SEND Learning Support Assistant

Worle Village Primary School, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, BS22 9EJ

14 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  26 February 2026 at 11am

• Date listed

  10 February 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £24,790.00 - £25,183.00 Annually (FTE) (actual salary £16,477 - £17,307)

SEND Learning Support Assistant job summary

We are seeking to appoint a qualified, enthusiastic, and resilient Learning Support Assistant. Please note that this role is attached to the top-up funding for a specific pupil at the school and as such, if the child should leave the school or the funding should cease, the post would end.

The successful candidate will:

• Have previous experience of working with children in an educational setting ideally with pupils with SEN needs.
• Be enthusiastic, highly motivated and able to use own initiative.
• Have a good standard of general education evidenced by three or more GCSE’s at grade C/4 or above, including English and maths, as well a minimum of a level 2 certificate in supporting teaching and learning.
• Have good interpersonal skills with both adults and children.
• Be physically fit and willing to be trained in Team Teach.
• Have experience of working with children with additional needs.

Worle Village is a successful ‘family’ school with a modern and exciting curriculum and learning without limits ethos.

We can offer the successful candidate:

• The opportunity to work with a friendly and highly skilled team of colleagues committed to providing a quality education to our pupils.
• A caring, nurturing, family atmosphere with delightful pupils and supportive families.
• A ‘good’ school as evidenced by Ofsted during its most recent inspection.
• Regular opportunities to participate in training and professional development.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Any offer of employment will be conditional upon the outcome of an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references. Worle Village is part of the Kaleidoscope Multi Academy Trust which includes Becket, Christ Church, Crockerne, Hutton, St Martins, and Ashcombe schools and the successful candidate will be employed by the Trust. As a result of this, you may be required to work in another school, with your agreement, as business needs dictate.

Please find attached our job description PDF for more details.

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.

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Commitment to safeguarding

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Our recruitment and selection process relating to references are rigorous and comply with national and local guidance regarding child protection policy and procedures. Any offer of employment will be conditional upon the outcome of an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references.

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 Worle Village Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 5 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 172 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 5 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Worle Village Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/worle-village-primary-school

Worle Village is a small primary school with a large community feel which Ofsted judged to be ‘good’ in February 2022 quoting ‘there is a caring, nurturing, family atmosphere at Worle Village Primary.'

We aim to provide an educational and social environment, which nurtures and challenges each child, enabling individuals to flourish and to achieve his or her highest possible potential. We strive to develop lifelong learners and with this in mind; we aim to make their educational experience at Worle Village stimulating and one they will reflect upon in years to come. Our environment allows children to achieve academically, creatively, spiritually and socially.

As part of the Kaleidoscope MAT, an exclusively Primary MAT, our aim is to share good practice, resources and training to ensure pupils get a small school feel but receive an expert, outward-facing view of the community with access to a wider range of activities and experiences shared with six other like minded schools.

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