1:1 Learning Support Assistant
St Marys CofE Primary School, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY4 4JRThis job expired on 10 July 2026 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 September 2026
Closing date
10 July 2026 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
26 June 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £13,988.37 - £15,138.40 Annually (FTE)
1:1 Learning Support Assistant job summary
1:1 Learning Support Assistant
Start date: 01.09.2026
29.10 hours per week - Monday to Friday
Ideally hold a Learning Support Assistant qualification but willing to consider unqualified applicants with relevant experience.
Purpose of role:
- Provide consistent 1:1 support for a designated pupil, adapting activities and resources to meet their individual learning needs and enable full access to the primary curriculum.
- Work closely with the class teacher and SENDCo to implement personalised learning plans (e.g. EHCP or targeted interventions), ensuring strategies are followed effectively and progress is regularly monitored.
- Support the pupil’s academic, social, and emotional development, helping to build confidence, resilience, and independence within the classroom and wider school environment.
- Promote positive behaviour and engagement in learning, using agreed behaviour management strategies and reinforcing expectations in a calm, supportive manner.
- Facilitate inclusion in all aspects of school life, including lessons, group work, playtimes, and school activities, encouraging peer interaction and social skills.
- Observe, record, and report on the pupil’s progress, providing constructive feedback to teaching staff and contributing to review meetings where appropriate.
- Provide pastoral care and ensure the pupil’s wellbeing and safeguarding needs are met at all times, following school policies and procedures.
- Adapt communication approaches to suit the pupil’s needs, using visual aids, simplified language, or alternative methods where required.
- Encourage the development of independence skills, gradually reducing support where appropriate to empower the pupil to take ownership of their learning.
- Contribute to a positive, inclusive classroom environment, supporting the wider class where needed while maintaining the focus on the targeted pupil.
Further information about the job
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.
About St Marys CofE Primary School
- Organisation type
- Academy, Church of England, ages 2 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- Size
- 226 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
School location
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