Learning support assistant - Reception

Didcot Primary Academy, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 6DP

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  11 September 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  27 August 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full time equivalent salary: £24.03 Annually (FTE) Pro rata salary from £19,462

Learning support assistant - Reception job summary

Learning support Assistant required in Reception.

We are looking for someone to join our EYFS team - supporting some of our very youngest children at the beginning of their learning journey.

Didcot Primary Academy is a highly successful and inclusive primary school located in Great Western Park, Didcot. The school has been judged to be outstanding since opening in 2016, with our most recent inspection taking place in December 2024.

We are looking to recruit Learning Support Assistants (LSA) who would be excited by the prospect of working to support children with special educational needs in EYFS , and who would add to our culture of high expectations, care and kindness.

We are looking for staff who:

• Are passionate about making learning effective and enjoyable
• Can fill our children's lives with creativity, challenge, wonder and fun
• Can create a haven in which our children feel especially safe, valued and happy
• Have patience and a positive approach, willing to learn and to support pupils with additional needs

In return we can offer:

• A commitment to high quality professional development
• A supportive and encouraging team
• Wonderful children
• Fantastic learning environment
• A true commitment to work life balance

More information about the post:

• The post is 33.5 hours per week
• The working hours are 8:30am - 3:40pm Monday to Friday
• You will be paid on the NJC scale, starting at spine point 3
• The pro rata salary for this post is £19,462. This includes working term time (plus the inset days and holiday allocation)
• The post is fixed term contract from the date of commencement until August 2027. There is a possibility that this could be extended.

We will interview earlier than the specified date if we receive strong applications.

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

Didcot Primary Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All adults are required to adhere to the school’s safeguarding policies and practices. As part of the school’s safe recruitment procedures all staff regularly undergo enhanced DBS checks.

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 Didcot Primary Academy

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 451 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Didcot Primary Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/didcot-primary-academy

Didcot Primary is an outstanding (OFSTED 2024) popular, ambitious and successful multicultural primary school, with a nursery, that opened in September 2016. The school currently has 457 pupils (from nursery to Year 6).

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