Learning Support Assistant

Contract type: Fixed term contract until 31 August 2027, pending the review of the staffing establishment

FTE/

Hours:

Various hours available, up to 30 hours per week (2 positions available)

Working weeks: Term Time Only

Salary: Based of 30 hours per week TPLTSS3 £ 17,742 - £18,023 (actual salary)

Location: The King Alfred School

Closing date: 28th June 2026

Interview dates: 2nd July 2026

Proposed start date: 1st September 2026

Are you passionate about ensuring every young person has equal access to a great education? Do you have the patience, resilience, and heart to support students who need it most?

At The King Alfreds School, part of The Priory Learning Trust (TPLT), we are looking for 2 dedicated Learning Support Assistants to join our inclusion team. In this role, you will work directly with secondary-age pupils with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND), helping them overcome barriers to learning and thrive in a mainstream classroom environment.

• Work under the guidance of our teaching staff and SEND team leaders, you will balance structured learning support with your own initiative to champion true classroom inclusion.
• Deliver tailored classroom support to individuals and small groups of SEND students, using differentiated materials to match their unique learning needs.
• Assist teachers with resource preparation, classroom displays, and student care (including health care needs where required).
• Keep accurate records of student work to provide constructive feedback, directly contributing to Student Profiles and PSPs.
• Implement agreed behavior management procedures to encourage a safe, positive, and inclusive classroom culture.
• Strictly uphold school policies regarding child protection, student welfare, and strict confidentiality at all times.

• GCSE Grade A*–C (or Level 2 equivalent) in both Literacy and Numeracy.
• Previous experience working with children of secondary school age, ideally within a school environment.
• A basic understanding of Child Protection procedures and the SEND Code of Practice.
• Basic ICT skills alongside excellent, highly effective communication and team-working abilities.
• Emotional resilience when handling challenging behaviors or emotive situations, strong personal boundaries, and a highly flexible, motivated approach to team working.

• Local Government Pension Scheme:
  You will benefit from generous employer contributions with built in peace of mind, including a tax-free Death in Service lump sum, it ensures that your long term financial well-being is as robust as your professional legacy.
• Enhanced Sick Pay: enhanced sick pay scheme during illness or unexpected sickness related emergencies, so you can focus on what matters most- your recovery.
• Family Friendly:
  Enhanced leave packages to support your work-life balance.
• Great team dynamics:
  Become part of a highly collaborative professional community, working with inspiring senior leaders and colleagues and sharing ideas, resources, and best practice across our family of schools.
• Central partnership support:
  You will benefit from access to high-quality central services and specialist expertise, providing strategic support to enable you to focus on leading teaching, learning and school improvement.
• Continuous Service:
  Full recognition of prior service for benefits which protects and enhances employment entitlements including sick pay entitlement, job security and protection of employment rights and access to family friendly leave.
• Exceptional CPD:
  Dedicated budget and time for your professional development.
• Diversity & Inclusion: A proactive commitment to creating a workspace where diversity is celebrated.

The trust is committed to equal opportunities and encourages applicants from all backgrounds and communities, as we recognise the importance and benefit this has for our pupils.

Priory Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All roles across the trust have a varying level of responsibility for ensuring safeguarding practice, with some roles holding significant responsibility and involving working with children on a daily basis in…