Learning Support Assistant

Castle View Academy, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO6 4QP

22 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  31 July 2026 at 8am

• Date listed

  9 July 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £22,364.24 Annually (Actual) £25,918.00 Full time equivilent, £22,364.24 for 39 weeks per year

Learning Support Assistant job summary

Duties will include running specific programmes and activities to assist the students’ individual learning and social needs. The LSA will be responsible for implementing the targets on the students’ Individual Education Plan (IEP) in liaison with the class teachers and the SENCo.

Supporting students

To provide learning support for students in class or 1:1

To support students’ learning across the curriculum, tailoring the support to match individual needs

To develop knowledge of the needs of the children and seek advice from the SENCo, class teacher and outside agencies as required

To aid access to the full range of learning experiences both inside and outside the classroom and provide modified materials as required e.g., worksheets, games, visual prompt cards etc.

To make or modify resources as suggested and advised by the SENCo, Educational Psychologist or other outside agencies

To organise and maintain an inclusive learning environment across the whole school environment

Provide positive reinforcements, praise and rewards to students

Facilitate inclusion in small group activities with peers and support interaction between them

To attend in service training and relevant meetings relevant to the post to keep up to date with developments in working with children with special educational needs.

United Learning are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be required to apply for an Enhanced DBS disclosure.

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 Castle View Academy

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 757 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Castle View Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/castle-view-academy

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