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Learning Support Assistant

  • Employer: Balfour Infant School
  • Salary: D2 4-11 (£18,933 - £21,748 Pro rata)
  • Location: Balfour Infant School
  • Contract: Temporary
  • Working Pattern: Part Time/Term Time
  • Hours: 26.25 hours per week. 5 days a week, 8:30am - 3:15pm (1 hour lunch unpaid).
  • DBS Check: Enhanced
  • Closing Date: 03/12/2021 at 12:02
  • Reference: BIS/21/173746

Fixed term contract until 31 August 2022.

We are looking for a Learning Support Assistant to join the staff of our large, friendly school.  An understanding of early childhood development and experience of working with children with Special Educational Needs is desirable.  Candidates must be able to demonstrate effective written and verbal communication skills. The successful candidate must be able to work effectively within our hardworking team to maximise and accelerate our children’s learning.   

Are you? 

  • Enthusiastic
  • A good communicator
  • Hard working 
  • Dedicated with a love of learning 
  • Reflective 
  • Organised 
  • Committed to fostering positive relationships with children, colleagues and parents/carers 

We can offer: 

  • A friendly and supportive staff  
  • Supportive families with well behaved, happy children who have a desire to learn  
  • A strong commitment to on-going professional development  
  • An opportunity to work in a highly regarded local school consistently rated “good” by Ofsted 

We are an Equal Opportunities employer.  We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and we implement the safer recruitment process which includes undertaking a Disclosure and Barring check and satisfactory references. Visits to the school or an opportunity to speak a member of the Senior Leadership Team via telephone can be arranged if desired prior to the closing date. 

Interview date: Week beginning 6th December 

Please take time to review the person specification and the job description for this post. 

How to apply

Please apply online via Jobs Go Public. 

Further information on this vacancy

This vacancy is now closed