23 days remaining to apply

  • Job start date

    1 April 2026

  • Closing date

    22 March 2026 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    27 February 2026

Job details

Job role

  • Learning support or cover supervisor

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Part time: 32.5 hours per week, 39 working weeks

Contract type

Permanent

Pay scale

PPS4 £25,185

What skills and experience we're looking for

The Priory Belvoir Academy is looking to recruit a Learning Support Assistant to join our friendly and successful academy where our supportive and dedicated staff are committed to delivering the best educational opportunities and outcomes for all our students. Our community spirited academy benefits from committed parents, governors and students whose excellent behaviour is testament to our holistic pastoral and values system.

The successful applicant will be enthusiastic, flexible, organised with a common-sense approach to supporting students in the classroom. Excellent interpersonal skills, a team approach to work and a willingness to help secure the best outcomes for our students whether learning or in social settings would make you an ideal candidate for this position. Learning Support Assistants play a vital role in ensuring all of our students can succeed and enjoy school life. This vacancy would suit an individual who is caring, passionate about working with students and supporting them to develop from both an academic and social perspective. The successful applicant will work across the four broad areas of need, supporting a range of learning differences from autism, ADHD to dyslexia and physical needs.

Working out of the Learning Support base (Vale Court) where a range of supportive measures are in place for students, your primary role will be to support the students with a range of educational needs to access their learning across the school day. You will be highly valued by teaching colleagues as well as the students you support.

What the school offers its staff

The Priory Belvoir Academy is a member of The Priory Federation of Academies Trust, an established and supportive MAT. We are determined in our mission to improve the life chances of our students and we are equally committed to the wellbeing and development of our staff. All our support staff benefit from annual appraisals, access to CPD opportunities and our Trust Employee Benefits Programme.

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.

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Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

About The Priory Belvoir Academy

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 16
Education phase
Secondary school
School size
693 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 16
Ofsted report
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The Priory Belvoir Academy is on an exciting journey having joined the Priory Federation of Academies Trust in 2017. Our community spirited academy benefits from engaging and supportive parents and governors and pupils whose excellent behaviour is testament to our holistic pastoral and values system. Our unique and individual culture as an academy is strengthened by belonging to the Priory Federation of Academies Trust. Our investment in trust wide CPD, mentoring and talent management results in excellent retention levels as staff build and progress their careers within and across the Trust academies.

Priory Belvoir is an 11-16 high performing Academy. We consider ourselves to be a school that meets the needs of all children and is continuously working to ensure the provision we offer is of the highest possible standard. We are seeking to employ a colleague who has the vision and determination to make a difference.

Arranging a visit to The Priory Belvoir Academy

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email squegan@prioryacademies.co.uk.

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