Learning Support Assistant Level 2
West Walker Primary School, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE6 3XW13 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
25 September 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
12 September 2025
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time (Can be done as a job share): 32.5 hours per week Monday to Friday
Contract type
- Fixed term - Fixed term to 31st August 2026
Full-time equivalent salary
- N3 £25,185 - £25,583 per annum pro-rata
Actual salary
- Actual salary £18,995 - £19,295
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking for a Support Assistant to work within our school, who can inspire and who has:
- Learning Assistant Level 2 qualification or equivalent.
- Motivation to work with children and young people.
- Emotional resilience when working with challenging behaviours.
What the school offers its staff
In return we offer:
- Great opportunities for continuing professional development and a career pathway across the trust.
- A team of hardworking, dedicated and friendly staff where everyone is valued.
- The benefit of working in a highly collaborative multi academy trust.
- Membership of the Local Government Pensions Scheme which the trust also contributes to on your behalf.
- Recognition of previous service with other schools, academies, local government etc.
- Access to an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), delivered by Health Assured – the UK andIrelands leading wellbeing provider.
- Good public transport links via Tyne and Wear Metro and road links from the A19 and A1058.
Further information about the job
This post is term time only plus 5 training days and is fixed term until 31/08/2026.
We're seeking to appoint a Learning Support Assistant with experience of providing classroom support, to assist with the learning and personal development of all our children. Under the direction of the teacher, you will work to establish positive relationships, empathising with the needs of our children.
Our school is one of seven primary and secondary schools within the NEAT Academy Trust family of schools. At the heart of our trust is the aim to nurture, educate, achieve and transform the lives of all young people within the communities we serve across the North East. We have a national research school, which aims to build and strengthen networks of schools throughout the region and help them access effective education research and implement it in everyday practice.
West Walker Primary School is a place where everyone is valued, we have a commitment to maximising potential by developing positive attitudes in an atmosphere of mutual respect, inclusion and enjoyment. In our last inspection, West Walker Primary School was judged as Good.
Interested? If you would like to join us and feel you could thrive here, then please read the accompanying job description and person specification, and complete an application form by clicking ‘apply now’ no later than midnight on Thursday 25th September 2025.
NEAT is committed to safer recruitment practice and promoting the welfare of children and expects staff and volunteers to share this commitment.This position is exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and a satisfactory Enhanced DBS from the Disclosure and Barring Service is required as part of pre-employment checks. For shortlisted candidates, we will conduct an online search as part of our screening.
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 West Walker Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 2 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 212 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- West Walker Primary School website
- Email address
- j.brown@neatat.org.uk
School location
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