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Learning Support Assistant
Salary: Grade 5 Pay point 7-8 salary £25,191 – 25,590
(Actual Salary £18,933)
Hours: Monday-Friday
32.5 Hours per week
Term time Plus 1 Week
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our vibrant and innovative school in a Learning Support Assistant role. This rewarding position would suit an experienced Learning Support Assistant or someone looking to start their career.
We have also recently joined the Lionheart Trust giving wider opportunities for support and sharing good practice. This is an exciting and transformative time for us, and we are excited about what the future holds.
Staff at our school are knowledgeable, enthusiastic and caring and we support this with on-going professional development opportunities for all our employees.
You will need to be ambitious for our students as well as organised and literate. You will be part of a skilled and experienced team supporting students to overcome barriers to learning and be successful in school. The ability to engage positively with students is essential.
We provide high quality continuous professional development to all of our staff. We also offer in-house training, making the most of the expertise within our own staff, including Specialist Leaders of Education and a Maths Mastery Specialist Teacher. Within the Trust we also have Primary Directors of Curriculum, Inclusion, English and Mathematics.
As a member of staff you will be able to access a number of staff benefits including membership of Benenden Health, Golden Time (a paid day’s leave a year), free eye tests and subsidised gym membership to name a few.
The best way to get to know us is to come and visit. If you would like to do so, you are more than welcome; please just get in touch with a member of the school admin team who will be able to make an appointment for you.
The Trust strives to be a diverse and inclusive place where all staff have a seat at the table: a seat to be free, a seat to inspire, a seat to challenge and a seat to succeed.
We currently have staff networks for staff who are Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME), Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Queer + (LGBTQ+), staff who would describe their background as working class and staff with a disability.
Please note all applications will be subject to an online in line with safer recruitment guidelines.
We will interview suitable candidates on application.
Closing Date: 08:00am 3rd November 2025
Safeguarding Statement
Mercia Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults, and expects all staff and volunteers to understand and share this commitment. We have a shared commitment to develop a culture of respect, where discrimination is not tolerated. We welcome all applications, including those from under-represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.