Learning Support Assistant D&HI
Aldercar High School, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG16 4HLDeadline is today
Start date details
1 September 2026
Closing date
5 June 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
5 June 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £25,185.00 - £25,583.00 Annually (FTE)
Learning Support Assistant D&HI job summary
About the Role
Aldercar High School is seeking a committed and compassionate Learning Support Assistant to join our Inclusion team. You will work closely with teaching staff and the SENCO to support students, including those with special educational needs and hearing impairments, ensuring full access to learning and school life.
This is a rewarding and varied role where you will support both individual students and small groups, helping them develop academically, socially and emotionally.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide in-class support and targeted interventions for individuals and small groups
- Support students with additional needs, including communication and hearing impairments
- Assist teachers in planning, preparing and delivering learning activities
- Promote pupil engagement, independence and positive behaviour
- Monitor progress and provide feedback to teaching staff
- Support students’ social, emotional and physical wellbeing, including personal care where required
- Prepare resources and provide administrative support
- Liaise with parents, staff and external professionals to support student needs
About You
We are looking for someone who:
- Is passionate about supporting young people to succeed
- Has an understanding of special educational needs and inclusive practice
- Communicates effectively and works well within a team
- Is organised, reliable and proactive
- Can adapt to meet the needs of students
- Has good literacy and numeracy skills
Essential Qualifications
- GCSE Grade C/4 or above in English and Maths (or equivalent)
Desirable:
- Experience working with young people or in a support role
- Experience supporting students with hearing or communication needs
- First Aid qualification
Why Join Us?
- A welcoming and inclusive school community
- A supportive leadership team
- Opportunities for professional development
- The chance to make a real and lasting impact on students’ lives
Safeguarding
Aldercar High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All staff are expected to share this commitment.
Further information about the job
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Aldercar High School
- School type
- Academies, Does not apply, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 690 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Aldercar High School website
About Aldercar High School
Welcome to Aldercar High School & Sixth Form Centre
The staff, governors and students of Aldercar High School and Sixth Form Centre extend a warm welcome to you. We are a rapidly improving school which has seen recent improvements in the academic achievements of our pupils.
We challenge our students to have high expectations of themselves throughout their school life. Good attendance and punctuality, as well as working hard and to the best of their ability, are key to their academic success. Being respectful, courteous and disciplined allows our students to develop into responsible members of both our school and their local community.
Aldercar High School is a happy and harmonious school where students are cared for well. They feel safe and their talents are nurtured by their teachers. Staff have strong relationships with parents so that students can be best supported to achieve their very best.
We aim for all of our students to leave Aldercar High School with the qualifications that reflect their very best ability as well as have the social confidence to make a real impact on their world whatever their talents.
I hope that our prospectus and website provides you with an insight into the life of students at Aldercar High School and that you have all the information that you need to make the right choice of school.
Clare Hatto
Head Teacher
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