Learning Support Assistant
St Richard's Catholic College, Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, TN40 1SE12 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2026
Closing date
13 July 2026 at 3pm
Date listed
1 July 2026
Job details
Job role
- Learning support or cover supervisor
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time (Can be done as a job share)
Contract type
- Fixed term - One year - Maternity or parental leave cover
Pay scale
- Single Status Grade 3
What skills and experience we're looking for
- A good standard of education (particularly in English and Mathematics (grade C/4 or above).
- Experience of supporting children in a classroom environment, including those with special educational needs.
- Experience of using technology to support pupils in the classroom.
- Knowledge of the legal and organisational requirements for maintaining the health, safety and security of yourself and others in the learning environment.
- Ability to use language and other communication skills that pupils can understand and relate to.
- Ability to establish positive relationships with pupils and empathise with their needs.
- Ability to demonstrate active listening skills
- Ability to consistently and effectively implement agreed behaviour management strategies.
- Ability to provide levels of individual attention, reassurance and help with learning tasks as appropriate to pupils' needs, encouraging the pupil to stay on task.
- Ability to offer constructive feedback to pupils to reinforce self-esteem.
- Ability to work effectively and supportively as a member of the school team.
- Ability to work within and apply all school policies eg behaviour management, safeguarding, Health and Safety, Equal Opportunities etc.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality on all school matters.
- Willingness to provide practical assistance to a pupil including physical support where required and undergo relevant training to support this.
What the school offers its staff
Superb working conditions
- Excellent staff facilities including free tea and coffee and microwave and fridge in the staffroom
- Staff Welfare team which provides gifts, flowers and cards for leavers and staff with significant life events
- Occasional social activities eg Friday after school football, staff choir, Christmas party, informal nights out
- Child care voucher scheme
- SLT doors are always open to listen to your concerns or share your successes
- Supportive of part-time working
- Ensuring equality and diversity is a priority
- Governors focused on Staff wellbeing
- Free confidential counselling provided on request
- Access to fitness suite before and after school
- Many opportunities to work with pupils and participate and support local, national and international fundraising and awareness opportunities
- Lay Chaplain available to offer confidential support
- Mentors for staff where requested
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
St Richard's is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its pupils and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on school website (opens in new tab)Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About St Richard's Catholic College
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1033 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- St Richard's Catholic College website
- Email address
- mrsjenkinss@strichardscc.com
- Phone number
- 01424 731070
St Richard’s is a co-educational Catholic school offering an inclusive Christian education to pupils of all abilities from the ages of 11 to 16 years. It is our aim to encourage, support and develop every pupil in our care academically, socially and spiritually.
We have high academic standards at St Richard's, as our GCSE results consistently testify. In 2025, we secured outcomes that placed us as the highest attaining school in both East and West Sussex, yet we are not an 'exam factory' and whilst excellent teaching and learning is a cornerstone of our provision, it is our wider expectations and strength of our relationships which really underpin what we are about. For example, we expect our pupils to work hard, behave well, dress smartly and pursue excellence in all that they do inside and outside of the classroom. We also aim to provide a happy, caring and safe environment in which pupils can learn and develop into rounded, responsible and confident members of the community. We are, at heart, a family and a 'school which changes lives' (Catholic School Inspection, March 2025).
Our efforts have not gone unnoticed and we are well decorated by external agencies. We have a Prince’s Teaching Institute Art Mark, Leading Edge status, Fairtrade Fair Achiever Award status, an Artsmark Gold Award, a Space Education Quality Mark, Green Flag Eco-Schools Award and Investors in Careers at the highest level. We have also been awarded numerous times by the SSAT, currently holding Exceptional Education Awards, Engaging with Key Stakeholders, Climate for Learning, Leadership through Moral Purpose, Professional Development, Variety of Teaching Approaches, Exceptional Pupil Performance and Exceptional Pupil Progress. Perhaps most importantly, however, we were cited as 'the happiest school in Sussex' based on Ofsted feedback in Spring 2025 and our attendance rates are also the highest in the County: testament to the support we enjoy from our parent and carer body. When we were visited by the Catholic School Inspection team earlier this year, they found us to be 'outstanding' in every area against a new and very stringent framework. We have a proud history and legacy of providing a remarkable standard of education and care, yet we also look forward to our future with a vibrant energy and commitment to be even better, nearer and closer to God, which is what our patron, St. Richard instills in us through his example.
We would all agree that every child is unique and precious with different talents and aspirations, and our efforts are directed into ensuring that they feel both valued and challenged
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