Learning Support Assistant
John Wycliffe Primary School, Lutterworth, Leicestershire, LE17 4QJ6 days remaining to apply
Job start date
21 August 2025
Closing date
27 June 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
20 June 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £16,936.00 Annually (Actual) Pay award pending
Learning Support Assistant job summary
John Wycliffe Primary School, part of Inspiring Primaries Academy Trust, are looking to recruit an enthusiastic Learning Support Assistant to join our professional, friendly and hard working team.
This vacancy is for the right candidate to become a member of our dedicated team of support staff. The role requires a caring and considerate individual to work alongside the class teachers to offer personalised support for a small number of children with additional learning needs. JWPS is a community school at the heart of Lutterworth, a growing market town in rural Leicestershire. As the town is growing, so is our school and over the last few years have invested over £1.1million in the site to provide more pupil places and specialist SEN support for pupils from across Leicestershire. Our school has a long tradition of nurture, placing the wellbeing of our children at the heart of all we do. When it comes to teaching and learning, we have a very simple ethos: Be Brilliant!
Our last Ofsted, in 2023, identified the school as Good in all areas, commenting
“Pupils are happy to attend John Wycliffe Primary School. It is an inclusive school. Pupils readily work and play together. The school values encourage all pupils to aspire to ‘be brilliant’. Teachers have high expectations for what pupils can achieve. Pupils try hard in lessons. They take pride in their achievements. Pupils enjoy the rewards they get when they do well. In lessons, pupils behave well. Disruptions to learning are very rare. Classrooms and corridors are calm. “
If you are looking for the next step, even the first step, into a career in education and want to work in an environment that inspires you to bring your brilliance to every lesson, every day then this is the role for you. We would encourage you to read the details of our approach, our supportive Trust and our offer to you set out in this pack and, when you are ready to apply, phone into school so we can arrange a tour to introduce you to our team and our children.
Applications from candidates with a love of children, a knowledge and understanding of their development and a commitment to creative child centred learning are welcomed.
About Inspiring Primaries Academy Trust (IPAT):
IPAT is an ambitious, values-led, Church of England, multi academy Trust, serving local communities in South and West Leicestershire. The Trust was established in June 2017 and caters to children aged 4 to 11 in mainly rural / village schools.
It consists of the following schools, all located in Leicestershire and close to motorway links:
All Saints CE Primary School, Sapcote
Dunton Bassett Primary School
Sharnford CE Primary School
John Wycliffe Primary School, Lutterworth
Gilmorton Chandler CE Primary School
Ullesthorpe CE Primary School
Claybrooke Primary School
St. Margaret's CE Primary School, Stoke Golding
St Mary's CE Primary School, Bitteswell
We have a partnership with Unity Schools Partnership (USP) which provides curriculum expertise and evidence-informed practices across all of our schools.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and hardworking Learning Support Assistant to join our highly committed team and willing to work across Key Stages. The successful applicant will ideally be:
Experienced in a similar role
Highly organised and able to set clear priorities in managing their workload
Able to communicate clearly and positively with staff, parents and pupils, both in person and in written communications
Able to work calmly under pressure
Able to show a 'can-do' attitude and seek solutions to problems
Able to work flexibly and creatively
Happy, co-operative and able to work on own initiative
A strong team player
A person who demonstrates excellent initiative
Added benefits;
Staff Wellbeing support
Term time working
Excellent pension contribution from employer
Continued professional development opportunities
Take the next step in your career and become a valued member of our caring school community
This post is a permanent contract for 30 hours per week paid at Grade 5 Pt 7 - £12.65 per hour - 39 weeks per year ( 38 weeks term time + 30 hours for training and inset days)
Please see the Support Candidate pack for the job description and more information .
**This advert may be closed early **
Visits to our school are warmly welcomed so , please email: johnwycliffe@ipat.uk to arrange a mutually convenient time.
Safeguarding Statement ; Inspiring Primaries Academy Trust is committed to the safeguarding and promotion of children's welfare. All appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS check. The Trust follow the safer recruitment guidance and references will be requested prior to interview. Inspiring Primaries Academy Trust Website
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 are not accepted.
About John Wycliffe Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 314 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- John Wycliffe Primary School website
School location
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