Learning Support Assistant

Learning Support Assistant

Salary: Scale 3, pt 4-5FTE £25,914 - £26,312,

Actual Salary: £18,203.55 - £18483.13 including fringe allowance

Working hours: 32.5 per week Term time plus insets 8.45am 3.45pm

Latton Green Primary Academy are looking for a Learning Support Assistant to join our successful team. The ideal candidate would be an effective role model that sets high expectations and motivates the pupils to achieve. Applicants must be enthusiastic and have excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Learning Support Assistants (LSA) would work alongside, and individually from class teachers.

Essential requirements:

• Level 3 qualification (or currently working towards achieving)
• Ability to use ICT and learn new skills
• Working in partnership with specialist teacher to support pupils needs

Additional benefits at working at Latton Green Primary Academy:

• Additional 13 days school holidays
• Competitive salary
• IT equipment relevant to the post
• Subsidised accommodation for teaching staff
• An outstanding childcare facility (under 3 years) for NET staff at discounted rates
• A supportive team of leaders and staff
• Opportunities for growth and development
• A collaborative environment to work with colleagues across the trust
• Extensive CPD opportunities, with external courses for career development
• SENDCO network within the Trust
• Working with a pastoral team, including a family liaison officer
• Membership of a generous pension scheme (Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) or Teacher Pension Scheme (TPS)
• National pay rates
• Flexible working opportunities
• Supportive special leave requests

NET Academies Trust offer a unique chance to be part of a friendly and supportive team. Being part of a primary cluster of nine schools, teachers work in teams to share the responsibility for planning.

The school has a dedicated team that works hard to reach high standards in everything they do and this is further embedded through our successful relationships with parents, the local community and the other local schools within NET. At NET Academies Trust we believe in the future development of our teachers, our staff development programme has meant teachers are successful in progressing the next stage of their career.

What Ofsted says about Latton Green Primary Academy:

• Staff are complimentary about the opportunities and guidance they receive. This includes training and development opportunities within the trust. They feel that leaders support them with their workload.
• “Pupils’ passion for learning is often ignited by interesting and thought-provoking activities in lessons.”
• “Leaders are determined for pupils to flourish.”
• Staff are well trained and provide pupils with the assistance that they need.
• The school places a high value on the core subjects, and the “curriculum is carefully planned to develop pupils’ English and mathematics”, which is reflected in pupils’ love of reading.
• Staff have high expectations of what all pupils can achieve.
• The schools’ values are reflected by teachers ensuring “that pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) can successfully access the curriculum”.

Potential applicants are both welcome and encouraged to visit the academy. Please contact the school office by telephone on 01279 421 567. 

In compliance with Safer Recruitment guidelines, CVs cannot be accepted.

NET Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of the Safer Recruitment process all shortlisted applicants will be subject to social media checks. The successful candidate will be required to undertake an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service.