Inclusive Learning Support Assistant (KS3/4 focus and/or KS5 focus)
Ilkley Grammar School, Ilkley, West Yorkshire, LS29 8TR11 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
23 June 2025 at 8am
Date listed
10 June 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subjects
- Teaching Assistant, Learning Support Assistant
Working pattern
- Part time, full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £17,105.00 - £17,703.00 Annually (Actual) SSP 5-6
Inclusive Learning Support Assistant (KS3/4 focus and/or KS5 focus) job summary
INCLUSIVE LEARNING SUPPORT ASSISTANT (ILSA) (KS3/4 focus and/or KS5 focus)
Actual annual salary: £17,105 - £17,703
(All year-round equivalent salary: £24,790 - £25,183)
Salary Scale Point 5 (range 5-6)
Monday - Friday 8.25am – 3.00pm plus a 35-minute unpaid lunchbreak each day
Total hours – 30 per week (various patterns of days are available for colleagues who may wish to request flexible working)
Term time only plus 3 additional days
Join a leading school which prides itself on the high quality of education, enrichment and care provided to all and is committed to the wellbeing of students and staff. We are looking for ILSA’s to join our Inclusive Learning Support team in a school judged by OFSTED as ‘Outstanding’ in all areas, a school where both student achievement and attitudes to learning are amongst the best in the region. We are a fantastic learning community, set in one of Yorkshire’s most scenic areas, whose facilities have been further enhanced by the completion of a multi-million-pound refurbishment and expansion project. If you have the ability to engage and enthuse our students coupled with the drive and commitment required to be an exceptional member of our team, then we would like to hear from you.
Ilkley Grammar School is an outstanding, vibrant 11-18 comprehensive, with over a 400 year tradition of serving the local community. We are committed to Personal Best as reflected in our Vision and Values:
“Our vision at Ilkley Grammar School is to provide a world-class, inclusive education and exceptional opportunities which will enrich us both individually and collectively as a community. We will inspire, support and challenge each other to achieve our Personal Best so that we all grow in wisdom and stature. By modelling our Personal Best values and championing equality and diversity, we will make a positive difference to our own lives and the lives of others and will be empowered to lead and influence positive change on a local, regional, national and global scale.”
We are the founding school of Moorlands Learning Trust and a member of the Red Kite Teaching School Alliance with a firm commitment to school to school support and developing highly effective collaborative practices.
We are looking for a colleague:
- to work as directed in supporting and enabling students with additional educational needs.
- to work as a partnership with the teacher in the classroom to ensure students are able to achieve their personal best.
- to report back to the Assistant Headteacher: Inclusion & Personalisation about student progress
In return for your commitment we can offer:
- “a culture where everyone feels valued and supported to develop” (Ofsted 2024)
- the opportunity to make a real difference
- students who “enjoy their lessons”, “behave exceptionally well” and “show respect for each other”
- personalised CPD with a strong commitment to professional growth
- an inspiring and enthusiastic team of colleagues across the teaching and associate staff
- a very calm and orderly school with high expectations and an ethos of trust and care
- a supportive leadership team who “provide strong personal and professional care”
- a location on the edge of Ilkley Moor in beautiful Wharfedale which was judged by The Sunday Times as the best place to live in the North and North East in 2025.
- excellent transport links to Leeds and Bradford
Please state within your application whether your preference would be for a KS3/4 or a KS5 focused role.
Closing date for applications: 8am Monday 23rd June 2025
Provisional interview date: Wednesday 25th June 2025
Ilkley Grammar School is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to the protection and safeguarding of children and young people in our recruitment procedures and in all our work across and beyond school. The school adheres to statutory guidelines in respect to safe recruitment. All persons employed by the school, in any capacity, will undergo an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, and confirmation of employment is subject to a successful outcome. All teaching staff members recruited by the school have their eligibility to teach checked with the DfE.
Commitment to safeguarding
Ilkley Grammar School is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to the protection and safeguarding of children and young people in our recruitment procedures and in all our work across and beyond school. The school adheres to statutory guidelines in respect to safe recruitment. All persons employed by the school, in any capacity, will undergo an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, and confirmation of employment is subject to a successful outcome. All teaching staff members recruited by the school have their eligibility to teach checked with the DfE.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About Ilkley Grammar School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 2134 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Ilkley Grammar School website
We are an outstanding 11-18 comprehensive academy and the founding school of Moorlands Learning Trust.
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