Learning Support Assistant (LSA)
The Latimer Arts College, Kettering, Northamptonshire, NN15 6SW6 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
5 October 2026 at 9am
Date listed
29 September 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
- Learning support or cover supervisor
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Working pattern
- Part time: 31 hours per week, Monday to Friday. 38 weeks per year (term time only). Attendance at our September training days is encouraged and will be paid as overtime.
Contract type
- Permanent
Actual salary
- £17,985 - £18,268 Actual
Pay scale
- Grade D, Point 3-4
What skills and experience we're looking for
We seek to appoint a Learning Support Assistant who is enthusiastic and committed to supporting those students who have additional needs. They will be able to relate to students in a calm, supportive and positive manner.
The post holder will support the needs of students on the SEN register within a variety of lessons. Experience is desirable but not essential. Every day is different so we need people who are resilient and work well as part of a team.
The successful candidate should:
- Be motivated to work with children and young people to ensure they are successful
- Have a commitment to, and belief in, the equal value of all students
- Have an ability to form and maintain appropriate relationships and personal boundaries with children and young people
- Have emotional resilience in working with challenging behaviours and attitudes to use of authority and maintaining discipline
- Have an ability to raise self-esteem and expectations of children and young people
- Have an ability to communicate effectively and relate well to all stakeholders
- Have strong ICT skills, particularly with the Microsoft Office suite
- Have an ability to work as part of a team
What the school offers its staff
- Weekly timetabled Work from Home (WFH) sessions at the start or end of the day for teachers
- Golden afternoons for non teachers
- A laptop is provided for every teacher and many non teachers
- A commitment to the DfE Education Staff Wellbeing Charter
- Regular staff wellbeing activities and social events
- Cycle to Work Salary Sacrifice Scheme
- Free access to our sporting facilities (up to 6pm weekdays)
- Health Assured (Employee Assistance Programme) - a free confidential information, support, counselling and advice service available 24 hours a day
- Eye Care Vouchers for employees using a VDU
- Full School Teachers Pay and Conditions, including continuous service, for Teaching Staff
- Employer Pension Contribution: Teachers’ Pension Scheme and Local Government Pension Scheme (Non-Teaching Staff).
- Maternity / Paternity / Adoption Leave and Pay
- A caring ethos that enables staff to attend family commitments and caring responsibilities
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.
This is a permanent post.
The hours of duty are 8.20am to 3:00pm (4 days a week) with an unpaid break of 40 minutes each day. Plus one day a week the post holder would work until 4pm to support students attending our homework club.
Commitment to safeguarding
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post will be subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure.
Applying for the job
Please complete the online application.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
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About The Latimer Arts College
- Organisation type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- Size
- 1219 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Email address
- jridley@latimer.org.uk
- Phone number
- 01536 720310
At The Latimer Arts College we are committed to ensuring that everyone in our school feels safe, happy and valued. We are over-subscribed, with approximately 1250 students aged 11-18 who are nurtured and guided through their education in a purposeful and caring community ethos based on respect for all.
We are a Foundation school, supported by a Governing Body and the Local Authority. We are not part of a corporate Trust and can truly say we are a community school.
With our students at the heart of all that we do, we expect each member of the community to uphold our core values of Honesty, Excellence, Ambition, Respect and Teamwork. We encourage the development of leadership and resilience, to ensure students leave with the skills required for employment and future success. We also model the fundamental British values of democracy, rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance for those with different faiths and beliefs. We aim to make a positive contribution to both our local community and wider society.
We have a passionate belief in the value of a well-rounded education and it is our intention to unlock the true potential within each and every individual, whatever that may be. We work collectively to motivate our students to place no boundaries on their ambitions, no limits on their aspirations and remove any barriers to their achievement. Through our high expectations we inspire our students to achieve excellence and be the best that they can be.
Our staff are essential to our success and so we are fully committed to their wellbeing and professional development.
We seek to appoint staff who thrive on collaboration, innovation and a desire to be amazing: colleagues who have a passion for improving student achievement and personal development. It is our responsibility to nurture you to deliver this success.
We have a highly successful induction programme for new staff, including an ECT programme, and we offer an extensive range of training throughout this. We are passionate about supporting professional development to equip staff with the skills, knowledge and understanding that they need to not only fulfil their roles but most importantly to be fulfilled by their roles. We offer continual staff development and frequent training opportunities.
We are committed to the DfE Education Staff Wellbeing Charter and have a varied programme of activities and support in place for our staff. This is responsive and evolves annually based on context and needs, with our staff voice being instrumental in shaping what we provide. We have a very low staff turnover and staff morale is high, this was evident in the last Ofsted report, in staff voice, and the fact that many staff choose to send their own children to the school.
Staff Benefits
Amongst the things that we offer are:
- We aim to enable full-time teachers to have the equivalent of an hour a week work from home (WFH) and an hour a fortnight for part-time teachers
- Non-teachers are rewarded with golden afternoons three times a year
- A laptop is provided for every teacher and many non-teachers
- A commitment to the DfE Education Staff Wellbeing Charter
- Regular staff wellbeing activities and social events
- Cycle to Work Salary Sacrifice Scheme
- Free access to our sporting facilities (up to 6pm weekdays)
- Health Assured (Employee Assistance Programme) - a free confidential information, support, counselling and advice service available 24 hours a day
- School funded flu jab on site, organised through a local pharmacy
- Eye Care Vouchers for employees using a VDU
- Full School Teachers Pay and Conditions, including continuous service, for Teaching Staff
- Employer Pension Contribution: Teachers’ Pension Scheme (Teachers) and Local Government Pension Scheme (Non-Teaching Staff).
- Maternity / Paternity / Adoption Leave and Pay
- A caring ethos that enables staff to attend family commitments and caring responsibilities
The Wider Curriculum
We have a thriving House system, with two forms from each year group making up one of our four Houses. This system epitomises the caring, community ethos, and encourages a little healthy competition too!
At The Latimer Arts College we passionately believe that participation in enrichment activities plays a significant contribution to personal growth and high academic achievement. That is why we provide a range of extended opportunities throughout, and beyond, the academic year. There is an expectation that all teaching staff will offer enrichment and this is factored into directed time. Non-teaching staff can also support both tutor groups and enrichment should they wish to, as well as whole school events.
The enrichment programme offers something for everyone, and we are always open to new ideas from students and staff. We encourage students to take part in as many of the exciting activities on offer as possible.
We believe in rewarding and recognising success in all aspects of academic and extra-curricular life. This culminates in our annual Pride of Latimer Awards Evening.
Our Facilities
Ensuring that our staff and students can thrive in a positive learning environment is one of our key priorities. Each learning area is well-equipped with the specialist resources that individual subjects require. We have a state-of-the-art Science Block, the Masque Theatre, a multi-use Sports Centre and a 4G all-weather pitch. Significant investment has been made in the site in recent years which means that we are the proud owners of a separate Sixth Form and Staff Café, a dedicated Sixth Form Centre, modern toilet block and extended canteen. Staff teams have individual bases or offices, as well as access to a central staff room.
We continue to invest and innovate to improve the learning environment for all. The Latimer Arts College provides an excellent environment to teach, learn and work in.
Arranging a visit to The Latimer Arts College
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email jridley@latimer.org.uk.
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