Learning Support Assistant

Chester International School, Chester, Cheshire, CH4 7AE

12 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2025

• Closing date

  1 July 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  18 June 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subjects: Teaching Assistant, Learning Support Assistant
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £18,414.00 - £19,001.00 Annually (Actual) Grade 4 SCP 4 to SCP 6 £24,404 to £25,183 full time equivalent salary (£18,414.14 to £19,001.94 pro-rata)

Learning Support Assistant job summary

Main Responsibilities

• To work under the guidance of the SENCO and teachers to provide the appropriate levels of support to learners to ensure they are making solid progress in their learning.
• Manage and implement Exam Access Arrangements for individuals in your care.
• Support with the school’s statutory obligations in relation to pupils with Education Health and Care Plans, including liaising with external agencies, parents, and professionals.
• Identify and respond to individual need through the delivery of appropriate curriculum, qualifications and / or intervention sessions to meet academic, social, and emotional needs.
• Support vulnerable pupils to transition between key stages KS45 through a comprehensive programme, including effective CEAIG where required.
• Keep up to date with developments of resources to enable vulnerable pupils to engage with the curriculum, including the use of assistive technologies.
• Act as a point of contact for teachers for advice and support around SEND, wellbeing, and social emotional mental health for pupils.
• Circulate updated information from professionals, parents and pupils to teachers when required.
• Liaise with parents to keep them fully informed about their child; coordinating and contributing to meetings and workshops where required.
• Build positive relationships with home and act as a key contact for parents / carers for vulnerable pupils.
• Where appropriate and required, support families to increase engagement, attendance and punctuality of pupils.
• Develop strategies for increased attendance which can be shared with families.
• Advise on the appropriate deployment and use of resources to enhance learning activities, taking into consideration developing technology and the needs of individual students.
• Ensure relevant documentation is completed and submitted to meet statutory and legal timeframes
• Use a range of data to track and monitor the progress of vulnerable pupils.
• Where required, proactively liaise with staff across school to implement support packages.
• Assist teaching staff in the delivery of learning activities and work programmes and undertake predetermined activities with students so that their intellectual and social development (including self-reliance and self-esteem) is fostered.
• Provide input into the planning and evaluation of learning activities for individuals and groups of students to enable the teaching staff to make informed decisions when developing their plans.
• Supervise the activities of individuals or groups of students both in and out of the classroom (including educational visits) to ensure their safety and facilitate their physical and emotional development in accordance with the school's behaviour management policy.
• Monitor individual students’ progress, achievements and development and report these to the teaching staff/line manager to inform decisions taken regarding the Educational Healthcare Plan, Individual Education Plan, Behaviour Plans and Personal Care Programmes for a student.
• Liaise with parents and carers in conjunction with the teaching staff to ensure effective communication concerning the students' well-being.
• Record student information, as specified by the teaching staff/line manager to ensure the schools information systems are maintained.
• To work within the mandates given, adhere to school (and TLT) policy, maintain confidentiality at all times, and demonstrate a clear understanding of the Data Protection Act and the implications that it has for managing school data.
• Attend to the personal, social and physical needs of students so that their well-being is maintained.
• Prepare and maintain learning equipment and ensure that the classroom is kept clean and tidy.
• Attend staff and other meetings and participate in staff training development work and staff reviews as required.
• Attend the necessary training to better support learners.

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 Chester International School

• School type: Free School, ages 14 to 19
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 281 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 14 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Chester International School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/chester-international-school

Chester International School opened in September 2017. We are a pioneering state funded 14-19 school, housed in a state-of-the-art facility in the heart of Chester. We are creating the school of the future with a blended use of technology, progressive pedagogies, individualised approach to learning, and authentic global connections embedded into our curriculum.

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