KS4 Learning Support Assistant

Dacorum Education Support Centre, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, HP2 4HS

18 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  10 April 2026 at 11am

• Date listed

  23 March 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £20,427.00 Annually (Actual)

KS4 Learning Support Assistant job summary

KS4 Learning Support Assistant

Grade: H4 rising H5

Required May 2026 or earlier

34 hours/week Term Time Only plus 5 INSET Days

Dacorum Education Support Centre is a vibrant and unique Pupil Referral Unit based on 2 sites in Hemel Hempstead working with learners across our 9 Dacorum secondary schools and 60 primary schools. We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic individual to join our friendly and supportive team of dedicated professionals. This post will support learners by providing in-class support to focus on learning and behavior and helping the team to promote the importance of reading and literacy across the Centre

Do you have:

Experience of and a passion for working in a unique educational environment?

The ability to form excellent professional relationships with learners, staff, parents and all stakeholders?

Good literacy and numeracy skills?

Excellent communication skills?

Excellent administrative skills?

Are you able to:

Be an effective team player?

Use your own initiative?

Be adaptable?

Hours of Work:

The normal hours of work will be 34 hours per week and typically the working pattern will be similarly to below:

Monday 8:30-3:30

Tuesday 8:30-3:30

Wednesday 8:30-5:00

Thursday 8:30-3:30

Friday 8:30-3:30

Probationary Period:

New employees to the Centre will be required to satisfactorily complete a six month probationary period of service.

DESC is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our learners and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to satisfactory references, medical clearance and enhanced checks carried out by the Disclosure and Barring Service

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Dacorum Education Support Centre

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 5 to 16
• School size: 6 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 5 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Dacorum Education Support Centre website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/dacorum-education-support-centre

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