Learning Assistant
Seathorne Primary Academy, Skegness, Lincolnshire, PE25 1HB12 days remaining to apply
Closing date
10 July 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
27 June 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £11,271.00 - £11,448.00 Annually (Actual) 20 hours per week (8.45am – 12.45pm Mon-Fri), 39 weeks per year - Fixed Term for 1 year
Learning Assistant job summary
We are looking for a Learning Support Assistant to join our team here at Seathorne Primary Academy!
We have an exciting opportunity to appoint a enthusiastic and caring Learning Support Assistant to join us on a fixed term basis until the end of the academic year.
The appointed Learning Assistant will be a professional role model to the pupils, with the skills and confidence to challenge and motivate.
The role is Monday to Friday, from 8.45am to 12.45pm, term time only (39 weeks). Here at our Academy, we put the child at the centre of a caring, sharing and achieving school, where positive relationships are based on mutual trust and respect, and this is at the heart of everything we do.
For all school staff we aim to create a professional, working environment where staff are supported to be the best that they can be. We do this by working as part of Greenwood Academy Trust - this means we work with over 30 other schools who are part of our Trust, sharing expertise and developing best practice. We aim to provide appropriate training at all levels to ensure all staffs' practice develops over time. We ensure that workload and staff well-being are a priority, focusing our time and energy on things that make a difference to children's learning.
You are welcome to visit us at Seathorne Primary Academy prior to the interview, please contact the academy office on 01754 764689 to arrange a suitable date/time.
About us:
The Seathorne Primary Academy and Nursery, is part of the Greenwood Academies Trust. Our school is a vibrant and purposeful place of learning. We encourage everyone to celebrate their individuality while working together to ensure we can all thrive together. Our staff are longstanding and passionate about helping all children to succeed, no matter what their starting point is. Our curriculum is designed to be relevant to our setting – in a coastal area where the challenges to our families are significant - and increasingly focussed on highly responsive teaching, outdoor and active learning. Behaviour is excellent, and pupils and staff benefit from the support of a knowledgeable and actively involved pastoral and SEND support team.
In return we have multiple benefits for our talented and highly valued people:
Alongside nationally agreed terms and conditions, we offer a generous benefits package. Here's a selection of what's on offer to our people in recognition of the huge difference they make to our children, their families and the communities we serve.
- A free, 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme - confidential & compassionate support when you need it
- Train & qualify as a Mental Health First Aider. We aim to have a qualified Mental Health First Aider in each academy
- Eye tests & Spectacles Discount
- Generous public sector pension schemes for everyone
- Family friendly policies and time off for dependants
- Dedicated ECT support programme
- Access to exclusive offers and discounts of up to 20% across Dell systems and electronics
- Access to savings in childcare costs
- Supporting professional development through CPD, Apprenticeships, Upskilling and Professional Review
- Generous annual leave allocation
- Automatic pay progression
- Free parking on all sites
- Principles on workload & directed time for teaching staff
- Professional Supervision for Academy Leaders
If this post attracts sufficient interest before the closing date, we may decide to close and interview this vacancy at an earlier date, so an early application is advised.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff to share this commitment. All posts will be subject to receipt of satisfactory enhanced DBS disclosure, medical and reference checks. All pre-employment checks are in line with "Keeping Children Safe in Education”.
The Trust welcomes applications from all, irrespective of gender, marital status, disability, race, age or sexual orientation.
All applicants must be able to provide evidence of their Right to Work in the UK prior to commencement of employment. As part of our need to comply with UK immigration rules, you will be required to provide Home Office stipulated documentation prior to interview.
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 are not accepted.
About Seathorne Primary Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 261 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Seathorne Primary Academy website
School location
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