Learning Support Assistant Level 2
St Thomas CofE Primary Academy, Boston, Lincolnshire, PE21 7RZThis job expired on 30 July 2025 – see similar jobs
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
30 July 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
10 July 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £21,002.00 - £23,136.00 Annually (Actual)
Learning Support Assistant Level 2 job summary
Location: St Thomas’ CE Primary Academy, Boston
Hours: 30 hours per week, term time only plus five training days
At St Thomas’ CE Primary Academy, part of the Infinity Academies Trust we strive to encourage each other and overflow with hope, providing all pupils with the best education through living out our vision and high expectations.
We are looking for a caring, committed and enthusiastic Learning Support Assistant (Level 2) to join our supportive and dedicated team. This is an exciting opportunity to help pupils overcome barriers to learning, delivering targeted academic, social and emotional interventions, and enabling them to thrive both in and out of the classroom.
The successful candidate will work closely with class teachers and external professionals to implement strategies and recommendations from external agency reports, providing pupils with the personalised support they need to succeed.
We are particularly interested in candidates with experience or understanding of trauma-informed practice, and those who can deliver high-quality interventions that promote pupils’ academic progress, emotional regulation, and social well-being — supporting them to become confident learners who encourage each other and overflow with hope.
We are proud of our strong Christian ethos and high expectations, and we are looking for someone who shares our vision and is passionate about helping every child flourish.
What we can offer you?
By joining our school, you also become part of the wider Infinity Academies Trust family, benefiting from:
- Access to high-quality professional development and career progression opportunities.
- A supportive network of colleagues across the Trust.
- Well-being support and a positive, inclusive working environment.
- The chance to be part of a forward-thinking Trust committed to improving the life chances of all our pupils.
We are looking for someone who:
- Has experience of working with children in an educational setting.
- Can confidently follow and implement advice from external professionals to support pupils e.g PSP plans, STT reports, Educational Psychologists reports.
- Has experience of delivering academic, social, and emotional interventions.
- Understands trauma-informed approaches to supporting behaviour and emotional regulation.
- Is caring, resilient, and able to work as part of a team.
- Lives out our vision of encouraging each other and overflowing with hope.
If you are passionate about supporting children to overcome barriers and achieve their full potential, we would love to hear from you.
For further details please contact the school office on 01205 362860.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references.
Further information about the job
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.
About St Thomas CofE Primary Academy
- School type
- Academy, Church of England, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 415 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- St Thomas CofE Primary Academy website
Our distinctive Christian ethos of ‘encouraging others, overflowing with hope’ is at the heart of all we do and drives our core purpose every day. We are a good school with an outstanding SIAMS grading (2017). We have high aspirations and are fully committed to ensuring that all of our children flourish in all aspects of their development regardless of their starting point. Day to day you will see our children play together, pray together and learn together. You will hear laughter and feel an abundance of joy as you walk around our well-equipped and vibrant site.
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