Queen Elizabeth School
Cumbria
£25,989 - £27,254 per year
Salary:
SCP 6 – 9 (Pro-rata: £19,931 - £20,901pa) based on FTE
Job type:
Full Time, Part Time, Permanent
Apply by:
10 October 2025
Job overview
Lunesdale Learning Trust are seeking a Learning Support Assistant and would welcome applications from those both early or at the beginning of their career or from those with more experience on a full or part-time basis. We are looking for LSA's to join our schools to fulfil the vital roles in ensuring that pupils with additional needs are able to access learning in mainstream classes alongside their peers. We would be keen to receive applications from candidates with knowledge of specific special educational needs, such as ASC and ADHD, but also from colleagues with experience supporting children with social, emotional and mental health needs
Working with class teachers, our LSAs provide social and emotional support to those pupils as well as help with their learning; both individually or in groups. As well as having good academic skills; a calm, caring and considerate approach is essential for this role to build positive relationships with pupils.
Lunesdale Learning Trust encompasses Queen Elizabeth School and Queen Elizabeth Studio School. We have served our communities with great "Scholarship and Care" since 1591 and are blessed to be in a wonderful and beautiful part of the world. We are immensely proud of our commitment to the highest quality teaching and learning coupled with extraordinary pastoral care. We are a truly comprehensive community in which every child is cared for, supported and stretched, moving on to diverse destinations, from local apprenticeships and college courses to highly selective universities.
Building on our long successful history, we launched our sister school in September 2017 creating a small multi-academy trust of our 2 schools, the Lunesdale Learning Trust.
Applications are welcomed from well-qualified and highly motivated individuals who are keen to work with remarkable young people providing an exceptional education for all.
If you wish to apply, please complete all sections of the application by 12 noon on Friday 10th October 2025. Interviews are scheduled to take place in week commencing 13th October 2025.
Please note although advertised as a salary scale, it is normal that the successful applicant would commence on NJC 6 with annual progression.
In your supporting statement we would like you to include:
* a statement as to why this particular job appeals to you.
* an outline of your relevant experience
* a discussion of the personal and professional qualities which you believe suit you for this post
We would encourage all potential applicants to read the
About Queen Elizabeth School
Queen Elizabeth School
Kirkby Lonsdale, Carnforth
Lancashire
LA6 2HJ
United Kingdom
About Queen Elizabeth School
Queen Elizabeth School (QES), Kirkby Lonsdale, is an 11-18 co-ed, non-denominational, all ability school with a sister school, QEStudio, with its own building. We serve a large, prosperous and beautiful area of South Lakeland, North Yorkshire and North Lancashire. Although a rural school, we are only 6 miles from the M6 and well connected to main line train stations, which helps explain the outward-looking vibrancy of Kirkby Lonsdale.
Queen Elizabeth School dates back to 1591 when we were granted our charter to provide 'Scholarship and Care', a promise we continue to deliver well into the 21st century.
In September 2017 QES developed as the Lunesdale Learning Trust to incorporate a new Free School, the QEStudio providing high quality professional, technical and vocational learning to over year-olds. This is an innovative and exciting aspect of our provision in Key Stage 4 and 5 it is proving to be extremely popular with pupils and parents.
Executive Headteacher
Cathy O'Neill
Values and vision
Most significantly the Trust is founded on core values which underpin and inform the life of the schools and promote our sense of community. These include the focus on encouraging global citizenship, remembering that life is about more than material things, looking out for others, and thinking of others who are less fortunate.
Ofsted report
"This outstanding school fully lives up to its ancient motto of 'Scholarship and Care'. The excellence that the school achieves results from the equal emphasis given to each of these aspects of its work. Parents and students are overwhelming in their praise of the school and many count themselves fortunate to be a part of it. Pressure for places is high because of the school's excellent reputation in the locality and further afield."
View Queen Elizabeth School's latest Ofsted report
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