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All appointments will be subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS disclosure.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.Visas cannot be sponsored.If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Trust in Learning (Academies) is committed to safeguarding children and young people. All post holders are subject to a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service clearance. Our policy and practice is in line with the Department for Education’s ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ Guidance.

Applying for the job

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