13 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    September 2024

  • Closing date

    15 July 2024 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    1 July 2024

Job details

Job role

  • Teaching assistant

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Part time

Contract type

Fixed term

Full-time equivalent salary

£23,115.00 - £24,140.00 Annually (FTE)

Learning Support Assistant job summary

Are you taking a year out? Maybe you are still undecided what career path to take or are thinking of becoming a teacher. Want to do something rewarding?

We are looking to recruit enthusiastic college or university leavers to join our team of Learning Support Assistants.

We are seeking to appoint a Learning Support Assistant to support students with Special Educational Needs & Disabilities (SEND) individually and in small groups. If in the future you are thinking about a career in teaching then this is an excellent way to gain experience in a school setting. Fixed Term from September 2024 until July 2025.

Between 15 and 29.15 hours per week negotiable. Please indicate on your application form the days and hours you would like to work.

Candidates will need good communication skills and the ability to clarify and explain instructions clearly and a firm but non-confrontational approach towards discipline is essential. Experience of working with young people is desirable, although full training will be provided. Applicants need to have a good general education and be educated to GCSE level C or equivalent in Maths and English. Graduates looking for future teaching careers will be considered.

Hounsdown is an 11-16 Science College which converted to an Academy in August 2011. We are a popular, over-subscribed, Outstanding (Ofsted 2017), Hampshire school and a strategic partner for the ETC Teaching School Alliance. Our school has a welcoming ethos with students being courteous and respectful. We are committed to supporting all staff in their career aspirations and growing new leaders. The school motto is ‘Be the best that you can be’.

Staff Benefits

Private Health Cash Plan

Free counselling support

Fantastic CPD opportunities for all

Cycle Loan Scheme

Staff swimming

Respectful email policy

Staff fitness sessions

Excellent pension scheme

Free onsite parking

Hounsdown School is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check along with other relevant pre-employment checks.

Commitment to safeguarding

Hounsdown School is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check, online searches along with other relevant pre-employment checks.

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About Hounsdown School

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 16
Education phase
View all Secondaryjobs
School size
1296 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 16

Hounsdown is an 11-16 Science College which converted to a Single Academy Trust in August 2011. We are a popular, over-subscribed, Outstanding (Ofsted 2017), Hampshire school and a strategic partner for the ETC Teaching School Alliance. Our school has a welcoming ethos with students being courteous and respectful. We are committed to supporting all staff in their career aspirations and growing new leaders. The school motto is ‘Be the best that you can be’.

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