Learning Support Assistant

Two Mile Ash School, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK8 8LH

8 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2025

• Closing date

  13 June 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  2 June 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £18,896.81 - £18,896.81 Annually (Actual)

Learning Support Assistant job summary

Learning Support Assistant

Part-Time

Level 1

Pay Scale B1

Actual Salary - £18,896.81 per annum

(Fixed Term until August 2026)

32.5 hours 8.30-15.30 (Monday to Friday), 39 weeks per year (term time plus 5 inset days)

Two Mile Ash School is proud to be part of the Inspiring Futures through Learning (IFtL) family of schools who inspire all of our futures through learning together. At IFtL we are never alone. We know we are stronger together – one united family striving for excellence for all, in everything we do.

This is an exciting opportunity for a Learning Support Assistant to join our thriving, successful and happy school. We are a large and over-subscribed junior school with an enthusiastic and vibrant teaching team who all firmly believe that every child should be inspired by a rich and varied curriculum.

As a Learning Support Assistant, you will be an integral part of the Pupil Support team and you will be responsible for assisting them to provide outstanding care and support for our SEND children.

You will be required to work under the guidance of the Pupil Support team, senior staff and teachers to support the learning and emotional needs of children with SEND.

The successful candidate should possess and be able to demonstrate a passion for enhancing the standards of learning and achievements for children with SEND, as well as being committed to pastoral care, collaborative team-work and flexible working. A ‘child-centred nurturing’ ethos is essential for this role.

We focus on establishing the highest standard of basic skills, whilst nurturing responsible citizens, successful learners and confident individuals. Children are at the heart of everything we do. Our vision is that every child is both challenged and inspired to achieve beyond their dreams.

We invest heavily in professional development to enable our staff to flourish, continually learn and develop. We offer a comprehensive training programme for our NQTs and all our staff benefit from professional development courses offered through the Trust in addition to bespoke in-house coaching and CPD opportunities.

If you would like to join our dynamic team, please apply via www.mynewterm.com search by Employer which will then show the current job vacancy.

Closing date for applications: 13th June 2025

Interview date: Wednesday 18th June 2025

Our children and young people come from a wide range of backgrounds, and so do our colleagues. We aim to reflect and celebrate diversity in our workplace in order to create an inclusive culture that adds real value to our vision of inspiring the futures of us all through learning together.

Inspiring Futures Through Learning is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All employees are expected to share this commitment, to follow the Trust’s safeguarding policies and procedures and to behave appropriately towards children at all times, both in work and in their personal lives.

All school based posts are defined as Regulated Activity and therefore this post is subject to an Enhanced with Barred List Criminal Records Bureau check.

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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.

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About Two Mile Ash School

• School type: Academy, ages 7 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 676 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 7 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Two Mile Ash School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/two-mile-ash-school-milton-keynes

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