Learning support assistant for KS1

Didcot Primary Academy, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 6DP

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  5th January 2026

• Closing date

  12 December 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  28 November 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £24.03 Annually (FTE) Pro rata salary from £19,462

Learning support assistant for KS1 job summary

Learning support Assistants required in KS1

Didcot Primary Academy is a highly successful and inclusive primary school located in Great Western Park, Didcot. The school has been judged to be outstanding since opening in 2016, with our most recent inspection taking place in December 2024.

We are looking to recruit Learning Support Assistants (LSA) who would be excited by the prospect of working to support children with special educational needs in KS1, and who would add to our culture of high expectations, care and kindness.

We are looking for staff who:

• Are passionate about making learning effective and enjoyable
• Can fill our children's lives with creativity, challenge, wonder and fun
• Can create a haven in which our children feel especially safe, valued and happy
• Have patience and a positive approach, willing to learn and to support pupils with additional needs

In return we can offer:

• A commitment to high quality professional development
• A supportive and encouraging team
• Wonderful children
• Fantastic learning environment
• A true commitment to work life balance

More information about the post:

• The post is 33.5 hours per week
• The working hours are 8:30am - 3:40pm Monday to Friday
• You will be paid on the NJC scale, starting at spine point 3
• The pro rata salary for this post is £19,462. This includes working term time (plus the inset days and holiday allocation)
• The post is fixed term contract from the date of commencement until July 2026. There is a possibility that this could be extended.

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

Didcot Primary Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All adults are required to adhere to the school’s safeguarding policies and practices. As part of the school’s safe recruitment procedures all staff regularly undergo enhanced DBS checks.

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 Didcot Primary Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 456 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Didcot Primary Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/didcot-primary-academy

Didcot Primary is an outstanding (OFSTED 2024) popular, ambitious and successful multicultural primary school, with a nursery, that opened in September 2016. The school currently has 457 pupils (from nursery to Year 6).

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