Ready, Respectful, Safe ‘Nurturing Hope and Ambition to Achieve and Succeed’ Senior Leaders are seeking to appoint a committed and skilled Learning Support Assistant to join our friendly and inclusive team. This role will require experience of working with children and supporting their learning needs and will involve supporting individual children or small groups of children to access learning, while supporting our whole school value of inclusion. At Rood End Primary we believe that everyone is a teacher of SEND, therefore, your role as LSA will require you to support children with additional needs. A high standard of spoken and written English is essential, as is a good standard of numeracy. If you would like to join us, we can offer: an engaging, varied curriculum with a wide range of experiences to motivate receptive pupils friendly and enthusiastic pupils a committed, caring and supportive staff with a wide range of expertise a commitment to staff professional development at all levels an environment where staff and pupils contribute to school life and everyone is valued If you are ambitious and passionate about children Achieving and Succeeding, and you meet our requirements, then we would love to hear from you. We encourage potential applicants to visit school before applying for the position. Please email or call to arrange an appointment. 0121 552 1866. Completed applications can be returned to vacancies@roodend.sandwell.sch.uk Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be required to undertake all relevant safeguarding checks and an enhanced DBS check. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and is eligible for an enhanced DBS check including a Children's Barring List Check. If you are barred from working with children you are breaking the law if you apply for this post Please ensure application forms are signed if sending via email. Further information relating to our school, including our policies can be found on our website Rood End Primary School - Home CV’s will not be accepted. If you have provided an email address, correspondence will be sent via e-mail. Successful applicants will be contacted with an interview date. If you are successful in being short-listed for interview, you will be contacted via email within 28 working days of the closing date. Please ensure you check your junk/spam boxes as well as your inbox in case any correspondence has been delivered there. We are committed to encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion among our workforce, and eliminating unlawful discrimination. We are a Disability Confident Employer, we have a positive approach to employing disabled people and guarantee an interview for applicants who disclose they would like to be considered under this scheme and meet the essential criteria. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, be sure to include these on your application. This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement for this role Online Search An online search will be undertaken on all shortlisted candidates. This search does not form part of the shortlisting process and you will have the opportunity to discuss any issues of concern that may arise from this search at the interview. Applications forms are available below and should be returned to: vacancies@roodend.sandwell.sch.uk We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive a sufficient number of applications. Hours: 34 hours per week, term time 1 week Monday: 8.15am to 4.30pm (45-minute break) Tuesday: 8.25am to 4.00pm (45-minute break) Wednesday and Thursday: 8.25am to 3.40pm (45-minute break) Friday: 8.15am to 3.40pm (45-minute break) Grade: Grade B SCP 4, £25,185 (Actual Salary, £20,650 - £20,917 p.a.) Location: Rood End Primary School, Rood End Road, Oldbury, B68 8SQ Closing Date: Thursday 18th June 2026 Shortlisting: Thursday 18th June 2026 Interviews: Monday 22nd June 2026