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Learning Support Assistant

Katherine Warington School, Harpenden, AL5 5FH

This job expired on 4 July 2025 – see similar jobs

• Job start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  4 July 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  20 June 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: £25,496.00 - £25,889.00 Annually (FTE) Salary H3 (Point 5-6) Actual salary, £11,493 - £11,670 including London Fringe

Learning Support Assistant job summary

LEARNING SUPPORT ASSISTANT, Term time only plus one week of INSET days. Part-time, 3 days per week, Thursday, Friday plus one day. 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:

• Excellent numeracy and literacy skills
• Understanding of child development and how children learn
• Good organisational and time management skills
• Strong IT skills
• Flexibility, initiative and common sense
• The ability to approach all tasks with patience and good humour
• Reliability and a commitment to work hard in the best interests of our students

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 Friday 4th July 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

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.

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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
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/katherine-warington-school

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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