Learning Support Assistant
Aylsham High School, Norwich, Norfolk, NR11 6AN19 days remaining to apply
Closing date
15 April 2026 at 1am
Date listed
27 March 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Scale D, pts 6-7 - £13.47 to £13.69 per hour (£6,513.93 to £6617.69 actual p/a)
Learning Support Assistant job summary
Part of Aylsham Learning Federation
Tel: 01263 733270
Email: abarker@aylshamhigh.norfolk.sch.uk
Website: www.aylshamhigh.com
Executive Headteacher: Mr Duncan Spalding
- Salary: Scale D, pts 6 to 7, £13.47 to £13.69 per hour (£6,513.93 to £6617.69 actual p/a)
- Permanent
- Part Time
- 11 hrs per week (Tuesdays/Thursdays)
- Term Time + 2 days
We are looking for an enthusiastic and flexible individual to join our team of Learning Support Assistants. Aylsham High School has a strong record of supporting students with SEN and these roles makes a valuable contribution to this. You will play a vital role in actively working to support access to learning for students and provide general support to the teacher in the management of students in the classroom. This will involve establishing good relationships with students and responding appropriately to individual needs. An interest in Food and Nutrition would be beneficial.
The post holder should have good literacy and numeracy skills, the ability to relate well with children and adults, work on their own initiative and possess good basic ICT skills. Experience of working with young people aged 11-16 is essential and behaviour support experience would be an advantage.
Aylsham Learning Federation includes Aylsham High School, Bure Valley School, John of Gaunt Infant and Nursery School and John Bear’s Nursery. Aylsham Learning Federation support staff are part of an excellent local government pension scheme with a generous 20%+ employer contribution. All of our colleagues can benefit from discounted membership to our leisure facilities available through Aylsham Sports Hub, including a purpose built gym along with reduced fees for our nursery located in Aylsham. The school has excellent staff, great facilities, and a wonderful group of pupils. The support that we enjoy from parents and the wider community is fantastic.
If you would like to join a successful and genuinely warm and friendly Federation with a tremendous community attitude, then we would love to hear from you.
How to apply
A job description, person specification and copy of ALF safeguarding policy are available from ‘Attachments’. Alternatively, further details are available on the school website www.aylshamhigh.com or by telephoning Ali Barker, HR Manager, on 01263 733270 extension 154.
To download an application form, please click the ‘apply for job’ button. Completed applications should be emailed to abarker@aylshamhigh.norfolk.sch.uk or posted to Mrs Ali Barker, Aylsham High School, Sir Williams Lane, Aylsham, NR11 6AN.
Closing date: 15 April 2026, 9am
Interview date: TBC
Aylsham Learning Federation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and you will be required to undergo an Enhanced DBS check or Enhanced DBS check with barred list. If you have information to declare it may be protected under the Exceptions Orders and you may not be required to declare it. You will be asked to make a criminal conviction declaration if you are shortlisted for the post. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website.
References will be requested for all shortlisted applicants.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Aylsham Learning Federation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
More details about our commitment to safeguarding can be found on our job advertisements.
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 Aylsham High School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1108 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Aylsham High School website
Aylsham High is one of the most consistently successful schools in Norfolk and our work is underpinned by the values of the co-operative movement. Our cohort is truly comprehensive and we are committed to being an inclusive, welcoming, and supportive school community. The school is blessed with excellent staff, great facilities, and a wonderful group of students. The support that we enjoy from parents and the wider community is second to none. We believe that if we are going to maintain and improve on the school’s achievements, we have to continuously evaluate our approach to teaching and learning and this is a theme that runs throughout our school improvement planning.
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