Learning Support Assistant

Ashlands Primary School, Ilkley, West Yorkshire, LS29 8JY

23 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  1st September 2026

• Closing date

  23 August 2026 at 6pm

• Date listed

  31 July 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full time equivalent salary: £16,581.00 - £17,110.00 Annually (Actual)

Learning Support Assistant job summary

We are excited to offer an opportunity for a dedicated Learning Support Assistant to join our vibrant and welcoming primary school community in Ilkley.

The successful candidate will :

- work within our Early Years Team, across nursery and reception to support all children to achieve well

- be a team player with a strong work ethic

- promote pupils' independence, self esteem and social inclusion

- give support to pupils individually or in groups under the supervision of the class teachers

- be flexible and willing to work across the key stage as required

- enjoy working and supporting children with SEN needs

- be consistent and understand routines

- be patient, caring and a good communicator

- be resourceful and able to take initiative

- A good level of literacy and numeracy are desirable for this post.

Required to start September 2026 this post is fixed term in the first instance until July 2027 with a view to becoming permanent for a strong applicant.

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

Ashlands, as part of Moorlands Learning Trust, is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to the protection and safeguarding of children and young people in our recruitment procedures and in all our work across and beyond the Trust.

All persons employed by the Trust, in any capacity, will undergo an enhanced DBS check, and confirmation of employment is subject to a successful outcome.

The Trust adheres to statutory guidelines in respect to safer recruitment including social media checks on all shortlisted candidates.

All teaching staff members recruited by the Trust will have their eligibility to teach checked.

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 Ashlands Primary School

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 266 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Ashlands Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/ashlands-primary-school-ilkley

Ashlands is a community school in the heart of Ilkley and has been serving families for more than 70 years.

In September 2023 we joined the Moorlands Learning Trust Academy

Our school vision is that ‘Every Child has the Right to Shine’ which encourages us to be ambitious for each and every learner in our care.

We focus our provision on the education of the whole child: academically, spiritually, emotionally, culturally, and physically. It is essential that each child develops a strong work ethic, learning to challenge themselves to be the very best version of themselves. Our dedicated staff teach with determination and enthusiasm, through an increasingly rich, colourful, and varied curriculum.

Each child is special and unique, their needs are addressed and tracked through our rigorous ongoing assessment procedures. When and where necessary we put in place individual learning programmes and ensure that outside agencies support the school and family.

This is just a snapshot of what we do and who we are. Do browse through our website and feel free to come and see us at work. We are proud to be accountable for what we do. The best indicators of the performance of Ashlands are the children and the skills, abilities and outcomes they develop during their time here.

At Ashlands School we all take great pride in our achievement and we take great care of each other and our environment.

Donna Russell (Headteacher)

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