Specialist Provision Learning Support Assistant

Sherard Primary School, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE13 1HA

29 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  17 August 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  18 July 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £18,349.43 - £18,640.37 Annually (Actual)

Specialist Provision Learning Support Assistant job summary

Learning Support Assistant for Specialist Provision (SEND Unit)

Sherard Primary School

Are you looking for a new challenge?

Are you looking for a rewarding role that will allow you to make a difference by helping to give young people with SEND a positive start in life?

Then come and work for us at Mowbray Education Trust as a Learning Support Assistant in our Specialist Provision (SEND UNIT) at Sherard Primary school on a full time fixed term basis initially for 1 year.

If you have the ambition to be a crucial advocate for our SEND students by enabling them to become confident and resilient individuals then this is a fantastic opportunity to join our friendly, dedicated and supportive team.

With a remuneration package including:

A salary of £18,349.43 - £18,640.37 (FTE £24,408 - £24,795)

Local Government Pension Scheme membership

5.44 weeks paid holiday entitlement rising to 6.44 weeks after 5 years’ continuous service

The post holder will work 32.5 hours per week (5 days), Monday – Friday, (8.30am – 3.30pm) term time only plus 5 INSET days (39 weeks).

About Sherard Primary School

Children are at the heart of all decisions made

Love of learning for pupils and staff

We develop the whole child

We embrace and celebrate differences

We value collaboration in all forms

As a leading, high performing education provider, the Mowbray Education Trust (MET) is a multi-academy trust currently educating around 2,500 pupils from the age of 2 to 16. Our schools are based in the town of Melton Mowbray and surrounding villages in the Borough of Melton and are easily commutable from Grantham, Leicester, Loughborough, Nottingham and Oakham.

As an organization, we are always looking to develop our staff to grow their career with us through mentoring and professional development opportunities. Our staff are driven by one main vision, to do our best for every single pupil so that they can develop to their full potential, to act courageously and with integrity in all that they do.

The successful candidate will need to be an organised and creative person with good IT skills and a commitment to transforming the life choices of young people. You will also need to be confident in the use of IT and be able to assist in preparing materials for lessons

Closing date:16th August 2025

Interview date: Week commencing 26th August 2025

Start date: As soon as possible

Mowbray Education Trust reserves the right to close adverts early if sufficient applications are received

All roles are subject to full pre-employment safeguarding checks; including an Enhanced DBS with Barred List check – this includes a 6-month probationary period.

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

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.

About Sherard Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 395 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Sherard Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/sherard-primary-school

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