Primary Learning Support Assistant
King's Academy Oakwood, Bracknell, RG42 4FYThis job expired on 11 September 2026 – see similar jobs
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
11 September 2026 at 9am
Date listed
25 August 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full time equivalent salary
- £25,183.00 Annually (FTE) KGA Band 1, point 1-2 FTE £24,454pa pro rata plus £729 Outer London Fringe, pro rata. Actual gross £20,631pa
Primary Learning Support Assistant job summary
We are looking for a passionate, talented, collegiate practitioner to join our dedicated primary team at King’s Academy Oakwood. The successful candidate will be part of a team of Learning Support Assistants led by our Head of Primary and Deputy Heads.
Our new Learning Support Assistant will support students within the classroom, work with small groups and offer 1:1 support when needed. Experience of working with students with Speech and Language difficulties, specific learning difficulties and ASD would be a distinct advantage. They will share the academy's vision and the belief that all young people can achieve. Other necessary qualities include confidentiality, efficiency and being able to work on your own initiative and under pressure. There is an expectation of a willingness to contribute to the wider life of King’s Academy Binfield (KAB) and King’s Academy Oakwood (KAO).
We opened our doors, in superb new buildings, to secondary students in September 2018 and to primary in 2019. We have grown year on year, with the schools now operating from nursery to Year 13.
The post is for 35.42 hours per week (term time only plus 2 days). Hours of work will be 8.15am - 3.50pm, Monday to Friday.
King’s Academy Binfield and King’s Academy Oakwood are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young students and expects all staff to share this commitment. The successful applicant will need to undertake an enhanced DBS check.
For further information or an informal discussion please contact Amber Walker, HR Coordinator, at amber.walker@kingsacademies.uk
Completed application forms (not CVs) should be submitted to Amber Walker at amber.walker@kingsacademies.uk or by post to: Amber Walker, King's Academy Binfield, St. George's Park, Binfield, Bracknell, Berkshire, RG42 4FS by 9am on Friday 11th September 2026.
Candidates with strong applications will be invited in for interview as they are received so this position may be filled prior to the closing date.
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 King's Academy Oakwood
- Organisation type
- Free School, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- Size
- 210 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
School location
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