KS1 SEND Learning Support Assistant
The Priory Learning Trust, Weston-Super-Mare, BS22 6BP7 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
3 July 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
24 June 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Part time, full time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- TPLTSS3 £18,625.03 - £18,920.30 (actual salary)
KS1 SEND Learning Support Assistant job summary
Fixed term contract until 31 August 2026, subject to external funding linked to your allocated student
Term Time Only
Part time - 32.5 Hours per week (Mon - Fri)
TPLTSS3 £18,625.03 - £18,920.30 (actual salary)
Plus various Company Benefits
**We may also be open to offering this opportunity to an apprentice or someone looking to gain their LSA qualification**
At Berrow Primary Church Academy, we are looking to recruit a SEND Learning Support Assistant (LSA) to work in KS1 with children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and join our wonderful staff team as part of The Priory Learning Trust.
With picturesque scenery and a strong community, Berrow Primary Church Academy is a friendly, nurturing and loving school with great ambitions. As a Church Academy, we sit at the heart of our local community and inspire our children through lighting up a love of learning. We are a caring, inclusive school with a strong Christian ethos where everyone is welcome.
We are dedicated to improving outcomes for all children and believe all of our children can achieve incredible things. We aim to provide the highest quality of education and pastoral support for all children to help them to be successful.
We are looking for a compassionate and motivated member of staff who is dedicated to improving outcomes and opportunities for children.
As part of this role, you will;
- Assist quality first teaching and learning.
- Work with classroom teachers to support the learning and assessment.
- Establish a positive relationship with pupils in order to support them in feeling safe and enabling them to enjoy and learn.
- Help develop positive learning behaviours, working collaboratively with the class teacher.
- Tailor provision to suit the needs of individual children.
- Positively manage behaviour adopting a calm restorative approach.
- Support our young people with their learning and wellbeing to ensure every child has the best opportunity to reach their full potential in a caring and safe environment.
- Take responsibility for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all according to the school’s safeguarding policies and procedures.
- Provide meaningful feedback on children’s attainment and progress.
- Contributing to wider school culture.
- Engage in staff training and whole school development; participating in weekly support staff training.
- Engage in weekly support staff PPA (planning, preparation and assessment) time to support quality first teaching.
What you will need to succeed;
- An interest and/or experience of working within a school or with children.
- Ability to adhere to working procedures and policies within the school environment.
- Good communication skills.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality.
- Efficient ICT skills.
- Patient, flexible and adaptable, meticulous and conscientious.
- Possibly an interest or some experience of working with children with special educational needs.
We focus on developing children and young people into well rounded individuals, who leave school not only with positive outcomes, but also valuable life experiences and an aspirational mindset. We teach children to become the best version of themselves and to believe in themselves.
As a school, we are committed to looking after our colleagues. We offer high quality professional development opportunities within a supportive, dynamic and diverse workplace. We offer a variety of career opportunities including cross site working to share best practice, leadership at all levels and experiences across all of our Trust schools.
We pride ourselves on being a flexible employer and strive to accommodate a variety of working arrangements, so we encourage you to apply. At our school, we take staff workload seriously and prioritise creating a supportive environment where teamwork is at the heart of everything we do. As part of a local Trust, our staff also benefit from collaborative opportunities and resources that come with being part of a wider community.
At the Priory Learning Trust, we offer an incredible, comprehensive employee benefits package. This includes..
The PLaTform - Access to our dedicated wellbeing centre & exclusive shopping discounts.
Healthshield - Funded Healthcare Scheme for employees and all dependents, which provides services such as a 24/7 GP Line & Healthcare cashback.
Discounted nursery fees for parents AND grandparents at our Academy pre schools.
Contributory pension scheme offering generous employer contribution rates.
CPD opportunities both internally & externally.
A very friendly school community with dedicated, supportive & inspiring colleagues.
Health & Fitness offers, including incredible discounts on @Worle Sports Centre and Nuffield Health, and a Cycle 2 Work Scheme.
Flu vaccinations on site, during the working day, free of charge.
About The Priory Learning Trust:
TPLT grew from an intent to bring the power of partnership and sharing to bear and provide a first-class education to a wide range of children, from all backgrounds.
At our heart is a passion to put ‘Students First’ and deliver exceptional education; beyond outstanding for every single child. We do this with a relentless drive for academic excellence, shared moral purpose and values combined with lots of fun and happiness. We believe that happy schools are also high-achieving, successful schools.
We strive for partnerships between students, families, staff and the wider community to create exceptional student outcomes. We also ‘cherish’ our staff. We believe they are amazing and are passionate to empower them through support, training, and career opportunities. With such brilliant people all aiming for the same goals, we are able to ensure every student achieves all that they are capable of and more, regardless of their background.
Early applications are encouraged as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early.
The Priory Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
All paid positions which involve working regularly within academies are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. You must declare all convictions (including convictions with Absolute Discharge), cautions or bind-overs you may have, even if they would otherwise be regarded as ‘Spent’ under this Act and where applicable any disqualifications under the Childcare Act.
The amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975 (2013) provide that certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’ and are not subject to disclosure to employers, and cannot be taken into account. Guidance and criteria on the filtering of these cautions and convictions can be found on the Disclosure and Barring Service filtering guide.
This role involves working with children on a daily basis and is therefore in regulated activity.
Offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references, online searches and Disclosure and Barring Service clearance.
Please see the following links to our Child Protection and Safeguarding policy and Recruitment and Selection policy.
Closing Date: 03 July 2025
Proposed Interview Date: w/c 07 July 2025
Proposed Start Date: 01 September 2025
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 are not accepted.
About The Priory Learning Trust
- Type
- Multi-academy trust
TPLT is, in law, an educational charity as are all Multi-Academy Trusts; we support primary and secondary schools in the South West of England. At our core is a passion to put 'Students First' and deliver exceptional education for every single child and for every single family we work with.
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