Learning Support Assistant

School: St Peter’s C of E Primary School

Hours: 20 hours per week,

        Mon – Friday 10.00am to 2.00pm

                     Term time only (If you are required to work on Inset days these will be paid as overtime)

Contract: Fixed Term

Start Date: 04.11.2025 (or as soon as possible after this date)

End Date: 31.08.2026

JG3: Spine point 5-6 £25,583 - £25,989 (FTE)

Actual salary £10,006.34 - £10,083.25 (dependant on start date above)

We are looking to appoint a compassionate and nurturing learning support assistant to work flexibly within our year 2 and 3 teams to provide pastoral support and support medical needs.

St Peter’s is a 630-place primary with beautiful buildings set in lovely green surroundings. It is a welcoming inclusive school with a strong Christian ethos and was judged to be ‘Excellent’ in the last SIAMs (church school) inspection in February 2020 and ‘Outstanding’ in our most recent Ofsted inspection in 2023. St Peter’s is an English Hub and a lead school in delivering CPD across the Lighthouse Schools’ Partnership. We have a clear pedagogy, exciting curriculum, and high expectations of all members of our school community. We seek to ensure that teaching and learning is of the highest quality and offer CPD to all staff to support their growth and development as excellent practitioners.

The successful candidate will:

• Be able to build strong and positive relationships with colleagues, children and parents

• Be passionate about making a difference to all children especially those who are vulnerable

• Have some experience in working with children and ideally have experience of working with children who have SEND/SEMH needs

• Be creative, flexible and able to work collaboratively and proactively within a busy team

• Be a reflective practitioner with a strong desire to learn and improve.

• Be keen to undertake training relevant to the role

• Be resilient, positive, patient and compassionate.

• Hold Level 2 qualifications as a minimum.

We are part of the Lighthouse Schools Partnership (a multi academy trust). 

Lighthouse Schools Partnership supports Equal Opportunities Employment. The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. Enhanced DBS checks are required for all successful applicants.