Learning Support Assistant

The Chalk Hills Academy, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU4 0NE

13 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  asap

• Closing date

  24 November 2025 at 8am

• Date listed

  11 November 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £25,893.00 - £26,712.00 Annually (FTE) AS 5-7 FTE £25,893-£26,712 pro rata £8,704-£8,979

Learning Support Assistant job summary

Learning Support Assistant

The Chalk Hills Academy is seeking to appoint a part time Learning Support Assistant to help support the teaching and learning of an individual or groups of pupils.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, knowledgeable and empathetic candidate who has an understanding of how students learn and how resources can be adapted to match student’s needs. Someone who will contribute to the intellectual and social development of pupils and support their achievement in Literacy and Numeracy and other specific curriculum areas as directed.

We are looking to recruit a Learning Support Assistant who has the right attitude and will represent our positive ‘can do’ ethos that runs through our Academy.

The successful candidate will have

• Previous experience working with children/young people with special educational needs.
• Experience of working in an educational setting
• GCSE or equivalent including at least grade 4 in English and Maths
• Experience of planning and leading small group teaching/interventions desirable
• Good knowledge of SEN
• An understanding of how pupils learn and how resources can be adapted to match pupils needs
• Good IT skills (with good knowledge of Microsoft applications e.g. word, excel, etc)
• Good literacy and numeracy skills
• Excellent communication skills
• A professional and empathetic approach to the needs of our pupils
• Team player and the ability to be able to build effective relationships with both colleagues and pupils
• Ability to work using initiative

JOB SPECIFICS

Start date: Asap or following a notice period

Salary: AS 5-7 FTE £25,893-£26,712 Actual pro rata salary £8,704-£8,979

Job Role: Permanent, Part-time, Term-time + Inset days, 39 weeks per annum, 2 days per week, Thursday and Friday 8:20am-4pm

The Trust reserves the right to interview and appoint a suitable candidate before the deadline date.

Safeguarding

We believe in the safeguarding and welfare of children and expect all staff to share this view’.

The Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service. We are an equal opportunities employer.

The Department for Education (DfE) has set out statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ for schools and colleges on safeguarding.

Safeguarding is defined in paragraph 4 as:

“Protecting children from maltreatment; preventing impairment of children’s health or development; ensuring that children grow up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care; and taking action to enable all children to have the best outcomes.”

The definition of 'children' includes everyone under the age of 18.

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.

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Commitment to safeguarding

Advantage Schools is committed to safeguarding and child protection at every stage of the recruitment process.

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 The Chalk Hills Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1614 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: The Chalk Hills Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-chalk-hills-academy

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