Learning Assistant: Pupil Support

De La Salle School, St. Helens, Merseyside, WA10 4QH

15 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  25 November 2026 at 4pm

• Date listed

  10 November 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £17,628.47 - £17,865.36 Annually (Actual) Includes SEN allowance

Learning Assistant: Pupil Support job summary

• Are you passionate about learning and committed to supporting learners to achieve their potential?
  
• Do you have experience of working in an education or school based setting?
  
• Are you looking for excellent training and progression opportunities?
  
• Do you want to work in a friendly and supportive team?
  
• If you have answered yes to the above, this position could be the perfect opportunity for you!
  

We are keen to appoint an enthusiastic and highly motivated Learning Assistant to join our team. This exciting opportunity will enable you to work with a team of highly committed teachers to support and develop learner progress.

This position is for five days a week, 8.30am-3.00pm, term time plus training days (39 weeks).

PART-TIME will be considered, please indicate on the application form when applying.

Closing date: Wednesday 25th November, 4.00pm

Candidates should be available to interview in person.

About Us

De La Salle School is an oversubscribed, non-selective, co-educational, Roman Catholic secondary school for children aged 11-16 under the trusteeship of the Lasallian Brothers. The school is also the first school of the Laetare Catholic Multi-Academy Trust, the country’s first national MAT - set up for schools with a religious order charism.

The school is situated in Eccleston, a suburb of St Helens, Merseyside, within the Archdiocese of Liverpool and currently has 1,200 pupils on roll. We are a proud member of a Lasallian family of over 1 million staff and students in 80 countries around the world.

The school is a wonderful place to work which is summed up in the opening lines of our most recent Ofsted report:

This school has an atmosphere of warmth and friendliness that helps pupils feel at ease. The strong, positive relationships between staff and pupils exemplify the school’s values.

We have high expectations of all of our staff who we challenge to be the best they can be, which in turn creates a passionate and positive family of staff. This is a school for those who share that passion combined with a strong work ethic and a deep commitment to developing young people.

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 De La Salle School

• Organisation type: Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 1180 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: De La Salle School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/de-la-salle-school-wa10-4qh

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