Learning Support Assistant

Northfleet School for Girls, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 8AQ

10 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2025

• Closing date

  2 June 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  21 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: £12,375.00 Annually (Actual) Kent Scheme Pay Grade B

Learning Support Assistant job summary

We are seeking a Learning Support Assistant (LSA) to support a variety of class teachers in ensuring access to the curriculum for a range of pupils including those with a full range of additional needs.

Responsibilities will include supporting the needs of identified students and other groups to overcome barriers in learning both inside and outside of the school. The post holder will work under the guidance of our LSA Leader and be part of a team of support for students with specific needs and who require adaptations to allow full engagement with education.

This is a permanent post for 3 days per week (08:30 - 16:00) and term time only (39 weeks per year). The working days to be agreed with the successful candidate.

Please visit our website and see the attached documents for further information on the school and the role.

We welcome any candidate who may wish to visit for an informal tour or conversation in advance of applying. If you would like to take up this opportunity, please contact Mrs Annable to arrange.

Northfleet Schools for Girls is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. The appointment is subject to satisfactory references, medical clearance and an enhanced DBS check. For any candidate who is shortlisted, an online search will be conducted in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2024 statutory guidance.

We reserve the right to withdraw this advert before the published closing date should a suitable candidate be appointed before. 

Commitment to safeguarding

Northfleet School for Girls and all its personnel are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to satisfactory references, medical clearance and an enhanced DBS check. For any candidate who is shortlisted, an online search will be conducted in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2024 statutory guidance.

Applying for the job

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

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About Northfleet School for Girls

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1283 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Northfleet School for Girls website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/northfleet-school-for-girls

Northfleet School for Girls is a vibrant and caring school with a great community feel. Over recent years we have been growing rapidly (62% increase in student roll since 2017) and we believe this is down to the following key areas:

- A real passion to develop the whole student as well as achieve excellent academic progress

- A dedicated staffing team who really care and a clear commitment by leaders to staff wellbeing

- Great student behaviour and engagement, allowing staff and students to flourish

Our vision is that all students should "dream big and achieve" through the following:

- High expectations in all aspects of school life including uniform, attendance, behaviour and academic achievement

- Working together through truly valuing positive working relationships with staff, students and parents

- Enjoying the journey, we strongly believe that all involved in our community can enjoy being at our school and create lasting positive memories.

We are at a very exciting stage of realising our aspirational vision through the following:

- Very strong academic achievement, significantly above Kent similar school averages

- Continued oversubscription across school

- A key emphasis that we are not an exam factory, we seek to develop the whole person with equal importance to academic performance

- Valuing and developing our committed staff team through wellbeing support and further career opportunities

- A strong financial position allowing us to invest for the future

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