SEN Learning Support Assistant

Liskeard School and Community College, Liskeard, Cornwall, PL14 3EA

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  10 October 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  26 September 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
  • Learning support or cover supervisor
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4
• Working pattern: Full time (Can be done as a job share): The hours of work are 8:15am – 3:15 pm, Monday to Friday, term-time only.
• Contract type: Fixed term - until 31st July 2026
• Full-time equivalent salary: Actual Salary: approximately £18,678 per annum

What skills and experience we're looking for

We have a fixed-term contract available within our Learning Support Department - specifically within our Area Resource Centre which specialises in a designated category of SEND. The hours of work are 8:15am – 3:15 pm, Monday to Friday, term-time only.

We are looking for a personable individual who has a patient and positive attitude and who celebrates diversity. The role is to support the progress and learning of students in the Additional Needs Faculty.

What the school offers its staff

Part time applications or requests for other working patterns will be considered.

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

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks and references, including an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. In accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance, the Trust will undertake an online search of all shortlisted candidates.

Applying for the job

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CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Liskeard School and Community College

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1148 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Liskeard School and Community College website
• Email address: hr@liskeard.net
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/liskeard-school-and-community-college-liskeard

Liskeard School and Community College is a friendly, caring, supportive school in Cornwall with people and relationships at its heart. It is a unique school of extraordinary staff and students and enjoys exceptional support from parents and the local community. We are proud of our school and we are relentless in our approach to make it even better. We take the education of our students very seriously.

Our school is situated in the historic market town of Liskeard, which is central to Cornwall’s outstanding south eastern countryside and coastline, serving the beautiful rural villages and hamlets and is just a scenic, 30-minute drive from Plymouth.

Assessed by Ofsted in March 2020 as a good school, we are an inclusive secondary community school delivering Key Stage 3, 4 and 5 to 1,100 students aged 11-18 and of mixed ability.

We are an academy school and part of the South East Cornwall Multi Academy Regional Trust (SMART), which provides for outstanding local career opportunities, excellent professional development opportunities and access to expert support, advice, guidance and knowledge pooling from fellow practitioners in our partner schools.

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