Learning Support Assistant

Job role

• Teaching assistant

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Part time

Contract type

Fixed term

Full-time equivalent salary

£19,811.48 - £20,125.76 Annually (Actual) NJC SCP 5 - 6 (£26,223.00 - £26,639.00 FTE Interim Pay Award)

Learning Support Assistant job summary

Contract Type - Fixed Term to 31 August 2027

Hours - 32.5 per week / 39 weeks per year (term time plus inset)

About this Role

We are seeking to appoint a Learning Support Assistant (LSA) in a varied role that may include providing individual support for a pupil with additional learning needs as well as working with whole class, small groups of children or individuals, under the direction of teaching staff, to ensure all pupils make excellent progress and reach their full potential.

The successful candidate will need to have:

• high expectations of what children can achieve
• experience of working with children in the primary range
• flexibility and creativity
• resilience, and can pick themselves up when things don’t go to plan
• a passion for and experience of working with children with emotional difficulties
• a positive approach and passion for engaging children in learning
• an ability to develop good relationships with children, colleagues and parents
• be qualified to GCSE level (Grade C or above), or equivalent, in Maths and English.
• experience of supporting children with SEND needs would be advantageous.
• Is punctual, reliable and committed
• Can work in a calm manner at all times

Our community is diverse and vibrant and we actively seek to provide opportunities to celebrate diversity and challenge stereotypes.

Please contact the school if you would like to come and visit, or for any further information.

Safeguarding Statement

Excalibur Academies Trust is an equal opportunities employer. The Trust is proud to serve a diverse student and parent community. The aims of the Trust’s recruitment policy are to ensure that the best possible staff are recruited on the basis of their merits, abilities and suitability for the position; to ensure that all job applicants are considered equally and consistently; to ensure that no job applicant is treated unfairly on any grounds including race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or religious belief, sex or sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, gender reassignment, disability or age; and to ensure that the School meets its commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people by carrying out all necessary pre-employment checks.

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

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

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