Learning Support Assistant
The Burgess Hill Academy, Burgess Hill, West Sussex, RH15 9EAThis job expired on 18 May 2025 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
18 May 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
9 May 2025
Job details
Job role
- Learning support or cover supervisor
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: 18 hours (Term Time & Inset Days Only)
Contract type
- Fixed term - 1 year
Full-time equivalent salary
- West Sussex Grade 4 - £24,790
What skills and experience we're looking for
Working pattern: Term time only and Inset days (39 weeks)Hours: 18 hours per week, 8.30am to 3pmActual starting salary (calculated pro rata): £10,390 per annum
Salaries are paid in 12 equal monthly instalments
Can you support our pupils with their learning and personal development? Are you passionate about helping students succeed and make progress?
The Burgess Hill Academy are looking to recruit enthusiastic and dedicated Learning Support Assistant to join our team.
Learning Support Assistants play a crucial role in the education of our students. They promote the learning and personal development of all pupils; including but not exclusively, those with special education needs. Working as part of our Inclusion Team, the Learning Support Assistant will provide 1:1 support with a designated student.
This opportunity will suit you if have:
- Excellent interpersonal, organisation and communication skills
- The ability to work in a discreet and sensitive manner
- Experience of working within a school environment or with young people (desirable but not essential)
Please refer to the job description for further details.
What the school offers its staff
We truly value the experience, dedication, and commitment of all our employees and believe in the power of motivated and happy staff. This is why we seek to enrich and reward our employees wherever we can, by offering a wide range of exciting and useful employee benefits. These include:
- Automatic annual pay increments: Pay progression is not linked to performance and all our staff benefit from automatic pay progression (subject to the maximum salary for the role). Cost of living awards are also reviewed annually.
- Generous Pension: Safeguard your future with financial security throughout your retirement. Employer contribution rate of 22.7%.
- Holiday Entitlement: Take advantage of 25 days annual leave per annum (FTE), plus statutory Bank Holidays.
- Health and Wellbeing: A strong commitment to your health and wellbeing including; onsite Wellbeing Champions, designated Mental Health Ambassadors and an annual day devoted to your health and wellbeing. This day provides the opportunity to spend valuable time catching up with colleagues, as well as some ‘Time for You’ to do whatever most enhances your wellbeing.
- Personal Development Day: One day annually dedicated to your personal development which could include volunteering, training or a seminar (self-funded).
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP): Access to free and confidential counselling services, providing support for both work and personal issues.
- Cycle to Work: Build exercise into your commute, with our cycle-to-work programme, offering a £2K loan to purchase a bicycle.
- Retail Discount: Savings with hundreds of retailers including gym, private medical, dental and online GP service, as well as eligibility for the Blue Light Discount Scheme.
Our commitment
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS check. This role is considered exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013, 2020 and 2023. It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
We welcome applications from all members of the community.
The Trust is proud to be part of the government’s Disability Confident scheme which underpins our staff and volunteer recruitment practices. If you would like any support or assistant at any stage of the recruitment process please let us know, by contacting us by email to recruitment@brightonacademiestrust.org.uk or by telephone to Emma Richings 01424 905 306.
Commitment to safeguarding
The University of Brighton Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS check. This role is considered exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013, 2020 and 2023. It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About The Burgess Hill Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1081 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- The Burgess Hill Academy website
- Email address
- a.lake@theburgesshillacademy.org.uk
The Burgess Hill Academy
At The Burgess Hill Academy, we challenge and support our students so that they aim high. Academic learning is our central focus, backed up by a strong belief in enhancing our students’ wellbeing and creating employable adults for the future.
It’s an exciting time for our Academy. Classrooms and science labs have been updated and improved and we’ve revitalised outdoor areas fit for today’s students.
The academy is committed to ensuring that every pupil leaves with the qualifications, enrichment experiences and employability skills they need for life. It has a published admissions number of 240 and total capacity of 1200.
Arranging a visit to The Burgess Hill Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email a.lake@theburgesshillacademy.org.uk.
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