Learning Support Assistant
Summer Lane Primary, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S75 2BB3 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
8 May 2026 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
5 May 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time: 27.5 hours per week Mon-Fri 8.50am - 3.20pm daily with 1 hour lunch break.
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- G2 Point 3
What skills and experience we're looking for
Advert:
Learning Support Assistant
Grade: Grade 2 Point 3
Position- Learning Support Assistant
Hours- 08:50am to 15:20pm, Monday to Friday 27.5 Hours a week
Post type- Permanent Position
Start Date- TBC, This position will require two satisfactory reference, an enhanced DBS check, and a cleared occupational health check, before any candidate can start.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. A DBS disclosure is required for this post. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, therefore a criminal record declaration form will be required to be completed prior to interview. Please note that an online search is also carried out for all preferred candidates. This includes a search on the world wide web and relevant social media sites.
‘Please note that it is an offence to apply for a role in a school and/or working with children if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children’.
More information about the school can be found on the schools’ websites: Home | Summer Lane Primary School
Closing date for receipt of applications: Friday 8th May 2026
Shortlisting and interviews will be conducted on Wednesday 20th May 2026.
Please note only shortlisted candidates will be notified.
Summer Lane Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post involves working with children and therefore if successful you will be required to apply for a disclosure of criminal records at an enhanced level
What the school offers its staff
Summer Lane is part of Hoyland Common Academy Trust - HCAT which enables access to:
- Employee benefits package- Wellbeing package
- Access to shared drives with variety of documentation to support role.
Further information about the job
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
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on school website (opens in new tab)Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Summer Lane Primary
- School type
- Academies, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- School size
- No information available
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Email address
- james.mcclure@hcacademytrust.education
- Phone number
- 01226205363
Arranging a visit to Summer Lane Primary
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email james.mcclure@hcacademytrust.education.
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