Learning Support Assistant

St Bernadette Catholic Secondary School, Bristol, BS14 9LS

24 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  26 June 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  2 June 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £26,824.00 - £28,142.00 Annually (FTE) BG7 S/P 8-11 Term-time only 8.45am-3.15pm (45 min lunch)

Learning Support Assistant job summary

We are a large, friendly, supportive team looking for enthusiastic, caring and flexible Learning Support Assistants to provide support for students in our classrooms. Some of the positions are to support individual students and others will support a number of students in class.

The roles will all involve helping students develop self confidence and resilience, to develop a positive mindset and a greater capacity for learning. You will help the students to build friendships and to become integrated into our school community.

The roles will include:

• Supporting students in class by abridging the learning, providing support strategies and helping students to develop skills to overcome barriers in learning
• Providing students with support for their core skills such as numeracy and literacy (either in small groups or 1:1)
• Undertaking 1:1 engagement and confidence building work such as gardening, cooking, crafts.
• Pastoral mentoring, support with mental health and managing emotions.

We can offer:

• Happy, friendly and talented students
• A supportive, flexible, inclusive SEN team
• Enthusiastic, committed and friendly staff
• Strong academic results
• A school with strong care, support and guidance
• A wide range of employee benefits including employee assistance programme and counselling sessions, option to participate in the cycle to work scheme, on site free car parking, free annual flu jab

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 St Bernadette Catholic Secondary School

• School type: Local authority maintained schools, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 754 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St Bernadette Catholic Secondary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-bernadette-catholic-secondary-school

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