Primary Learning Assistant Level 1 SEND

Rushbrook Primary Academy, Manchester, Lancashire, M18 7TN

13 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  January 2026

• Closing date

  21 November 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  7 November 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £25,185.00 Annually (FTE) School Teacher Pay Terms and Conditions, dependent on experience.

Primary Learning Assistant Level 1 SEND job summary

Within this role as SEN Primary Learning Assistant, you will be working within a SEND provision with children with EHCPs alongside the class teacher. You will work with both small groups of students and on a one-to-one basis.

Within the classroom, there will be a range of students with special educational needs with differing needs and you will be helping to ensure that they have equal opportunity and access to learning.

You will be a proactive, positive individual with the ability to work well with different personalities and ideally have experience working with SEND students in some capacity.

This is an excellent opportunity for graduates who are looking to gain experience within a supportive school environment, prior to making an application to train to teach. That being said, we warmly welcome a diverse range of candidates.

We are open, supportive and flexible with high-quality CPD opportunities through our Teaching School Hubs and Professional Development Institute.

Flexible working will be considered please discuss your preferences at interview.

Please see the attached job description and person specification for a full list of responsibilities and accountabilities.

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 Rushbrook Primary Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 518 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Rushbrook Primary Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/rushbrook-primary-academy

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