Learning Support Assistant

St Georges CofE (Aided) Primary School, Sheerness, Kent, ME12 3QU

7 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  13 July 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  6 July 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £26,497.00 Annually (FTE) Actual Annual Salary: £18410.78

Learning Support Assistant job summary

Are you a dedicated team player with a passion for supporting children with additional needs to achieve their full potential?

St George’s CE Primary School is seeking a committed and caring Learning Support Assistant to join our welcoming and successful team. We are looking for a hardworking, flexible and inclusive individual who is dedicated to helping pupils thrive, particularly those with special educational needs.

About the Role

• 30 hours per week, Monday to Friday, term time only (38 weeks)
• Working under the direction of the SENDCo, you will provide targeted support for pupils with Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs)
• Deliver personalised interventions and adapt support strategies to meet individual learning, social and emotional needs
• Liaise closely with the SENDCo, class teachers and wider staff team to promote pupil progress, independence and inclusion
• Build positive relationships with pupils and act as a key adult, helping them access learning and achieve their individual targets

What We’re Looking For

• A positive and proactive team player who works effectively under the guidance of the SENDCo
• A strong commitment to inclusion, safeguarding and pupil wellbeing
• Experience of supporting children within a school setting is essential
• The ability to build trusting relationships and provide personalised support to pupils with additional needs
• Flexibility, patience and excellent communication skills

What We Offer

• A supportive and experienced staff team
• Ongoing training and professional development opportunities
• A friendly and inclusive school community where every member of staff is valued
• The opportunity to make a meaningful difference to the lives of children with SEND every day

We warmly encourage visits to the school. To arrange a tour or an informal conversation, please contact the school office. For further information, contact Miss E Hill (Assistant Head for Inclusion / SENCo) senco@sgps.aquilatrust.co.uk

St Georges is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All staff are expected to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be required to follow the relevant safeguarding procedures, including Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSiE) guidance, and will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references.

We encourage early applications and reserve the right to close this vacancy early if a suitable candidate is found.

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 Georges CofE (Aided) Primary School

• Organisation type: Academy, Church of England, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 382 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: St Georges CofE (Aided) Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-georges-cofe-aided-primary-school

Welcome to St. George’s Church of England Primary School. As a Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary School, we lead the community by following the teachings of Christ through holistically ensuring excellence for all. Through our happy, secure and stimulating environment all members of the school community grow in self-esteem and potential. Their spiritual, academic and social needs are celebrated as part of daily life.

We are a successful school with a strong Christian ethos set in the delightful Minster area with close links to Minster Abbey our local church.

The staff and governors of the school are committed to providing all pupils with a secure and caring environment in which they develop lively and enquiring minds, confidence and skills. Our record of accomplishment is exemplified in consistently good attainment for our children. The staff and governors of the school aim to provide the children with an education that is broadly based and tailored to meet the children’s individual needs. We provide a caring and happy positive atmosphere in which a child may fulfil his/her potential and grow in self-confidence and respect for the people and environment around them.

We are committed to the ideal of a partnership in education between home and school and, to this end, prospective parents are invited to visit the school and meet the staff and children. Home learning actively celebrates this partnership during celebration events.

We take every opportunity to celebrate our School with photos and pictures in the local press and our own social media pages. You can follow us on our page on Facebook. Please check our website for regular updates.

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