Learning Support Assistant - EYFS

Cabot Primary School, Bristol, Bristol, BS2 9JE

27 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  2 September 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  6 August 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £19,811.48 - £20,125.76 Annually (Actual) NJC SCP 5 - 6 (£26,223.00 - £26,639.00 FTE Interim Pay Award)

Learning Support Assistant - EYFS job summary

About this Role

We are seeking to appoint a Learning Support Assistant (LSA) in Early Years, working with whole class, small groups of children or individuals, under the direction of teaching staff, to ensure all pupils make excellent progress and reach their full potential.

The successful candidate will need to have:

• high expectations of what children can achieve
• experience of working with children in the primary range
• flexibility and creativity
• resilience, and can pick themselves up when things don’t go to plan
• a passion for and experience of working with children with emotional difficulties
• a positive approach and passion for engaging children in learning
• an ability to develop good relationships with children, colleagues and parents
• be qualified to GCSE level (Grade C or above), or equivalent, in Maths and English.
• experience of supporting children with SEND needs would be advantageous.
• Is punctual, reliable and committed
• Can work in a calm manner at all times

Our community is diverse and vibrant and we actively seek to provide opportunities to celebrate diversity and challenge stereotypes.

Please contact the school if you would like to come and visit, or for any further information.

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 Cabot Primary School

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 197 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Cabot Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/cabot-primary-school-bristol

School location

Get a job alert when similar jobs are listed

Find more school jobs in Bristol and Bristol