Learning Support Assistant (RR 18)

Inspiring Primaries Academy Trust, Lutterworth, LE17 5LU

6 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  20 August 2026

• Closing date

  19 June 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  25 May 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £17,537.00 Annually (Actual)

Learning Support Assistant (RR 18) job summary

St Margaret's CE Primary School areseeking to recruit enthusiastic Learning Support Assistants to join our professional, friendly and hard working team help our children to achieve their full potential.

These roles are for 30 hours per week paid at Grade 5 Pt 7 - £13.05 per hour, term time + 1 week of hours for inset days and training .

If you are passionate about teaching and learning, a reflective practitioner, with a drive to succeed, then we would welcome an application from you.

Our inclusive school family provides everyone with firm roots and foundations which enable them to aim high, use their gifts and fly. Every child and adult is special to God and uniquely made in his image - we strive to ensure that all members of our school’s body understand their worth and value. All members of our school’s body seek to nurture the following Christian values (roots):

Roots (our Christian values):

• ‘Encourage one another and build each other up.’ (Thessalonians 5:11) - friendship
• ‘Just as the Lord has forgiven you, so you must also forgive others.’ (Colossians 3:13) - forgiveness
• ‘Do to others as you would have them do to you.’ (Matthew 7:12) - respect
• ‘Tell the truth to each other.’ (Zechariah 8:16) - truthfulness
• ‘I can do all things through him who strengthens me.’ (Philippians 4:13) - perseverance
• ‘Always be thankful.’ (1 Thessalonians 5:16) - thankfulness
• ‘For the body itself is not made up of only one part but of many parts.’ (1 Corinthians 12: 14) - citizenship (koinonia)

These roots give our children the ‘Wings to fly’. This means:

• The ability to live in and value a diverse society.
• Realising that there are no limits to your potential.
• Having the confidence to make informed choices and to think for yourself.
• Being aware of your own gifts and using them wisely.
• Playing a part in making the world a better place.
• Recognising and celebrating the good in everybody and everything.

“They will soar high on wings like eagles.” (Isaiah 40: 31)

Our Ofsted inspection in October 2024 was rated as 'Good ' in all areas , please see our website for more information.

Our school offers exciting learning environments with a strong ethos of teamwork. We also offer continued professional development. Applications from candidates with a love of children, a knowledge and understanding of their development and a commitment to creative child centered learning are welcomed.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and hardworking person to join our highly committed team. The successful applicant will be:

• Experienced in a similar role
• Experience working with SEN pupils
• Highly organised and able to set clear priorities in managing their workload
• Able to communicate clearly and positively with staff, parents and pupils, both in person and in written communications
• Able to work calmly under pressure
• Able to show a 'can-do' attitude and seek solutions to problems
• Able to work flexibly and creatively
• Happy, co-operative and able to work independently
• A strong team player
• A person who demonstrates excellent initiative

Added benefits;

• Staff Wellbeing support
• Term time working
• Excellent pension contribution from employer
  

This posts is for KS1/ 30 hours per week /Paid at Grade 5/ .7 - £13.05 per hour

Permanent contract /Fixed contract / 39 weeks per year ( 38 weeks term time + 30 hours to be worked INSET days, training etc)

Visits to our school are warmly welcomed , please contact the school office on 01455 212393 or email stmargarets@ipat.uk.

About Inspiring Primaries Academy Trust (IPAT):

The Trust was established in June 2017 and caters to children aged 4 to 11. It consists of the following schools, all located in Leicestershire and close to motorway links: All Saints CE Primary School, Sapcote, Dunton Bassett Primary School, Sharnford CE Primary School, John Wycliffe Primary School, Lutterworth, Gilmorton Chandler CE Primary School, Ullesthorpe CE Primary School, Claybrooke Primary School, St. Margaret's CE Primary School, Stoke Golding, St Mary's CE Primary School, Bitteswell

Safeguarding Statement

Inspiring Primaries Academy Trust is committed to the safeguarding and promotion of children's welfare. All appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS check. The Trust follow the safer recruitment guidance and references will be requested prior to interview.

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 Inspiring Primaries Academy Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
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