- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1614 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Ryburn Valley High School website
Learning Support Assistant (Level 1) in RISE Alternative Provision
More than one location, Together Learning Trust18 days remaining to apply
Start date details
5th January 2026 (or as soon as possible thereafter)
Closing date
8 December 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
20 November 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
- Learning support or cover supervisor
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3
Working pattern
- Part time: Hours: 27.5 hours per week. Monday to Friday 8.30am – 2.30pm
Contract type
- Permanent
Actual salary
- Band C (NJC points 4-6) Actual Salary: £15,938 - £16,447
What skills and experience we're looking for
Salary: Band C (NJC
points 4-6) Actual Salary: £15,938 -
£16,447
Contract Terms: Permanent, Term-time Only plus 2 days
Hours: 27.5 hours per week. Monday to
Friday 8.30am – 2.30pm
Closing Date: Monday 8th
December at 12noon
Start Date: 5th
January 2026 (or as soon as possible thereafter)
The provision’s base is at Ryburn Valley High School
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, we would encourage you to submit your application as early as possible.
Are you passionate about helping students overcome barriers to learning and prepare for successful reintegration into mainstream education? Do you have the patience, resilience, adaptability, and strong communication skills to build positive relationships and support emotional wellbeing? Can you thrive in a structured, specialist setting where teamwork and relational practice are key to success?
If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you.
What the role involves in a nutshell:
- Providing dedicated 1:1 and small group support for students with additional needs, ensuring access to learning and nurturing social and emotional development.
- Supporting teaching and learning under the guidance of the AP Manager and classroom teacher.
- Assisting with adapted resources and personalised strategies to meet individual needs.
- Promoting inclusion, resilience, and independence in a safe and structured environment.
- Working collaboratively with colleagues and external professionals to deliver holistic support
What you’ll get in return?
This is a fantastic opportunity to work as part of a passionate and friendly team under the direction and with the support of the Alternative Provision Manager. You will also benefit from fantastic support and development opportunities to enable you to do what you do best at this wonderful school. At RISE you’ll find a strong foundation where you can make a real difference to the lives of our children.
Benefits:
- Automatic enrolment to the West Yorkshire Pension Fund
- A Supportive and forward-thinking Leadership Team
- Staff development through appraisal and CPD
- Working as part of a creative and supportive team who want the best for all of our students
- Free Parking
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Additional holidays linked to service
- Eye Care
- Annual Flu Vaccines
- Home & Technology Scheme
- Rewards and discounts
- GP Online and Prescription Service
- Your Care Wellbeing package
- Lifestyle benefits (discount platform)
If our school sounds like a place in which you could really make a difference, then we’d love to hear from you.
For more information about the role, please see our Job Pack below.
About RISE Alternative Provision
RISE is a specialist intervention designed for students in Key Stage 3 (Years 7–9) who require short-term, intensive support to overcome barriers to learning and prepare for successful reintegration into mainstream education. Our vision is clear: “Enabling every student to RISE – ready for reintegration, inspired for success.”
We provide a safe, inclusive, and values-driven environment where students receive tailored academic and pastoral support. Placements typically last 12 weeks, with a strong focus on improving engagement, attendance, and emotional wellbeing. Our approach combines structured routines, high expectations, and relational practice, ensuring every student feels supported and empowered to thrive.
RISE operates from its own dedicated, specialist building, providing a safe and structured environment that currently caters for up to 10 Key Stage 3 students.
What Makes RISE Unique
- Curriculum Continuity: Students follow a curriculum aligned with the National Curriculum, adapted to meet individual needs, including core subjects and creative opportunities.
- Holistic Support: We embed pastoral care, emotional regulation strategies, and targeted interventions such as ELSA, CAMHS, and career-based learning.
- Positive Relationships: Behaviour management is rooted in consistency, respect, and restorative practice, aligned with Together Learning Trust policies.
- Impact-Driven: Success is measured through attendance, engagement, academic progress, stakeholder voice, and reintegration outcomes.
RISE is not just an alternative provision—it’s a transformational pathway that helps students re-engage with learning and build the confidence, resilience, and skills needed for their next phase.
We are extremely proud to be leading the way in Calderdale, and we need like-minded people who can really help us make the difference.
Leanne Ginty, ALTERNATIVE PROVISION MANAGER
Danny Armitage, SENIOR DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION
HOW TO APPLY
Could we be a good fit for each other? If you’d like a chat about the role, or have any questions, then we’d be delighted to hear from you. Please contact Leanne Ginty our Alternative Provision Manager via l.ginty@tlt.school
If you’re ready to apply, please complete our online application form.
SAFER RECRUITMENT
We are committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff and volunteers are expected to behave in a way that supports this commitment and are subject to an enhanced DBS check. Please be aware that it is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. If you are shortlisted for interview, we will undertake an online public search in line with guidance from the Department for Education and Keeping Children Safe in Education 2025.
What the school offers its staff
see above
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
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
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About Together Learning Trust
- Type
- Multi-academy trust
- Email address
- recruitment@TLT.school
School Details
Ryburn Valley High School
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