Learning Support Assistant
Castle Batch Primary School Academy, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, BS22 7FN7 days remaining to apply
Job start date
17 November 2025
Closing date
6 October 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
29 September 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- TPLTSS3 £16,263 - £16,521 (actual salary)
Learning Support Assistant job summary
Permanent
Term Time Only
Part time - 27.5 Hours per week
TPLTSS3 £16,263 - £16,521 (actual salary)
Plus various Company Benefits
The Priory Learning Trust is looking to recruit a Learning Support Assistant to work at our Castle Batch Primary School Academy. We require an enthusiastic individual who would like to support children learning in our Speech & Language Base. A knowledge and experience of Speech & Language Disorders and communication differences is desirable.
This is a very exciting opportunity for an individual who would relish the chance to join us.
As part of this role, you will;
- Assist quality first teaching and learning.
- Work with classroom teachers to support the learning and assessment.
- Establish a positive relationship with pupils in order to support them in feeling safe and enabling them to enjoy and learn.
- Help develop positive learning behaviours, working collaboratively with the class teacher.
- Positively manage behaviour adopting a calm restorative approach.
- Support our young people with their learning and wellbeing to ensure every child has the best opportunity to reach their full potential in a caring and safe environment.
- Take responsibility for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all according to the school’s safeguarding policies and procedures.
- Provide meaningful feedback on children’s attainment and progress
- Contributing to wider school culture.
- Engage in staff training and whole school development; participating in weekly support staff training.
What you will need to succeed;
- An interest or some experience of working with children with special educational needs
- Ability to adhere to working procedures and policies within the school environment.
- Good communication skills.
- An interest and/or experience of working within a school or with children.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality.
- Efficient ICT skills.
- Be patient, flexible and adaptable, meticulous and conscientious.
We focus on developing children and young people into well rounded individuals, who leave school not only with positive outcomes, but also valuable life experiences and an aspirational mindset. We teach children to become the best version of themselves and to believe in themselves.
As a school, we are committed to looking after our colleagues. We offer high quality professional development opportunities within a supportive, dynamic and diverse workplace. We offer a variety of career opportunities including cross site working to share best practice, leadership at all levels and experiences across all of our Trust schools.
We pride ourselves on being a flexible employer and strive to accommodate a variety of working arrangements, so we encourage you to apply. At our school, we take staff workload seriously and prioritise creating a supportive environment where teamwork is at the heart of everything we do. As part of a local Trust, our staff also benefit from collaborative opportunities and resources that come with being part of a wider community.
As a TPLT employee, you will have access to incredible employee benefits, including -
- The PLaTform - Access to our dedicated wellbeing centre & exclusive shopping discounts.
- Healthshield - Funded Healthcare Scheme for employees and all dependents, which provides services such as a 24/7 GP Line & Healthcare cashback.
- Discounted nursery fees for parents AND grandparents at our Academy pre schools.
- Contributory pension scheme offering generous employer contribution rates.
- CPD opportunities both internally & externally.
- A very friendly school community with dedicated, supportive & inspiring colleagues.
- Health & Fitness offers, including incredible discounts on @Worle Sports Centre and Nuffield Health.
- A Cycle to Work scheme.
- Free on-site parking.
- Flu vaccinations
About The Priory Learning Trust:
TPLT grew from an intent to bring the power of partnership and sharing to bear and provide a first-class education to a wide range of children, from all backgrounds.
At our heart is a passion to put ‘Students First’ and deliver exceptional education; beyond outstanding for every single child. We do this with a relentless drive for academic excellence, shared moral purpose and values combined with lots of fun and happiness. We believe that happy schools are also high-achieving, successful schools.
We strive for partnerships between students, families, staff and the wider community to create exceptional student outcomes. We also ‘cherish’ our staff. We believe they are amazing and are passionate to empower them through support, training, and career opportunities. With such brilliant people all aiming for the same goals, we are able to ensure every student achieves all that they are capable of and more, regardless of their background.
Early applications are encouraged as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early.
The Priory Learning 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 paid positions which involve working regularly within academies are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. You must declare all convictions (including convictions with Absolute Discharge), cautions or bind-overs you may have, even if they would otherwise be regarded as ‘Spent’ under this Act and where applicable any disqualifications under the Childcare Act.
The amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975 (2013) provide that certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’ and are not subject to disclosure to employers, and cannot be taken into account. Guidance and criteria on the filtering of these cautions and convictions can be found on the Disclosure and Barring Service filtering guide.
This role involves working with children on a daily basis and is therefore in regulated activity.
Offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references, online searches and Disclosure and Barring Service clearance.
Please see the following links to our Child Protection and Safeguarding policy and Recruitment and Selection policy.
Closing Date: 06 October 2025
Proposed Interview Date: 10 October 2025
Proposed Start Date: 17 November 2025
Further information about the job
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Castle Batch Primary School Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 2 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 434 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Castle Batch Primary School Academy website
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