Learning Support Assistant - The Avenue School

The Avenue Special School, Reading, Berkshire, RG30 4BZ

17 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  25 June 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  8 June 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2, Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Actual salary: £7,629 to £19,073 Per year

What skills and experience we're looking for

Looking for a job where you can really make a difference?

Join our warm, welcoming team and help transform the lives of children with special educational needs.

Due to our school’s expansion, we’re looking for new Learning Support Assistants to support our pupils in the classroom and out in the community.

Available roles:
We have full time (Monday to Friday) and part time (Thursdays and Fridays) roles available starting ASAP. The hours are 8.30am to 3.15pm, 31.25 hours per week, term time only plus INSET days

About The Avenue School:
We’re a vibrant, friendly SEN school supporting over 250 pupils aged 3 - 19 with a range of severe or profound learning difficulties, autism, and physical disabilities. We offer small, well-resourced classes and a truly inclusive approach to learning—both inside and outside the classroom.

What you’ll do:
You’ll work in the classroom as part of a team, supporting children with their learning, care needs, communication and behaviour. You’ll help pupils achieve their potential, whether that’s reading a new word, exploring the local area, or just making them smile.

No two days are the same, and the work is as rewarding as it is varied.

What the school offers its staff

Who we’re looking for:

We’re looking for caring, patient, and enthusiastic people who are keen to support children with special educational needs. Experience is great, but not essential as full training is provided.

We’d love to hear from you if you’re:

• Calm, positive and resilient
• A great team player with a sense of humour
• Able to communicate clearly and confidently
• Comfortable using basic ICT
• Physically fit and ready to be hands on

Why work with us?

• A friendly, supportive staff team
• Term-time hours that fit around family life
• Free access to our Employee Assistance Programme – counselling, GP line, physio and more
• Paid well-being day after 1 years’ service
• On-site parking and good public transport links
• Social events, free tea/coffee, and paid staff lunches available
• Pension scheme (including death in service)
• Access to cycle scheme and Blue Light Card
• Flu and Hep B jabs paid for
• 5-day long service reward after 10 years’ service
  
  Ready to apply?
  Visit our website: https://www.avenue.reading.sch.uk
  
  Go to the Support Assistant recruitment section, fill in the forms and email them to recruitment@avenue.reading.sch.uk
  
  Need more info? Give Vanessa Carrick a call on 0118 214 5257 – we’d love to chat!
  
  Closing date: 9.00am on Friday 26th June 2026.
  
  We may interview before the closing date, so early applications are encouraged.
  
  All appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS check and other relevant employment checks including online searches.
  

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

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About The Avenue Special School

• School type: Academies, Does not apply, ages 2 to 19
• School size: 246 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: The Avenue Special School website
• Email address: jason.owen@reading.gov.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-avenue-special-school-reading

The Avenue School Special Needs Academy is a day special school for boys and girls from the age of 2 – 19 with complex Special Educational Needs and Disabilities.

Arranging a visit to The Avenue Special School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email jason.owen@reading.gov.uk.

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