SEND LSA

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

42 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  2 September 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  21 July 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term - 2 years
• Actual salary: £16,477 - £17,307

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are seeking to appoint a qualified, enthusiastic, and resilient Learning Support Assistant to work 1:1, or in small groups, with SEN pupils with our Reception cohort for September 2025. Please note that this role is attached to the top-up funding for specific pupils at the school and as such, if the children 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.

What the school offers its staff

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.

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.

Application forms and covering letters, outlining your suitability for the post, should be sent to the email address on the school website. The application form can also be downloaded from the website.

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

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Upload additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

LSA.pdf - 846 KB (opens in new tab)

About Worle Village Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 5 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 172 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 5 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Worle Village Primary School website
• Email address: anna.chapman@worlevillage.n-somerset.sch.uk
• Phone number: 01934 512200
• 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.

Arranging a visit to Worle Village Primary School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email anna.chapman@worlevillage.n-somerset.sch.uk.

School location

Get a job alert when similar jobs are listed

Find more school jobs in Weston Super Mare and Somerset, Bath and Bristol