Learning Support Assistant
Katherine Warington School, Harpenden, AL5 5FHDeadline is tomorrow
Job start date
1 January 2026
Closing date
10 November 2025 at 9am
Date listed
24 October 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time, full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £26,312.00 - £27,983.00 Annually (FTE) £19,160 to £20,377 Actual salary for 31.5 hours a week, Term Time plus INSET days
Learning Support Assistant job summary
LEARNING SUPPORT ASSISTANT, Term time only plus one week of INSET days. We are seeking to appoint a committed and experienced Learning Support Assistant who will provide support for our students, teachers and the school.
We are seeking to appoint a committed and experienced Learning Support Assistant who will provide support for our students, teachers and the school in order to raise standards of achievement for all students (e.g. SEND, EAL, all underachieving groups) by utilising specific knowledge and skills and to encourage students to become independent learners, to provide support for their welfare, and to support the inclusion of students in all aspects of school life.
The successful candidates will have:
Experience of working with children with special educational needs in a school setting
GCSE (or equivalent) qualifications in Maths and English (grade 4 or above)
Knowledge and understanding of the different social, cultural and physical needs of students
An interest in how children learn and behave
Appropriate role modelling of behaviour both in the classroom and around school
Empathy towards students who find learning and managing their behaviour difficult
Training in aspects of SEN, i.e., ADHD, Dyslexia, Autism, VI
If you feel you have the relevant desire, experience and energy and share our vision then we look forward to receiving your application.
Closing date for applications: 9am Monday 10th November 2025
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should sufficient applications be received so early submission of your application is recommended
We are committed to the safeguarding and promotion of children’s welfare and an equal opportunities employer.
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 Katherine Warington School
- School type
- Free School, ages 11 to 19
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1017 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Katherine Warington School website
Katherine Warington School is a new comprehensive, co‐educational and non‐denominational academic secondary school (opened September 19) with 750 students currently (180 in each of years 7, 8, 9 and 10 – these year groups are already oversubscribed). The school will add a
further 180 students in each subsequent year and then open a 250 strong Sixth Form. By 2025 we will have grown to our capacity of 1,150 students. The school was established through the partnership of the Harpenden Secondary Schools Trust, which includes the three outstanding
schools in Harpenden: Roundwood Park, St George’s and Sir John Lawes and additional partners: the University of Hertfordshire and Rothamsted Research Centre (a world leading non‐profit agricultural science research centre).
Further details about the school, including our prospectus and virtual tour, can be found on our website: www.kwschool.co.uk
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