1:1 Learning Support Assistant

Lime Tree Primary Academy, Bedfordshire, LU5 5QN

11 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  April/May 2025

• Closing date

  22 April 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  2 April 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £24,404.00 - £24,790.00 Annually (FTE) NJC L2 SCP 4 - SCP 5 including pension benefits and family private healthcare

1:1 Learning Support Assistant job summary

Post Title: 1-1 Learning Support Assistant

We are seeking a 1-1 Learning Support Assistant to support a child with complex needs. The ideal candidate should be confident in supporting children with social communication difficulties, delayed learning and EAL; experience in these areas would be advantageous.

Start Date: April/May 2025

Hours: 27.5 hours per week, term time plus Inset training days, 39 weeks

Job Type: Fixed Term linked to supporting a child with an EHC Plan

Working Days: Monday – Friday, 9.00 am to 3.00 pm with a 30 minutes unpaid break

Salary Grade: NJC Grade L2 SCP 4 – L2 SCP 5 (FTE £24,404 - £24,790 PA, Actual Salary £15,654 - £15,902 PA) plus LGPS benefits and family private healthcare

Apply: Please apply via My New Term https://www.mynewterm.com/ CVs will not be accepted for any posts based in TLC. We do reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

TLC Lead Contact: Christy Broux, HR Administrator at hr@tennysonraod.school Telephone Number: 01582 723230.

Further Information: Tennyson Learning Community -Home

Visits to the school are warmly welcomed and encouraged.

About Tennyson Learning Community

The Tennyson Learning Community (TLC) is an established primary Academy Trust with the aim of supporting and leading the growth and improvement of primary academies across the county.

We are driven by a moral purpose and a vision that ensures every child has the right to outstanding teaching and, every academy, exceptional leadership. It is our vision to work with our children, their parents/carers and our staff to create and to sustain excellent academies.

You will share our core values and have a passionate desire to help children learn. Be committed to help all our children succeed through school whilst having a caring and nurturing nature.

What we can offer you

TLC can offer the successful candidate the support from staff, parents and trustees/governors who are enthusiastic, caring and committed to working as a team to achieve the best journey for our pupils at TLC. You will have the opportunity to develop new skills and stay motivated through guidance and support of the Senior Leadership Team and Trust Executives, who have great plans for TLC and who really value committed members of staff. You will be enhancing your career by enrolling on the TLC’s numerous training opportunities and CPD schemes that effectively progress the knowledge and skill set of our staff team. This is a fantastic opportunity if you are motivated to work within a Trust where at the heart of our mission is our determination to improve life chances for all our pupils.

Safeguarding Statement:

TLC is committed to safeguarding children and young people. Our interviews will always include relevant questions relating to child protection and/or safeguarding. A satisfactory enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) with a Children’s Barred List Check is required as a condition of employment. In accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE), an online search will be conducted on shortlisted candidates to identify anything that may need further exploration with candidates and references will be sought. It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

Equal Opportunities Statement:

At the Tennyson Learning Community we believe that all individuals are of equal value and we are committed to equal opportunities for all. All people who work and study in the school have the right to be respected and valued within a safe and secure environment and not to be discriminated against on the grounds of age, class, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation and religion or belief. To help us meet our high standards and aspirations of a fully diverse and inclusive workplace, we strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from all backgrounds to apply for this vacancy.

IMPORTANT NOTICE: We request that employment agencies do not contact the school.

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.

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About Lime Tree Primary Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 311 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Lime Tree Primary Academy website
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