Learning Support Assistant Level 1

Pineham Barns Primary School, Northamptonshire, NN4 9FF

10 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2024

• Closing date

  4 October 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  24 September 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £24,796.00 - £24,796.00 Annually (FTE) Grade C, Point 3, Level 1. 30 hours per week

Learning Support Assistant Level 1 job summary

This is a fixed-term position dedicated to providing 1-to-1 support for an individual pupil.

Hours: 8.45am - 3.15pm with 30 mins lunch, Monday to Friday, a total of 30 hours per week.

The successful applicant should be:

• Enthusiastic about primary education
• Passionate about developing the whole child
• Flexible, motivated and energetic
• Keen to work as part of a team
• Eager to participate in professional development opportunities and keen to learn
• Dedicated to meeting the personal needs of a child
• Committed to upholding all safeguarding policies
• Willing to train in first aid

We can offer:

• A friendly, positive and dynamic staff team
• Professional development opportunities and regular training from our senior leaders
• Positive and hardworking children
• A school with a passion for delivering the highest educational standard
• An exciting, engaging curriculum enjoyed by both the children and adults who deliver it

Preston Hedges Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children. All appointments are subject to successful Disclosure and Barring clearance and any other necessary safeguarding checks, satisfactory references and medical clearance. Please be advised that as per KCSIE 2026 all shortlisted candidates will be subject to online checks. Please also be advised we will take up references prior to interview and that one referee must be your last employer.

Our Safeguarding Policy can be found on our website, please click the following link

Policies - Preston Hedges Trust

The school provides equal opportunities to all. We are equally committed to eliminating discrimination and encouraging diversity. We aim for our workforce to be representative of society and that each employee feels respected and able to give their best. We are committed to providing equality and fairness in our recruitment and employment practices and not to discriminate on any grounds. We oppose all forms of unlawful and unfair discrimination.

If you have any questions please contact the school office on (01604) 978120 or email rosie.godfrey@pineham.org

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 Pineham Barns Primary School

• Organisation type: Free School, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 413 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Pineham Barns Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/pineham-barns-primary-school

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