Learning Support Assistant

Warren Wood - A Specialist Academy, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, DN21 1PU

19 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  23 September 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  4 September 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £21,267.00 Annually (Actual)

Learning Support Assistant job summary

Warren Wood School is part of the INSPIRE Connected Communities providing specialist education for young people from the ages of 2-11 years. We foster a culture of learning by ensuring mutual respect and a values approach to learning with an ethos based upon high quality teaching and support. We believe that all pupils can achieve well by access to a balanced curriculum with more personalised routes to success.

We are seeking to appoint permanent and extended fixed term contracts for a Learning Support Assistant within our Trust. You would work in classes with pupils with a wide range of additional needs under the direction of the teacher.

Staff are based at an individual school however they are contracted to work for the Academy Trust therefore may be required to work at any of our schools should the need arise.

o Hours per week: 32.5

o Weeks per year: 39 weeks Monday - Friday

o Start Date: As soon as possible

We advise applicants to visit our school. To arrange a look around, please call 01427 615498.

INSPIRE Connected Communities Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and safeguarding checks. Applicants may be subject to a social media presence check.

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 Warren Wood - A Specialist Academy

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 2 to 11
• Size: 132 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Warren Wood - A Specialist Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/warren-wood-a-specialist-academy

Warren Wood is a specialist school which forms part of INSPIRE Connected Communities Trust

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