Learning Support Assistant

Laurus Cheadle Hulme, Cheadle, SK8 5GB

8 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  2 November 2026

• Closing date

  2 October 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  24 September 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years, Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full time equivalent salary: £21,351 - £22,412 (Actual salary)

Learning Support Assistant job summary

Are you passionate about supporting young people to overcome barriers to learning and achieve their full potential?

We are seeking a caring, proactive and dedicated Learning Support Assistant to join our Learning Support team. This is a rewarding opportunity to work closely with students with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND), helping them to thrive academically, socially and emotionally within a supportive and inclusive school environment. The role will involve providing classroom support, delivering targeted interventions and working collaboratively with teaching and pastoral staff to ensure every student can succeed.

As a Learning Support Assistant, you will play a key role in supporting students with SEND across the school. Working under the direction of the SEND Coordinator, you will provide in-class support, deliver one-to-one and small group interventions, and contribute to the development of effective support strategies that promote independence, confidence and progress.

If you would like to join our Laurus family in a rewarding role that changes the lives of our pupils by empowering them to become the best that they can be then we would love to hear from you. 

This position is contracted on a 32.5 hours per week Term Time Only basis. This means you will mainly work when the school is open to pupils and will not need to work during the school holidays unless the contract requires you to do so.

Job Purpose 

• Support identified students within the classroom environment, within small group situations. 
• Work with teachers to enhance student progress, whilst also promoting their independence, self esteem and social inclusion. 

Key Skills & Experience

• Sound educational background including GCSE’s in Maths and English (A*-C) or equivalent.
• Experience working in a school environment would be advantageous.
• Ideally possess prior experience within a similar role.

To learn more about what the Trust offer, including our wide range of employee benefits and access to further professional learning, visit our Careers page. At the Laurus Trust, we value the significance of a healthy work/life balance for our employees.  Achieving a better balance can boost motivation and morale, lower stress levels, enhance performance and productivity, and make job opportunities more inclusive. Whenever feasible, we are committed to offering flexible arrangements from the very start, which could include options like part-time roles, term-time working, Job-sharing and compressed hours.

Please note a full application must be submitted as CV’s will unfortunately not be accepted in line with our safer recruitment process. 

We reserve the right to interview prior to the closing date.

Disability Confident Employer

We value diversity and are committed to equal opportunities. We are an inclusive employer and welcome all applications. Disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria on the person specification will be guaranteed an interview. If you require any reasonable adjustments for an interview, please highlight this to our Recruitment Team in advance.

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

The Laurus Trust is an inclusive Equal Employment Opportunity employer that considers applicants without regard to gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We welcome and encourage applications from all individuals regardless of individual background or circumstance.

As a Disability Confident Committed Employer, we strongly encourage applications from all persons with a known disability, and we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants, that meet the minimum criteria for a role, will be offered an interview and given the opportunity to demonstrate their skills.

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 Laurus Cheadle Hulme

• Organisation type: Free School, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 1054 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Laurus Cheadle Hulme website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/laurus-cheadle-hulme

Laurus Cheadle Hulme (LCH) is a non-selective, non-denominational Free School. It opened in September 2018. We currently have 1082 students on roll.

Our students are housed in a purpose-built building with access to state-of-the-art facilities and overlooking Bruntwood Park, with our Year 11 students progressing to Sixth Forms in the Laurus Trust. We share the same site as Cheadle Hulme Primary School.

The school is run by the Laurus Trust and replicates the outstanding education offered by the Trust’s founder school, Cheadle Hulme High School (CHHS), based in Stockport. CHHS is a hugely oversubscribed school and has been named as one of the UK’s top-performing schools in The Sunday Times, ranking as the 15th non-denominational comprehensive school in Manchester and the North West in the annual Parent Power Survey for 2022.

Cheadle Hulme is a pleasant residential suburb on the edge of the Borough of Stockport, eleven miles south of the centre of Manchester. The location enjoys the advantages of proximity to the open countryside of Cheshire and the Peak District and the cultural and sporting activities of a major city.

If you want to work in a highly ambitious and successful school and believe you have the vision and commitment to join our team, then we would love to hear from you.

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