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Learning Support Assistant

John Ferneley College, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE13 1LH

This job expired on 31 July 2025 – see similar jobs

• Start date details

  20th August 2025

• Closing date

  31 July 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  7 July 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subjects: Teaching Assistant, Learning Support Assistant
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £17,484.00 - £18,066.00 Annually (Actual) Based on FTE of £24,408-£24,795

Learning Support Assistant job summary

Learning Support Assistant- Permanent

Are you looking for a new challenge?

Are you looking for a rewarding role that will allow you to make a difference by helping to give young people a positive start in life?

Does the future excite you within our Trust?

Then come and work for us at John Ferneley College as a Learning Support Assistant

If you have the ambition to be a crucial advocate for our SEND students by enabling them to become confident and resilient individuals then this is a fantastic opportunity to join our friendly, dedicated and supportive team.

Closing Date: 31st July 2025

Interview Date: TBC

Start Date: As soon as possible- 20th August 2025

The hours for this role will be 31.5 per week, Monday – Friday, term time plus Inset.

With a remuneration package including:

A salary of £17,784 - £18,066 per annum (FTE £24,408 - £24,795 per annum)

31.5 hours per week

Local Government Pension Scheme membership

5.44 weeks paid holiday entitlement rising to 6.44 weeks after 5 years’ continuous service

Trust Employee Benefits

- High quality continuous professional development throughout the year

- Career progression opportunities within the Trust

- Occupational sick pay, maternity and paternity pay

- Access to the generous Local Government Pension Scheme

- Cycle to Work Scheme

- Free eye care tests

- On-site parking at John Ferneley College

- Employee wellbeing schemes

- Accessible central services including HR, Finance and IT

The post-holder will work a 31.5 hours per week, Term-Time only, plus 5 INSET days (39 weeks per year).

As a leading, high performing education provider, the Mowbray Education Trust (MET) is a multi- academy trust currently educating around 2,500 pupils from the age of 2 to 16. Our schools are based in the town of Melton Mowbray and surrounding villages in the Borough of Melton and are easily commutable from Grantham, Leicester, Loughborough, Nottingham and Oakham.

As our Trust grows, so does our need for talented, skilled individuals. Each of our employees bring a unique mindset, new ideas and positively impact the development of our Trust. We are therefore dedicated to:

- Creating our own

- Growing our own

- Inspiring our own

- Retaining our own

And of Course, Children First!

As a Trust, we are always looking to develop our staff to grow their career with us through mentoring and professional development opportunities. Our staff are driven by one main vision, to do our best for every single pupil so that they can develop to their full potential, to act courageously and with integrity in all that they do.

The SEND team here at JFC have many opportunities to broaden their knowledge through the implementation of various CPD opportunities. Furthermore, LSAs are allocated to a unique learning zone in order enhance and encourage student progress. If you are looking to be a crucial advocate for our SEND students by enabling them to become confident and resilient individuals then this is a fantastic opportunity to join our friendly, dedicated and supportive team.

This role may be suitable for a graduate looking to gain relevant and practical experience within the classroom with a view to undertake teacher training or to gain specialist training and knowledge in a field that you are passionate about.

The successful candidate will need to be an organised and creative person with good IT skills and a commitment to transforming the life choices of young people. You will also need to be confident in the use of IT and be able to assist in preparing materials for lesson.

The start date for the role is as soon as possible and is dependent on completion of satisfactory pre-employment checks.

Mowbray Education Trust reserves the right to close adverts early if sufficient applications are received.

Mowbray Education Trust embraces and welcomes diversity and equality.

Mowbray Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its pupils and expects all those working within the Trust to share this commitment. All roles are subject to full pre-employment safeguarding checks, including an Enhanced DBS with Barred List check.

Mowbray Education Trust ~ Children first

Mowbray Education Trust ~ Children first

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.

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About John Ferneley College

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 1170 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: John Ferneley College website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/john-ferneley-college

John Ferneley College is a 11-16 secondary academy and part of the Mowbray Education Trust.

Located in the beautiful rural market town of Melton Mowbray, we serve around 1150 students from within Melton Mowbray and beyond.

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