Learning Support Assistant

Nova Hreod Academy, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN2 2NQ

23 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2026

• Closing date

  5 June 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  13 May 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £22,364.00 - £22,364.00 Annually (Actual)

Learning Support Assistant job summary

Learning Support Assistant

Nova Hreod Academy is looking to recruit a Learning Support Assistant.

Location: Swindon

Salary: £22,364 per annum, pro rata to the FTE of £25,918

Contract type: 33.75 hours a week, term time only

This member of staff will have the opportunity to work with some of our most vulnerable students working as part of our high performing team to ensure that they have the best chance of success.

The ideal candidate will be passionate about improving the educational outcomes of our young people and committed to further developing the strong foundations we’ve already established at Nova Hreod. We believe there are no limits to what our students can achieve, and we seek people who embody this belief in their everyday work.

If you are ready to make a significant difference, shaping the future for our students, we would love to hear from you.

Additional Information

Nova Hreod Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people therefore there is an expectation that all staff and volunteers share this commitment. The successful candidate will require an enhanced DBS disclosure.

Please note we reserve the right to close the vacancy early in light of a large response.

Due to the high volume of applications received, the School is unable to provide individual feedback on why an application is unsuccessful. If you have not been contacted within 2 weeks of closing date, please consider your application unsuccessful.

Nova Hreod Academy

Nova Hreod Academy is on a rapid journey of improvement to becoming one of the country's top-performing schools. At Nova we believe that all children have limitless potential and that all children can succeed when they are educated in an environment that is characterised by high standards of behaviour and excellent teaching. Our entire staff share a common goal: giving every child the best possible chance of success.

At Nova Hreod, we are proud to foster a disruption-free environment that allows staff to teach and students to learn without interruption. Every second of every lesson is dedicated to high-quality education.

United Learning  

We are part of United Learning, the largest academy trust nationally, which offers a life-changing education to children and young people across England.  

Our schools work as a team and achieve more by sharing than any single school could. Our subject specialists, our Group-wide intranet, our own curriculum and our online learning portal all help us share knowledge and resource, helping to simplify work processes and manage workloads for an improved work-life balance.  

As a Group, we can reward our staff better: with good career opportunities, better pay, benefits, and ultimately, the satisfaction of helping children to succeed. We invest in our staff wellbeing. Our academies each have a rich CPD curriculum and an ongoing group-wide wellbeing programme. It's an ethos we call ‘the best in everyone’. 

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.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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 Nova Hreod Academy

• School type: Academies, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1059 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Nova Hreod Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/nova-hreod-academy

Nova Hreod Academy is well placed in an excellent Location, 1 hour from London, 30 minutes from Bath and 20 minutes to the beautiful Cotswolds. We are lucky enough to have a modern building that was designed with learning and development in mind.

We are committed to becoming one of the country's top-performing schools. At Nova we believe that all children have limitless potential and that all children can succeed when they are educated in an environment that is characterised by high standards of behaviour and excellent teaching. Our entire staff share a common goal: giving every child the best possible chance of success. We are determined to prove that students in Swindon can achieve at the very highest levels.

We deliver on our promise of the best chance of success by ensuring that:

Students gain high value qualifications which will open as many doors for them in the future as possible
Students develop a real understanding of subject disciplines, learning knowledge and ways of thinking that take them beyond everyday understanding enabling them to better participate in our democratic society
Students get the opportunity to take part in many high-quality experiences – trips, visits, clubs and events which allow them to flourish outside the classroom, developing their character.

We place learning at the heart of everything that we do at Nova. Our expert teachers deliver a rich and ambitious academic curriculum in a calm, purposeful atmosphere. Our students work exceptional hard to develop a good understanding of the subject disciplines that we teach.

Beyond the classroom our house system, student leadership opportunities, and our enrichment programme, SuperNova, ensure that students have a wide range of opportunities to develop their character and to find and develop new passions, skills and interests.

At Nova every day we strive to create an atmosphere of joyful excellence where our students experience is characterised by both high standards and high levels of support. Where both fun and hard work are prioritised and where staff develop warm relationships with students whilst ensuring that standards of behaviour remain exemplary at all times.

Our values - Excellence, Hard Work and Kindness are at the heart of everything we do. The leadership team is dedicated not only to academic excellence and character development but also to ensuring that the workload for teachers is balanced, manageable, and well-considered.

How do we reduce workload for teachers?

High-quality, centralised curriculum resources
Live marking in lessons, so marking does not need to be taken home
A centralised behaviour management system
Visible and supportive senior leadership team (SLT)
Well-planned deadlines

These are just a few examples of how we’re making sure our teachers can focus on what matters most: delivering excellent lessons to our students.

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