Learning Support & Care Assistant

Leeds City Academy, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS6 2LG

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  4 September 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  21 August 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full time equivalent salary: £20,560.00 - £21,915.00 Annually (Actual) 33.5 hours per week term time only plus 5 additional days

Learning Support & Care Assistant job summary

You will complement and support the role of teachers and other professionals by

undertaking work, care and support programmes which enables access to learning in and

out of the classroom for all students of all abilities.

You will also support the SEND department in the management of students, with a range of

teaching and learning experiences which deliver an appropriately differentiated and

suitably challenging creative curriculum for all students whilst meeting statutory

requirements.

You will be responsible for the accelerated progress of our students, ensuring that they can

access the curriculum we offer through regular support.

You will be responsible for the personal care and accelerated progress of some of our most

vulnerable students, ensuring that they can access the curriculum we offer through regular

support and achievement. You will have a focus on one of the following key areas as part

of the SEND Team: Literacy and Numeracy.

You may, from time to time be required to undertake other duties commensurate with the

grade and level of responsibility defined in this job description

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 Leeds City Academy

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 1009 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Leeds City Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/leeds-city-academy

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