SEND Learning Support Assistant

Joydens Wood Infant School, Bexley, Kent, DA5 2JD

Deadline is today

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  9 January 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  19 December 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £24,796.00 Annually (FTE)

SEND Learning Support Assistant job summary

Main Purpose of the Role:

In this role, you will support the educational, spiritual, moral, social, and cultural development of pupils, working closely with teachers to deliver high-quality lessons and engaging activities. You’ll provide targeted one-on-one or small group support to help meet individual learning needs, while contributing to a safe, nurturing, and stimulating classroom environment. Collaboration with staff will be key, ensuring that every child is given the opportunity to reach their full potential.

Key Responsibilities and Tasks:

Support for Pupils

Attend to pupils’ personal needs and implement individual care programmes, including those related to health, hygiene, first aid, and welfare.

Supervise and support pupils to ensure their safety and access to learning.

Build positive relationships with pupils, acting as a role model and responding to individual needs.

Promote inclusion and acceptance of all pupils, encouraging participation and independence.

Support pupils in engaging with teacher-led activities and peer interactions.

Support for Teachers

Prepare the classroom for lessons and assist with tidying and displaying pupils’ work.

Monitor and report on pupil progress, behaviour, and achievements to the teacher.

Maintain accurate pupil records as requested.

Assist in managing pupil behaviour and report concerns appropriately.

Provide general administrative support, including photocopying, filing, and collecting money.

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

Safeguarding is paramount at Joydens Wood Infant School and being vigilant is what we pride ourselves on.

All members of our school community, volunteers and visitors/contractors are subject to the same safeguarding procedures and expectations.

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 Joydens Wood Infant School

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 7
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 212 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 7
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Joydens Wood Infant School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/joydens-wood-infant-school

Joydens Wood Infant School is a popular 3 form entry infant school with 235 happy and inquisitive children.

We are located in northwest Kent, just inside the M25. We are very close to the motorway networks and a few minutes drive from Bluewater Shopping Centre.

Our leafy site is in a quiet residential area, but close to semi-rural green belt spaces. We share our large site with Joydens Wood Junior School, an academy like ourselves which is part of the NEXUS Educational Schools Trust

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