Learning Support Assistant / MSA

Bure Valley School, Norwich, Norfolk, NR11 6JZ

13 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  1 June 2026 at 1am

• Date listed

  19 May 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £13.47 to £13.39 per hour, £11,426.45 to £11,576.66 actual pa

Learning Support Assistant / MSA job summary

Part of Aylsham Learning Federation

Bure Valley School

John of Gaunt Infant and Nursery School

 

Tel: 01263 733393

Email: abarker@aylshamhigh.norfolk.sch.uk

Websites: https://www.burevalleyschool.org.uk/ and https://www.johnogauntschool.co.uk/

 

Executive Headteacher: Mr Duncan Spalding

Headteacher (Primary): Mr Jamie Olney

• Salary - Scale D, points 6 to 7, £13.47 to £13.39 per hour, £11,426.45 to £11,576.66 actual pa (including 3-day lunchtime duty contract)
• Temporary in the first instance (potential for permanent contract in the future)
• Part Time – 3 days per week (W-F)
• LSA - 16.2 hours per week, plus MSA duty each day
• Term Time only

We are looking for an enthusiastic and flexible individual to join our team of Learning Support Assistants. Aylsham Learning Federation has a strong record of supporting students with SEN and this role makes a valuable contribution to this. You will play a vital role in actively working to support access to learning for pupils and provide general support to the teacher in the management of students in the classroom. This will involve establishing good relationships with pupils and responding appropriately to individual needs. Our Learning Support Assistants work flexibly across both Bure Valley School and John of Gaunt Infant and Nursery School and this could include working across both settings in one day. Working 3 days per week, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays

The post holder should have good literacy and numeracy skills, the ability to relate well with children and adults, work on their own initiative and possess good basic ICT skills. Experience of working with young people aged five to eleven is an advantage, however full training will be provided. Part time applicants will be considered.

Bure Valley School and John of Gaunt Infant and Nursery School are part of Aylsham Learning Federation which supports the learning of children from nursery through to year 11. All schools are members of The Aylsham Cluster Trust, which along with other cluster schools, is focused on raising standards and improving the quality of life for our children and their families. Aylsham Learning Federation support staff are part of an excellent local government pension scheme with a generous 20%+ employer contribution. All of our colleagues can benefit from discounted membership to our leisure facilities available through Aylsham Sports Hub along with reduced fees for our nursery located in Aylsham. The school has excellent staff, great facilities, and a wonderful group of students. The support that we enjoy from parents and the wider community is fantastic. 

If you would like to join a successful and genuinely warm and friendly Federation with a tremendous community attitude, then we would love to hear from you.

Further information is available on our school websites - www.burevalleyschool.org.uk and - www.johngaunt.norfolk.sch.uk or by telephoning Ali Barker, ALF HR Manager 01263 733270, extension 154.

How to apply

A job description/person specification and our safeguarding policy are available from ‘Attachments’.

To download an application form, click on the ‘Apply for Job’ button.

Completed applications should be emailed to - abarker@aylshamhigh.norfolk.sch.uk or posted to Mrs Ali Barker, Aylsham High School, Sir Williams Lane, Aylsham, NR11 6AN.

We may review applications upon receipt and reserve the right to close this advertisement early and without prior notice once the vacancies have been filled.

Closing date:   1 June 2026, 9am

Interview date:    TBC

Aylsham Learning Federation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and you will be required to undergo an Enhanced DBS check or Enhanced DBS check with barred list. If you have information to declare it may be protected under the Exceptions Orders and you may not be required to declare it. You will be asked to make a criminal conviction declaration if you are shortlisted for the post. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website. 

References will be requested for all shortlisted applicants.

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.

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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.

About Bure Valley School

• School type: Local authority maintained schools, ages 7 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 238 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 7 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Bure Valley School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/bure-valley-school

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