Baysgarth School
North Lincolnshire
Salary:
NJC Pay Scale Grade 4
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
03 November 2025
Apply by:
2 October 2025
Job overview
Learning Support Assistant (Autism)
(based at Stepping Stones SRP: Castledyke Primary School)
* Grade 4 (Scale Points 5-9)
* Full-time: 31 hours per week
* Actual Salary: £18,355 per year
* Working days Mon - Fri
* Term Time plus Five Additional Days (195 per annum)
* To start as soon as possible
Riverview Federation is already firmly established as leading the way for inclusive practice with highly successful provisions such as our Discover Groups, Attendance Hub and Headway. Provisions that understand the needs of every child and ensure they thrive in the right environment.
Riverview believes every child should have access to the right provision and support and, as such, we have opened a Specialist Resource Provision for autistic children, which will eventually cater for children from Year 1 through to Post-16. This project is being led by Dr Rice-Adams, with the support of the Local Authority.
The first phase of this plan was the opening of a KS1 provision on the site of Castledyke Primary School in the Summer term of 2025. With a staged expansion programme planned for subsequent years. The post we are currently advertising will be based at this KS1 provision.
All our provisions are successful because of the outstanding staff team, who are committed to working with young people with additional needs and have the expertise, skills and knowledge to really make a difference. We know that getting the right people makes all the difference for children and their families.
Therefore, we are seeking a teaching assistant with a passion and commitment to working with autistic children, who will work as a key member of the SRP KS1 team. The role will focus on supporting autistic pupils to make progress in their personalised outcomes, aiming for these pupils to access mainstream schooling, when appropriate. Ideally, the successful candidate will have experience of supporting children with additional needs, particularly autism, and will be able to adapt their practice appropriately to meet a range of cognition and learning, social and emotional, and communication and interaction needs. Experience in the delivery of phonics, and speech and language intervention, would further support this role.
The successful candidate should be ambitious for themselves as well as for our children and be committed to developing their SEN knowledge, undertaking a bespoke training programme, which will be on offer for the successful candidate. As the provision grows there will also be opportunities for career progression for the right candidate.
Riverview is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be required to apply for enhanced disclosure from the DBS.
If you are inspired by the challenge of this opportunity, we would like to hear from you. If you would like to discuss any aspect of the post, please feel free to contact the lead for the Specialist Resource Provision and Strategic SENCO for Riverview, Dr Emma Rice-Adams
Please submit completed applications via North Lincolnshire Council online at
https://northlincs.current-
Closing date for applications is Thursday 2nd October at 8.00am.
Interviews will be held Tuesday 7th October.
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About Baysgarth School
Baysgarth School
Barrow Road, Barton-on-Humber
North Lincolnshire
DN18 6AE
United Kingdom
Baysgarth is part of the Riverview Family of Schools which comprises of one secondary school, a primary school, an alternative provision and a teacher training provider. Find out more about us
here
Over the past decade, Baysgarth has undergone a complete transformation. In summer 2014 our results were the second worst in the Local Authority and were on a three-year downward trend. Since then we have made significant and sustained improvements; in 2015 we were named the most improved school in North Lincolnshire and in 2016 we were in the top five schools in the Humber region, in the top two schools in North Lincolnshire and among the top 10% of schools nationally In 2019 our results propelled us into the top 4% of the country for the progress we make with our students. Our aim to provide the highest quality education for local young people is always our top priority and we continue to strive to improve our offer.
This transformation has come about for a number of reasons. Firstly, we raised our expectations of what our students can achieve and insisted on high standards of behaviour and appearance. Secondly, we focused our staff on the quality of learning taking place in the classroom. We came up with our own Baysgarth Learning Model that underpins our lessons and focused on promoting collaborative learning and Kagan techniques in the classroom. Thirdly, we focused on changing the culture of the school to ensure that we promoted strong teams, encouraged creativity and risk-taking, and praised success.
As a result our classrooms have become vibrant and creative places that are enjoyable for staff and students. We have a very strong teaching staff in all departments which means that any new colleague will be well supported and have the opportunity to continue to grow and develop professionally.
Baysgarth continues to be a Good school that is 'making good progress on the journey to outstanding' according to Ofsted, who visited most recently in January 2023. Inspectors described the school to "have created an inclusive community" where "pupils are well cared for", "have access to a wide range of enrichment opportunities", "benefit from high-quality teaching", along with having access to "a range of experiences that go beyond the national curriculum…experiences that they may not otherwise have had". Leadership and governance is strong, with "a clear vision" and "high expectations". Baysgarth is consistently one of the top performing schools in the Humber region and it is our mission to recruit the most talented staff to cement our excellent reputation.
Baysgarth is ideally placed at the meeting point of four authorities – North Lincolnshire, North East Lincolnshire, Hull and East Riding. Half of our teaching staff live on the North Bank and travel across the Humber Bridge every day, all of them commenting on the speed and ease of travel with Baysgarth being within 15 minutes of all the West Hull villages and only 20 minutes from Hull city centre. With the area having lower property prices and higher average wages than surrounding areas we are an ideal spot to live and work.
We're looking for brilliant people to help us build a truly great school, so if this is you we look forward to your application Feel free to contact us if you want more information or to arrange for a visit.
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