Learning Support Assistant (LSA) & Breakfast Playworker

Woodside Junior School, Amersham, Buckinghamshire, HP6 6NW

19 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2025

• Closing date

  13 June 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  23 May 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subjects: Teaching Assistant, Learning Support Assistant
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £13,170.00 - £13,265.00 Annually (Actual) Please note this role is a Fixed Term contract for 1 year duration (7.30am - 12.15pm)

Learning Support Assistant (LSA) & Breakfast Playworker job summary

We are looking for a passionate and dedicated person to join our supportive team at Woodside Junior School, where our "Rooted in Learning" ethos ensures every child thrives.

Are you passionate about working with children to help them be the very best that they can be? Do you want an opportunity to help support children's learning in a fantastic school , where every child matters and every staff member is valued? Do you feel that you have ideas to share and skills that will help inspire and engage our children? Do you want a role where you will never have a dull moment and no two days are ever the same? If so, this could be the ideal role for you , and we would love to hear from you!

Woodside Junior School is a high achieving two form entry junior school based in Amersham, Buckinghamshire. We are part of the Oxford Diocesan Bucks School Trust (ODBST). Our pupils are eager to learn and are keen to develop their aptitudes as well as skills. Additionally, they are well behaved, with good manners and fun to be around!

Please read through the attached full job description and personal specification (which includes essential and non-essential skills) for further details.

If you’re ready to make a difference in a nurturing environment, we’d love to hear from you!

The ODBST is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. Post holders are subject to appropriate vetting procedures and a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Enhanced check. ODBST is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

This post is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exemptions) Order 1975 because it is a post which involves working directly with children or young people and the applicant is required to declare any criminal convictions (or cautions or bind-overs) including those which are “spent”. The amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975 (2013, 2020) provide that certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’ and are not subject to disclosure to employers, and cannot be taken into account. Guidance and criteria on the filtering of these cautions and convictions can be found on the Disclosure and Barring Service website: Guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975

Commitment to safeguarding

ODBST is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. Post holders are subject to appropriate vetting procedures and a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Enhanced check. ODBST is an Equal Opportunities Employer.
This post is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exemptions) Order 1975 because it is a post which involves working directly with children or young people and the applicant is required to declare any criminal convictions (or cautions or bind-overs) including those which are “spent”.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Woodside Junior School

• School type: Academy, ages 7 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 240 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 7 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Woodside Junior School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/woodside-junior-school

Woodside Junior School, Amersham is a high achieving two form entry junior school within the Oxford Diocesan Bucks Schools Trust (ODBST). We are passionate about providing a rich and relevant curriculum for every child, allowing them to be the very best they can be. Our pupils are eager to learn, keen to develop their aptitudes and skills, extremely well-mannered and fun. Our staff is hardworking and dedicated to the well-being of our pupils and their families. Our parents are extremely supportive of the school’s work.

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