Learning Support Assistants

The Bishop of Winchester Academy, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH8 9PW

27 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  4 February 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  7 January 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: TBOWA SCP 15 - Actual £16,518.16 (Full Time Equivalent - £25,180 per annum)
• Additional allowances:

  TBOWA SCP 15 - Actual £16,518.16 (Full Time Equivalent - £25,180 per annum)

Learning Support Assistants job summary

Due to continual expansion, we are seeking enthusiastic and experienced Learning Support Assistants to play a key role in the lives of students with with a range of different needs (e.g. Social, Emotional and Mental Health, Cognitive and Learning, as well as Physical and Sensory needs.) You will work with a highly professional team who believe in the inclusion and success of our students and giving them the best possible prospects for their future lives. We are ambitious in striving to meet individual needs and improving their learning opportunities.

It is important you have a caring, patient and understanding nature with a true desire to promote and meet the needs of individual students. You will recognise the importance of flexibility to meet these differing needs and show initiative and insight in achieving this. With experience of working with young people with SEND, SEMH , Physical and Sensory, or cognitive and learning needs, you will of course have excellent interpersonal skills and be able to make a positive contribution to our community. It is important you have experience of working with small groups or on a 1:1 basis and be committed to prioritising the needs of students at all times.

This is a Term Time Only Contract, working 29 hours per week. Monday to Thursday 08:30am to 15:30pm, and Friday 08:30am to 13:00pm.

As a Learning Support Assistant, you will be welcomed into our growing and supportive team to:

• Lead and develop this provision to greater successes
• Offer general classroom support to carry out directed learning activities
• Provide support to individual students through planned and differentiated activities
  
• Assist with students’ personal, behavioural and social development through appropriate advice and guidance
• Act as a positive role model to students, making a lasting impact on their lives

Please see the attached job description and person specification for further information.

The Bishop of Winchester Academy is a thriving Church of England school, recently recognised by Ofsted as prioritising ‘wider opportunities alongside achievement so that pupils “live life to the full.”’ (Ofsted 2023). Operating from recently refurbished facilities, our shared mission to improve the life chances of all of our students is at the very centre of our work.

We put the welfare of our staff at the heart of everything we do and can offer you:

• Generous employer pension contribution at 23.6% basic salary
• Career development with a bespoke CPD programme
  
• Excellent newly refurbished teaching facilities with free onsite parking and good local public transport links
  
• Employee Assistance Programme and Cycle to Work scheme
  
• Close proximity to beaches and the Jurassic Coast to assist your work life balance
  

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.

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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 The Bishop of Winchester Academy

• School type: Academy, Church of England, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1178 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: The Bishop of Winchester Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-bishop-of-winchester-academy

The Bishop of Winchester Academy is a thriving Church of England school, commended by Ofsted for its ‘inclusive approach, which seeks to support all pupils’. Led by a dedicated team with ‘strong moral and ethical foundation[s]’, our shared mission for ‘improving the life chances of all [our] pupils is at the very centre of [our] work’ (Ofsted, 2017).

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