SEN Learning Support Assistant

Scarborough, Overdale Community Primary School, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, YO11 3XJ

18 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  1 September 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  14 August 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
  • Learning support or cover supervisor
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Part time: 31 hours a week, 8:30 -15:10, Monday to Friday, Term-time only
• Contract type: Fixed term - Fixed Term until August 2026 (with a possibility to become permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £25,583 per annum full time equivalent
• Pay scale: Grade CD 5
• Hourly rate: £13.26 per hour

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are looking to appoint a Learning Support Assistant to provide SEND support to ensure that every child succeeds.

This role will involve a mix of supporting the teacher and pupils in classroom lessons, as well as working with small groups of children or 1:1 session in our additional intervention spaces and a sensory room. As well as assisting with learning activities, you will also support with behaviour management and personal care.

You will be working with pupils of all ages, experience of working in the Early Years (nursery/reception) to support children working at this level would be beneficial but not essential.

You will be able to adapt the lesson/activity plan provided by the teacher to deliver tailored academic, social, and emotional support to children with special educational needs, fostering inclusion and independence.

Your close work with SEND students gives you valuable insights that can help teachers effectively communicate with therapists and families. This collaboration supports the development and implementation of individual education plans (IEPs), ensuring each pupil’s safety, engagement, and progress within a nurturing and well-structured environment.

We are looking for a LSA who:

• Holds a relevant NVQ Level 2 or equivalent.
• Experience of working in the Early Years (nursery/reception) would be beneficial but not essential.
• Will be able to provide one-to-one, small group, and in-class support for students, under the direction of the class teacher and Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator.
• Will be confident and empathetic working with students who have a range of support needs, which can include physical, learning, emotional and behavioural needs.
• Will have good literacy, numeracy and interpersonal skills and have experience of supporting and working with students with a range of additional learning needs.
• Has suitable experience of working in a school environment with students and possesses an understanding of the importance of safeguarding children in a school setting.

What the school offers its staff

• A supportive, cohesive community – relationships throughout the school are welcoming, kind, inclusive and thoughtful.
• A vibrant, happy school where we value everyone and have a philosophy of kindness and support for each other.
• Children who are enthusiastic about learning and apply our school logo to every day: we listen, we learn, we shine.
• A school with an exciting and attractive learning environment.
• A leadership team who welcome fresh ideas, traditional values and a sense of teamwork.
• Well supported teachers and support professionals who are committed to driving high standards.
• An excellent working environment in a beautiful coastal setting.

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.

Please contact us if you experience any difficulty with the application process.

Unfortunately, we do not accept CVs.

When applying please take into account the following:

Employment History

In line with KCSIE requirements, please complete your full employment history to ensure any gaps in your education and career history are accounted for.

Suitable References

When completing your application, please provide two employment referees. Generally, this should be your current and most recent Headteacher or line manager. Please note if your former Headteacher or line manager has since left, please use an alternative current senior staff member as they need to be in post at your former location to be able to confirm your details in full.

Unfortunately, we cannot accept personal references or personal email addresses.

Please get in touch for any queries if you are unsure.

Supporting Information

The supporting information section of your application should clearly evidence your ability to meet the requirements we have outlined in the job description & person specification. This will be used to shortlist applicants for this role and therefore it is imperative that you provide evidence as requested.

North Yorkshire Council (NYC) advertise vacancies and process applications on behalf of schools and external organisations (third parties) in North Yorkshire. NYC are not responsible for the recruitment/employment practices of third parties and accept no liability in relation to the vacancy and any subsequent recruitment/employment processes.

Commitment to safeguarding

We are committed to meeting the needs of our diverse community and aim to have a workforce reflecting this diversity. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We have a robust child protection policy and all staff will receive training relevant to their role at induction and throughout employment at the school. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Applying for the job

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CVs will not be accepted for this application.

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SEN LSA Pack August 25.docx - 1.35 MB (opens in new tab)

About Scarborough, Overdale Community Primary School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 354 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Scarborough, Overdale Community Primary School website
• Email address: chloe.bullen@northyorks.gov.uk
• Phone number: 01609 536 964
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/scarborough-overdale-community-primary-school

Overdale Community Primary School is a highly regarded and thriving primary school with 258 pupils on roll.

These are exciting times for Overdale as we recently moved into our £6 million brand new purpose-built school in September 2021. The new building is absolutely state of the art, in terms of being eco-friendly and operating a high standard of technology. The school architecture is very contemporary. The school is well designed and welcoming, light and bright; this newness gives a feeling of empowerment and responsibility.

Alongside this, we have spacious classrooms benefitting from natural light and ventilation, creating the best possible learning environment for our pupils and best possible working conditions for our staff. Outdoors, we have two football pitches, a rounders pitch and a one-mile running track, along with an environmental area and quiet place with logs and other features.

We use our outdoor space for orienteering and problem solving. We can teach numeracy and phonics outdoors, for example, and we also have two outdoor gyms. The school now has double the capacity of the old building on the former site and the new location provides a link between the older parts of Eastfield and the new housing developments in Middle Deepdale to the north.

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