Learning Support Assistant (working within Early Years)

Sires Hill Primary Academy, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 9GY

15 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  3 September 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  19 August 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £24,027.00 Annually (FTE) Pro rata salary is £19462

Learning Support Assistant (working within Early Years) job summary

Learning Support Assistant required to work across the EYFS and to support children with SEND

Sires Hill Primary Academy opened its doors for the very first time in September 2023, and welcomed our new 2 year olds into the school in September 2024. The school will eventually become a two form entry primary school with a nursery with children aged 2-11.

We are looking to recruit a Learning Support Assistant (LSA) who would be excited by the prospect of working to support pupils with special educational needs in our EYFS, establishing a culture of high expectations, care and kindness. They would also support the school’s morning extended hours sessions for families. Sires Hill Primary Academy works in partnership with Didcot Primary Academy, following the same curriculum and benefitting from the expertise of an established primary school.

We are looking for staff who:

Are passionate about making learning effective and enjoyable.

Can fill our children’s lives with creativity, challenge, wonder and fun.

Can create a haven in which our children feel especially safe, valued and happy.

In return we can offer:

• A brand new purpose built primary school with extensive resources.
• A commitment to high quality professional development.
• A supportive and encouraging Senior Leadership Team and trust. (SLT will be made up of an Executive Principal who will work across both Sires Hill Primary Academy and Didcot Primary Academy and a Vice Principal based at Sires Hill Primary Academy).
• A commitment to work life balance.

More information about the post:

The post is 35 hours per week.

The working hours are 8.10am – 3.40pm

You will be paid on the NJC scale, starting at spine point 3.

The pro rata salary for this post is £24,027 FTE and £19,462 pro rata

This post is term time only (which includes 5 inset days).

Fixed term contract from date of commencement which may be extended.

The LSA will be based in our Reception Class

The post includes extended hours and lunchtime cover, supporting children both inside and outside.

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 Sires Hill Primary Academy

• School type: Free School, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 75 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Sires Hill Primary Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/sires-hill-primary-academy

Sires Hill Primary Academy opened its doors for the very first time in September 2023, and welcomed our new 2 year olds into the school in September 2024. The school will eventually become a two form entry primary school with a nursery with children aged 2-11.

Sires Hill Primary Academy works in partnership with Didcot Primary Academy, following the same curriculum and benefitting from the expertise of an established primary school.

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