Learning Support Assistant (working within Early Years)
Sires Hill Primary Academy, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 9GYThis job expired on 6 March 2026 – see similar jobs
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
6 March 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
24 February 2026
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 for a member of staff to join our Early Years team working within our nursery and reception classes .
We are looking for staff who:
- Are passionate about making learning effective and enjoyable
- Who understand our youngest pupils and can lead learning through play and wonder
- Who share our vision of providing exceptional learning opportunities with kindness and compassion
- 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 purpose built (opened September 2023) primary school with extensive resources
- A welcoming and expert staff team
- Wonderful children who are excited about learning
More information about the post:
The post is 33.30 hours per week.
The working hours are 8.30 am - 3.40pm (half an hour lunch which is unpaid)
You will be paid on the NJC scale, starting at spine point 3.
The pro rata salary for this post is £23,376. actual will be: £17, 934
This post is term time only (which includes 5 inset days).
Fixed term contract from date of commencement which may be extended, initial fixed term will be until end of the summer term.
The post includes lunchtime cover, supporting children both inside and outside.
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.
About Sires Hill Primary Academy
- School type
- Free School, ages 2 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- School size
- 75 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Sires Hill Primary Academy website
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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