Learning Support Assistant Level 2

Uplands Manor Primary School and Nursery, Smethwick, West Midlands, B67 6HT

10 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  18 May 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  8 May 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • SENDCo (special educational needs and disabilities coordinator)
  • Teaching assistant
  • Learning support or cover supervisor
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Full time: 29 hours per week – term time only + INSET days Monday - Friday - Term Time Only
• Contract type: Fixed term - until August 2027
• Pay scale: Band B SCP 3 to 4

What skills and experience we're looking for

Role Overview:

• Supporting pupils with SEND/complex needs in the classroom
• Delivering targeted interventions and personalised support
• Promoting positive behaviour and emotional wellbeing
• Supporting communication, language and social development
• Working in partnership with teachers, the SENDCo and families

We are looking for someone who will:

• Able to demonstrate a genuine care for the individual pupils
• Enthusiastic, reliable and well-motivated
• Has experience supporting pupils with SEND (e.g. ASD, speech and language, SEMH needs desirable)
• Able to take initiative when working with the children
• Able to display good interpersonal skills
• Committed to working in partnership with parents and carers
• Able to care for the needs of each child in their care
• A team player

What the school offers its staff

We can offer the successful candidate:

• A very warm and welcoming community. Be part of a school that values community engagement and strives to make a positive impact on the lives of its pupils and families.
• Work within a collaborative and supportive team dedicated to continuous improvement and professional development.
• A strong commitment to your professional development.
• A happy and inclusive school

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 job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

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About Uplands Manor Primary School and Nursery

• School type: Local authority maintained schools, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 798 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Uplands Manor Primary School and Nursery website
• Email address: helen.ogrady@uplandsmanor.sandwell.sch.uk
• Phone number: 0121 558 1602
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/uplands-manor-primary-school-and-nursery

Uplands Manor is a vibrant and large primary school in Smethwick, with a thriving nursery and a specialist SEND Unit for children with severe learning difficulties from across Sandwell LA. We are very clear in our desire to build upon our ‘Good’ Ofsted judgement and continue our journey towards becoming ‘Outstanding’ in the future, and this is an exciting opportunity for a leader to make a positive impact.

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