Learning Support Assistant
Crossley Street Primary School, Wetherby, West Yorkshire, LS22 6RT25 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
20 June 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
24 May 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
- Learning support or cover supervisor
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years
Working pattern
- Full time, part time (Can be done as a job share): We are seeking to recruit a Learning Support Assistant on a Fixed term Basis for 1 year, there maybe the option to extend. We are open to applicants looking for anything from 2 days up to full time. Weekdays. A usual working day is between the hours of 8.30-3.30.
Contract type
- Fixed term - 1 Year
Pay scale
- A1/B1
What skills and experience we're looking for
Purpose of Job:
To work under the instruction/guidance of teaching/senior staff to undertake work/care/support programmes, to enable access to learning for pupils and to assist the teacher in the management of pupils and the classroom. Work may be carried out in the classroom or outside the main teaching area.
Responsibilities:
To supervise and provide particular support for pupils, including those with special needs, ensuring their safety and access to learning activities. This may involve 1-1 support for high-needs pupils.
To assist with the development and implementation of Individual Education/Behaviour Plans and Personal Care programmes.
To establish constructive relationships with pupils and interact with them according to individual needs.
To promote inclusion and acceptance of all pupils.
To encourage pupils to interact with others and engage in activities led by the teacher.
To set challenging and demanding expectations and promote self-esteem and independence.
To provide feedback to pupils in relation to progress and achievement under guidance of the teacher.
To create and maintain a purposeful, orderly and supportive environment, in accordance with lesson plans and assist with the display of pupils’ work.
To use strategies, in liaison with the teacher, to support pupils to achieve learning goals.
To assist with the planning of learning activities.
To monitor pupil’s responses to learning activities and accurately record achievement/problems as directed
Provide detailed and regular feedback to teachers on pupil’s achievement
To promote good pupil behaviour dealing promptly with conflict and incidents in line with established policy and encourage pupils to take responsibility for their own behaviour.
To establish constructive relationships with parents/carers
To administer routine tests and invigilate exams and undertake routine marking of pupils’ work.
To provide clerical/administrative support – photocopying, typing, filing, administer coursework.
To undertake structured and agreed learning activities/teaching programmes – adjusting activities according to pupil responses.
To undertake programmes linked to local and national learning strategies - literacy, numeracy, early years – recording achievement and progress and feeding back to the teacher.
To support the use of ICT in learning activities and develop pupils’ confidence and independence in its use.
To prepare, maintain and use equipment/resources required to meet the lesson plans/relevant learning activity and assist pupils in their use.
To be aware of and comply with policies and procedures relating to child protection, health, safety and security, confidentiality and data protection, reporting all concerns to an appropriate person.
To be aware of and support difference and ensure all pupils have equal access to opportunities to learn and develop.
To contribute to the overall ethos/work/aims of the school
To appreciate and support the role of other professionals.
To attend and participate in relevant meetings as required.
To participate in training and other learning activities and performance development as required.
To assist with the supervision of pupils out of lesson times, including before and after school and at lunchtime.
To accompany teaching staff and pupils on visits, trips and out of school activities as required and take responsibility for a group under the supervision of the teacher.
To ensure promotion and support of Equal Opportunities and Health & Safety
To undertake any other duties that are commensurate with the post.
Relationships:
The postholder will be required to work flexibly to deliver an efficient service.
There will be regular contact with pupils, colleagues, other members of staff, line managers and internal and external “customers”.
What the school offers its staff
Physical Conditions:
The post is based at Crossley Street Primary School, Wetherby.
Crossley Street Primary School has full disabled access.
This post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check and satisfactory references.
The school operates a non-smoking policy
Prospects:
Promotion
Whilst there is no automatic progression to any more senior posts, opportunities do exist for advancement and promotion dependent upon normal staff movements and on the capabilities of the individual post holder.
Training
The school encourages training both ‘in-house’ and external to meet the needs of the individual and of the service.
Qualifications:
Experience of working in a childcare setting would be preferable, ideally at primary level.
Commitment to safeguarding
The school aims to ensure:
● Appropriate action is taken in a timely manner to safeguard children’s welfare
● All staff are aware of their statutory responsibilities with respect to
safeguarding, identifying children in need of early help, at risk of harm have been harmed.
● Staff are properly trained in recognising and reporting safeguarding issues
● A culture of vigilance is created and maintained to ensure that we will also act
in the best interests of children to protect them online and offline.
● Systems for reporting abuse are well promoted, easily understood and easily
accessible for children
Applying for the job
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to office@crossleystreet.co.uk
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Crossley Street Primary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 232 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Crossley Street Primary School website
- Email address
- office@crossleystreet.co.uk
- Phone number
- 01937 520301
“Inspiring today to achieve tomorrow.”
We are a successful, thriving and happy community school situated in the beautiful market town of Wetherby in West Yorkshire. We were judged to be ‘Outstanding’ in all categories by Ofsted and are proud of our deep affiliation with the local community. We work hard to achieve our outstanding results and rank in the top 5% of schools nationally for attainment and the top 2% of schools for progress, by the end of Key Stage Two. The academic success of our children is just one part of what we work to achieve at Crossley Street and we provide a wide-range of extra-curricular opportunities for our children, from clubs such as Lego, Mindfulness, Table Tennis and Touch Typing; to outdoor learning opportunities such as Den Building, Forest Schools and our Eco Club.
“At Crossley Street, respect and positive relationships are at the heart of everything we do. Our inclusive and nurturing environment empowers every child to embrace challenge, be ambitious and develop a lifelong love of learning. We aspire to reach beyond our own doorstep to widen opportunities within the community, whilst developing a better understanding of the environment we share. In doing so, we will further develop independence and resilience in our learners.”
Arranging a visit to Crossley Street Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email office@crossleystreet.co.uk.
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