Learning Support Assistant (Early Years)

Oakridge School, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HP11 2PN

34 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  5 January 2026

• Closing date

  12 January 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  9 December 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £17,435.00 - £18,129.00 Annually (Actual)

Learning Support Assistant (Early Years) job summary

Do you want to be part of a team where every day you make a difference? Do you want to help shape the life chances of children from the very start of their journey?

At Oakridge School, we are proud to be a two-form entry school with an attached Nursery welcoming children from the age of two. Guided by our motto “Working together to succeed” and our core purpose “Enhancing the life chances of all our children”, we believe that Early Years is the most important phase of a child’s life.

✨ Our Early Years provision was rated Outstanding at our last Ofsted inspection.

✨ Parents describe themselves as “part of the Oakridge family.”

✨ Our values of Respect, Integrity, Perseverance, and Kindness underpin everything we do.

Here at Oakridge, learning always comes first. We are a community built on support, collaboration, and a shared commitment to helping every child thrive.

We are now looking for a Support Assistant to join our Early Years team. You’ll work alongside our dedicated Nursery Manager and a friendly, supportive team in a vibrant and nurturing environment.

💡 Come and see our Early Years setting for yourself - we’d love to welcome you before you apply.

About the candidate:

Able to work as part of a team Resilience and the ability work under pressure and use initiative to support children Ability to work creatively and collaboratively Excellent attendance and punctuality Enthusiasm and empathy for children A commitment to professional standards Ability to demonstrate, understand and apply the school and Trust values

Successful candidate will be subject to

• an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check Right to work in the UK Evidence of a commitment to promoting the welfare and safeguarding of children and young people

Other info: Visits to the school are warmly welcome. To arrange a visit or to find out more about the role, please contact our school office on the number below. Please complete the application form through My new term. Tel No: 01494 520341 Email: finance@oakridge.bucks.sch.uk

Safeguarding statement: Oakridge School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of all children and expects all staff to share this commitment. Any offer of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and enhanced DBS disclosure. A social media check will be undertaken.

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.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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.

About Oakridge School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 480 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Oakridge School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/oakridge-school-high-wycombe

Oakridge is a two-form entry school taking children from 2-11 years old.
The school has amazing, polite and respectful children who love being at school and learning. All visitors comment positively about learning behaviours.
The staff all share the school’s vision of ‘Enhancing the life chances of all our children.’ We feel strongly about wellbeing and workload, which is why we have developed the attached, ‘Wellbeing and Workload Charter.’
We are a school that is outward looking, wanting to learn from current research and best practice.

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