Learning Support Assistant

Chaddlewood Primary School, Plymouth, Devon, PL7 2EU

13 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  1 August 2025 at 10am

• Date listed

  17 July 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £12.85 - £13.26 Hourly

Learning Support Assistant job summary

Chaddlewood Primary School would like to recruit an LSA/Teaching Assistant to its KS2 team.

KS2 Learning Support Assistant required for September 2025.

16.50 hours -Mornings Only (8.50am-12.30pm Mon-Thurs. Fri 8.30 am start)

Grade C Point 5-7 on support staff scale.

We are excited to offer a rewarding opportunity for a dedicated and enthusiastic Learning Support Assistant (LSA) to join our vibrant primary school community.

Chaddlewood is a school that is passionate about delivering an effective and engaging curriculum that meets the needs of our children and community and enables our children to meet their potential. We are looking for colleagues to support our vision to provide this.

In accordance with Part Three ‘Safer Recruitment’ of Keeping Children Safe in Education statutory guidance, and as part of the due diligence on shortlisted candidates, WeST will conduct an online search. This may help identify any incidents or issues that have happened, and are publicly available online, which the Trust might want to consider and/or explore with shortlisted applicants.

Any offer of a post is subject to excellent references and an enhanced DBS check.

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.

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.

About Chaddlewood Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 380 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Chaddlewood Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/chaddlewood-primary-school-plymouth

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