Learning Support Assistant

Manshead Church of England Academy, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU1 4BB

46 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September ASAP

• Closing date

  3 September 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  17 July 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £16,297.00 Annually (Actual)

Learning Support Assistant job summary

Learning Support Assistant

27.5 Hours per week Term Time only, plus 5 training days

Required September 2025

Hours of work 8:45 am to 3:15 pm

Annual Salary - 3c (Points 6 to 9)With pro rata salary starting at £16,297 per annum (£13.05 per hour)

We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and caring Learning Support Assistant with good literacy and numeracy skills to work as part of our Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) Team in our Autism Provision. The successful candidates will provide support for students in the Autism Provision as well as in their mainstream classes, particularly those who are included on the Student Inclusion Profile and / or with an Educational Health and Care Plan (EHCP).

You will need:

Motivation and a determination to make a difference

Good interpersonal and organisational skills

A caring, supportive attitude

If you would like to be part of the Educational Support Team applications can be completed via My New Term www.mynewterm.com or via the my new term link on our website www.mansheadschool.co.uk no later than midday on Wednesday 3rd September 2025.

This post is subject to enhanced disclosure.

Closing date: Midday on Wednesday 3rd September 2025

Interviews to be held on Monday 8th September 2025.

‘The Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.

‘CVs will not be accepted for any posts based in schools.’

‘High achievement and a strong sense

of well-being for all is our shared responsibility’

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.

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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 Manshead Church of England Academy

• School type: Academy, Church of England, ages 11 to 19
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1146 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Manshead Church of England Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/manshead-cofe-academy

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