Learning Support Assistant (LSA)
Hotwells Primary School, Bristol, BS8 4ND9 days remaining to apply
Job start date
23 September 2026
Closing date
2 October 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
23 September 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full time equivalent salary
- £20,957
Learning Support Assistant (LSA) job summary
Job Title: Learning Support Assistant (LSA)
Location: Hotwells Primary School
Working Pattern: 32.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday (8.30am – 3.30pm with a 30-minute unpaid lunch break) | Term Time Only (45.6 paid weeks)
Contract Type: Fixed Term until 31st August 2026
Salary: FTE £27,274 per annum (Actual pro-rata salary approx. £20,957 per annum)
Start Date: As soon as possible
Applications are invited from charismatic, enthusiastic, and suitably qualified Learning Support Assistants for this exciting and rewarding post.
Hotwells Primary School is a vibrant, creative, and community-focused school—small in size but bursting with warmth, curiosity, and imagination. We are proud of our ambitious curriculum, our strengths in the Arts, and our rich local and global community of children and families.
Amplify Education is a multi-academy trust of 22 schools across Bristol, South Gloucestershire, and North Somerset. We build belief in every young person, expand opportunities, nurture potential, and strengthen citizenship.
Key Responsibilities
Provide 1:1 and small-group support for pupils with SEND, working alongside teaching staff to deliver learning activities.
Assist teachers in the plan, do, review cycle, including record keeping and resource preparation.
Help implement behaviour management strategies in line with school policies and record incidents on CPOMs.
Monitor pupil progress, provide constructive feedback, and contribute to EHCPs and SEND Support Plans.
Promote and safeguard the welfare of children and young people at all times.
Candidate Requirements
Proven experience working with primary-aged children, ideally supporting pupils with SEND. Strong communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively within a dynamic school team.
A reflective practitioner committed to ongoing professional development.
A positive attitude, resourcefulness, and a sense of humor.
Key Recruitment Dates & Details
Application Deadline: Friday, 2nd October 2026 at 9:00am
Interviews: Wednesday, 7th October 2026
School Visits & Inquiries: Visits to the school are warmly welcomed. Please contact the school office.
Please note that all posts at the School are subject to initial and periodic checks with the Disclosure and Barring Service as the school takes every measure possible to ensure the safeguarding of its students.
Safeguarding Statement:
Hotwells Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Visits to the school are encouraged.
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.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Hotwells Primary School
- Organisation type
- Academy, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- Size
- 114 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
Hotwells Primary School is a vibrant and creative, community-focused one form entry primary school - small in size but bursting at the seams with creativity, warmth and a curiosity to learn! We pride ourselves on our ambitious curriculum, our strengths in the Arts and our wonderful local and global community of children and families.
We are extremely proud to be part of the Cathedral Schools Trust. We belong to a family of nine state funded primary schools and three secondary schools. We are close neighbours with Cathedral Primary School and Bristol Cathedral Choir School and less than five miles from each of the schools in the Trust.
Candidates must share the vision for Hotwells Primary School as a thriving and vibrant school, which has high expectations for all. As part of the Cathedral Schools Trust family of schools we hope that all staff will make a positive impact on the lives and experiences of the children, parents and carers of the community.
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