Learning Support Assistant
Alde Valley Academy, Leiston, Suffolk, IP16 4BG8 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
25 July 2025 at 9am
Date listed
16 July 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subjects
- Teaching Assistant, Learning Support Assistant
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £19,957.00 - £20,594.00 Annually (Actual) £24,404-£25,183 full time equivalent
Learning Support Assistant job summary
Alde Valley Academy (part of Kingfisher Schools Trust) is the fastest growing secondary school in Suffolk due to the high expectations we have of our staff and students. We are ambitious for our students’ progress, attainment and personal development and strive to create an environment that promotes a keen enjoyment of learning. We are situated in Leiston, a small town not far from Saxmundham and Aldeburgh and close to the beautiful Suffolk coast.
We are looking for a Learning Support Assistant to work alongside subject teachers and pastoral colleagues, working to ensure that the needs of students with learning difficulties are being met. This role is offered on a permanent basis with the post holder working 35.5 hours per week, 39 weeks per year (term time plus 1).
You will:
- Have experience of working in a high school setting or with young people in the 11-18 age range.
- Be a team player.
- Have high levels of enthusiasm and motivation.
- Have strong communication skills
We can offer the successful applicant:
- A welcoming, vibrant and inclusive school community
- Children who are eager to learn, committed staff and parents
- A range of dedicated staff wellbeing support
Kingfisher Schools Trust offers a range of benefits, including:
- Excellent opportunities for continuous professional development
- Access to a huge variety of training courses through The National College
- Pension scheme (LGPS) with generous employer contribution
- Employee Assistance Programme for free and confidential advice
- Shopping and leisure discounts
- Cycle to work salary sacrifice scheme
- Affordable electric car salary sacrifice scheme
If you have any questions, or would like to arrange a visit to our school, please contact recruitment@kingfisherschools.co.uk
Please submit your application as soon as possible, as the closing date for this vacancy may be altered if a sufficient number of applications are received.
Our school is part of Kingfisher Schools Trust. The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check will be part of the pre-employment screening process for this role. An application form must be completed in full; CVs alone cannot be accepted.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Our school is part of Kingfisher Schools Trust. The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check will be part of the pre-employment screening process for this role. An application form must be completed in full; CVs alone cannot be accepted.
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 Alde Valley Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 674 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Alde Valley Academy website
School location
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