SEND Learning Support Assistant (ASC/SCLN Resource Base)
May Park Primary School, Bristol, BS5 6LE10 days remaining to apply
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
2 November 2025 at 10:59pm
Date listed
22 October 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £25,989.00 - £26,403.00 Annually (FTE) NJC SCP 6 - 7
SEND Learning Support Assistant (ASC/SCLN Resource Base) job summary
SEND Learning Support Assistant (ASC/SCLN Resource Base)
Salary Scale Point 6-7
Hours - 32.5 hours per week / term time only plus inset
Start Date - ASAP
Closing Date for Applications - 02 November 2025
Interview Date - w/c 10 November 2025
Job Purpose
To assist the teacher in planning activities for children, working with children and assessing progress. To help ensure the safety and well-being of the children at all times.
About Excalibur Academies Trust
Excalibur Academies Trust has grown from two schools in Marlborough, Wiltshire, to 15 schools in four local authorities, stretching from Bristol to Reading along the M4 corridor, providing high quality education to almost 4000 children from age 2 to 18. From September, the Trust will be merging The Trust believes in creating a welcoming and inclusive environment in which every member of our community can thrive and reach their full potential; this goes hand in hand with our mission to help every child achieve more, regardless of the challenges they may face.
About May Park Primary School
May Park School is a large primary school in East Central Bristol; it is a diverse school with an onsite nursery. In January 2023, we opened our very own purpose built SEND Resource Base for children with ASC or SLCN.
Our staff are committed to providing an inspiring and creative curriculum within a nurturing environment. Our aim is to ensure that every child is given the opportunity to reach their full potential and is prepared for the next stage in their education.
May Park Primary, in accordance with the Trust values, is committed to supporting our employees in continuous professional development. Our aim is to raise the skills levels of staff to create a highly motivated and skilled workforce.
Our core employee rewards and benefits include:
- Competitive salary
- Generous pension scheme for teachers and support staff
- Strong learning and development opportunities
- Purpose built environment
- Opportunities to teach in Mainstream education and SEND education.
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme (wellbeing package)
- Easily accessible by bus, train and parking in designated staff car park
- Extensive Trust Network
About the Role
The SEND LSA role is within the school's brand-new purpose-built resource base for pupils with a primary need of Autism or Social Communication and Language Needs.
The role includes:
- Supporting pupils one to one, in small groups and as a whole class (maximum 8 pupils)
- Working with outside agencies such as Speech and Language and Occupational Therapists
- Supporting teaching staff with planning with a half day of dedicated PPA time with your team
- A curriculum that includes a weekly forest school session for all pupils
- Regular training opportunities with specialised practitioners including the Bristol Autism Team
We reserve the right to close the advertisement early should we receive a suitable number of candidates.
Excalibur Academies Trust is an equal opportunities employer. The Trust is proud to serve a diverse student and parent community. The aims of the Trust’s recruitment policy are to ensure that the best possible staff are recruited on the basis of their merits, abilities and suitability for the position; to ensure that all job applicants are considered equally and consistently; to ensure that no job applicant is treated unfairly on any grounds including race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or religious belief, sex or sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, gender reassignment, disability or age; and to ensure that the School meets its commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people by carrying out all necessary pre-employment checks.
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.
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About May Park Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 468 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- May Park Primary School website
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