Learning Support Assistant

Romans Field School, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK3 7AW

10 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  18 September 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  8 September 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £24,250.00 Annually (Actual) Salary is actual

Learning Support Assistant job summary

Salary Grade E1 £24,250 (Actual)

35 hours per week (08:30 - 16:00), 39 weeks per annum

Required ASAP

Closing date: 9am Friday 18th September 2026

Interviews: Will be required to attend two days 24th and 25th September 2026

This is an exciting opportunity for a Learning Support Assistant to join our thriving, successful and happy school.

We are looking for:

Positive, hardworking, and committed members of staff

Experience of working in a school setting, ideally with supporting children with Complex Needs, ASC or SEMH

Willingness to make a difference and contribute to the overall ethos, aims and work of the school

Duties will include:

Helping pupils achieve the best of themselves, promoting self-esteem and independence

Working with the Class Teacher to deliver a curriculum which has been designed to support the needs of an individual child, this could be supporting pupils individually or in groups

Promote high standards of behaviour

In return:

We are committed to supporting our staff with continuous professional development, opportunities to work with our mainstream partners, supervision with our trained Psychotherapist and access to our wellbeing support services.

If you want to make a real difference to the next generation, we would love to hear from you. If you would prefer to talk to someone, please pick up the phone. Visits to the school are welcome.

Safeguarding

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils. All posts are offered subject to enhanced DBS checks and appropriate references. All posts are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

The school is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be expected to undertake an Enhanced DBS check. The Governors take child protection extremely seriously and all references offered will be followed up.

Online check will be completed for shortlisted candidates. If you do not have the formal qualifications specified but can demonstrate skills or experience of equivalent standards we would be interested in your application

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 Romans Field School

• Organisation type: Special school, ages 5 to 16
• Size: 95 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 5 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Romans Field School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/romans-field-school

We are a special school for pupils for 5- 11 age
Primary need is SEMH, but we also have children with complex needs.
We have personalised learning programmes and can offer therapeutic support.
We are part of a federation with two mainstream schools which provides CPD opportunities for all staff and a range of opportunities for children.

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