Bolton School is looking to appoint a full time Senior Learning Support Assistant to assist the SENDCO and support pupils with special educational, social, emotional and behaviour difficulties. This will involve liaising with SENDCO, Head of Girls’ Division, Class teachers, Deputy Head and other support staff, which may include outside agencies, e.g. Speech and Language Therapists, Educational Psychologists on behalf of the SENDCO should the need arise.
The Senior Learning Support Assistant’s main role is to provide support for students with a range of SEND and SEMH needs. The Senior LSA will ensure that the pupil can integrate as fully as possible in the activities generally undertaken by the other children in the class and make good progress. Duties will also include running specific programmes and activities to assist the development of the learning and social needs of pupils with SEND.
The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate outstanding pastoral care for our pupils, and will have the skills to be able to support teaching and learning both in and out of the classroom. In addition, experience of working in an administrative role is required, together with a high level of computer literacy, along with being able to work as part of a team and under pressure to meet multiple deadlines.
In return, we offer the chance to work with wonderful children in facilities unrivalled in the north of England, and the opportunity to be part of a high achieving and professional team. Although the post will be based in Senior School, there may be a requirement in the future to work with children in other age groups.
With some 2,500 pupils, Bolton School is a large, thriving, academically selective day school. It is situated a mile or so from the town centre in a stunning 32 acre campus and is within easy reach of some of the nation’s finest cities and countryside.
In Autumn 2021, significant changes were made to the leadership structure of the School Foundation, investing the newly created position of Head of Foundation with overall responsibility. Within the new structure, there are three sections: Girls’ Division, Boys’ Division and Primary Division. A Head of each Division and the Head of Foundation, together with the Clerk and Treasurer and Director of Operational Services, are the Foundation’s Senior Officers; they are directly accountable to the Governors.
Two adjoining and similar buildings, now attached by a state-of-the art Sixth Form Centre, house the Boys’ and Girls’ Senior Schools, each of which provides a traditional academic education from the age of 11 years. The Primary Division includes separate Junior Schools for boys and girls from the age of 7 and a co-educational Infant School and Nursery.
An attractive salary and benefits package are available.
For further details and to apply online for the position, please visit the School website.
Closing date for applications: Wednesday 12 November 2025 at 9.00am.
Interviews will be held week commencing 17 November 2025
We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace to reflect the diversity of our pupils and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and to join Bolton School. As an equal opportunities employer, we welcome applicants from all sections of the community and are committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees. We do not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.
Bolton School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. The successful candidate will be required to undertake an Enhanced Criminal Records Check for Regulated Activity.