1-2-1 Learning Support Assistant

1-2-1 Learning Support Assistant FTE salary: £25,989 - £26,403 Actual salary: £8,891.21 - £9,032.84 Fixed term contact until 31st August 2026 (with the opportunity to extend) Monday to Friday - 15 hours per week (term time only plus 2 non pupil days) We wish to appoint a Learning Support Assistant to support children with special educational needs. The successful applicant will need to have a patient, positive and kind attitude, with excellent communication skills and a genuine love of working with children. Working as part of a team, you will need to be calm, flexible, dedicated and be able to form positive relationships with staff and children. You will be working with individual pupils and alongside other children in the class to support their learning. Part of this exciting role, is that you will be supporting the children during lunchtime. This job role will involve supporting and meeting the intimate care needs of a pupil alongside delivering provisions set out in pupils EHCPs. The successful candidate will receive training from the Inclusion team. If you have any queries regarding the role please contact our SENCo, Bethan Ball, by emailing bball@compassps.uk. We reserve the right to close the post before the date stated above if sufficient applications have been received. We therefore advise that you submit your completed online application form as soon as possible. All appointments are subject to safer recruitment requirements to ensure the safeguarding of children and young people. All positions will involve appropriate checks and clearances. Children and their learning come first. We want our staff to be highly skilled and well equipped to enable then to deliver a programme of learning that challenges and excites young minds. Most of all, we want everyone in the 'Partnership' to want to be the very best they can. Every member of staff, from every area of school, is provided with an opportunity to grow and be a special part of our organisation. Applications close at midnight on Thursday 18th June 2026 Date of short listing:- Friday 19th June 2026 Date of interview:- Friday 29th June 2026 (Maybe sooner for the right applicant) Start date:- ASAP Visits to the school are welcome. Please call our school office on 01376 324107 to arrange a convenient time and date. Information about the School Our school is a four-form entry junior school catering for children from 7-11. We work in close partnership with our neighbouring infant school as well as other local primary schools. Our school is a calm and purposeful environment where each child is valued and feels part of the school community. We work hard to promote the social, moral and cultural development of children so they develop positive relationships with staff and each other to help them to build confidence, independence and resilience. Our core values of respect, trust, responsibility, courage, perseverance and hope are well known by everyone in our school