Learning Support Assistants Grade 5 - 7
Dorothy Goodman School Hinckley, Hinckley, Leicestershire, LE10 0EA18 days remaining to apply
Job start date
20 August 2025
Closing date
10 July 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
20 June 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- Special Education Needs (SEN)
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £24,408.00 - £27,273.00 Annually (FTE) 32.5 hours per week (Actual starting pay - Grade 5 £18,349.43) or 37 hours per week (Actual starting pay - Grade 5 £20,890.12)
Learning Support Assistants Grade 5 - 7 job summary
Grades 5 to 7 - Learning Support Assistants Required
32.5 or 37 hours per week available
Term time only (39 weeks includes five days training)
Start date: 20/08/2025 (5 days induction training in the summer holidays)
Do you want to be part of a vibrant, diverse school community that offers equity of opportunities to a range of children and young people? Do you want to support children and young people to be valued members of the wider community? Do you want to develop children and young people to be successful in learning and life by developing their independence skills? If the answer to these questions is yes then Dorothy Goodman School could be the place for you.
We are currently recruiting for Learning Support Assistants to work with pupils at Dorothy Goodman within our Secondary and Primary phase. This is an ideal position for someone wishing to work in a school to gain additional experience before following a career in teaching, educational psychology or speech and language therapy.
Salary ranges(based on experience and expertise/hours worked per week) :
Grade 5 - £24,408.00 to £24,795.00
Grade 6 - £25,188.00 to £25,590.00
Grade 7 - £25,998.00 to £27,273.00
32.5 or 37 hours per week available
32.5 hours per week (Actual starting pay - Grade 5 £18,349.43)
or 37 hours per week (Actual starting pay - Grade 5 £20,890.12)
Term time only (39 weeks includes five days training)
What we need from you:
Positivity
Good communication skills
Ability to work as part of a team and independently
Flexibility
Resilience
Ability to build positive relationships with a range of pupils
What we can offer successful candidates:
Comprehensive induction training that develops skills, knowledge and understanding of a broad range of SEND
An understanding of:
The importance of aspiration for all pupils in education
Advocacy and how to ‘listen to and hear’ young people
Teaching and learning strategies that support academic achievement
Cognition and Learning & Communication and Interaction and strategies to support pupils working at a range of levels
Support from:
Specialised Engagement teams to develop skills to support pupils
External professionals to develop an understanding of learning and meeting the needs of pupils (working with Educational Psychologists, Occupational Therapists, Speech and Language Therapists, Therapeutic services)
Committed teams of staff at all levels across the school who understand the needs of pupils
At our school, individual differences are recognised and respected but are never seen as a barrier to achievement. By adapting the curriculum and teaching methods we ensure that our pupils have every opportunity to succeed both academically and socially. We also work with young people who have significant challenging behaviour and with those who have severe medical needs, and so candidates need to be prepared to adopt a problem-solving approach to the challenges that those young people bring. Our practice is constantly evolving to meet the needs of the school community.
Nurture and respect leading to independence are at the heart of our work and your commitment to our values and ethos as a school are crucial.
The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and subject to a check being carried out at an Enhanced level by the Disclosure and Barring Service regarding any previous criminal record.
OTP is committed to promoting equality, challenging discrimination and providing opportunities for people with disabilities. We are an inclusive Trust that strives to provide an environment where everyone feels welcome and valued.
For any potential applicants, we would like to encourage you to inform us of any additional support or adjustments you may need throughout the recruitment process. We welcome you contacting us at any point should you feel uncomfortable declaring a disability, to reassure you that we are here to support.
Open Thinking Partnership shares a commitment to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people. Our commitment is underpinned by robust processes and procedures that seek to maximise opportunity, minimise risk and continuously promote a culture that embraces the ethos of safeguarding amongst our workforce.
Closing date: Thursday 10th July 2025 - 12:00 midday
Interview dates to be confirmed
Commitment to safeguarding
Dorothy Goodman School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About Dorothy Goodman School Hinckley
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 19
- School size
- 387 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Dorothy Goodman School Hinckley website
Dorothy Goodman School is an all age (from ages 4-19 years) SEN School.
Our children & young people have a wide variety of special educational needs and disabilities including pupils with profound and multiple learning disabilities, severe learning difficulties, moderate difficulties and those with Autism. Some children & young people also have social, emotional and mental health difficulties associated with their learning difficulties.
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