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Hours: 32.5 hours per week,
Mon – Friday 8.30am – 3.30pm with 30 minutes for lunch
Term time only (If you are required to work on Inset days these will be paid as overtime)
Contract: Fixed Term
Start Date: 01.09.2025 or as soon as possible after this date
End Date: 31.08.2026 (pending staffing review)
JG3: Spine point 5-6 £24,790 – £25,183 (FTE) Pay award pending
Actual salary £18,708 - £19,005 (pay award pending)
We are seeking to appoint an excellent learning support assistant to join our year 5 learning support team
St Peter’s is a 630-place primary with beautiful buildings set in lovely green surroundings. It is a welcoming inclusive school with a strong Christian ethos and was judged to be ‘Excellent’ in the last SIAMs (church school) inspection in February 2020 and ‘Outstanding’ in our most recent Ofsted inspection in 2023. St Peter’s is an English Hub and a lead school in delivering CPD across the Lighthouse Schools’ Partnership. We have a clear pedagogy, exciting curriculum, and high expectations of all members of our school community. We seek to ensure that teaching and learning is of the highest quality and offer CPD to all staff to support their growth and development as excellent practitioners.
The successful candidate will:
Be able to build strong and positive relationships with colleagues, children and parents
Be passionate about making a difference to all children
Have some experience in working with children in a classroom setting and ideally have experience of working with children who have SEND/SEMH needs
Have some experience of teaching phonics and early reading (or be willing to learn)
Be flexible and able to work collaboratively and proactively within a busy team
Be a reflective practitioner with a strong desire to learn and improve.
Be keen to undertake training relevant to the role
Be resilient, positive, patient and compassionate.
Hold Level 2 qualifications as a minimum.
The Lighthouse Schools Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all in our community to share this commitment. Suitability to work with children and young people will form part of the selection process. As part of the shortlisting process, an online search will be carried out. All appointments will be subject to vetting, including an enhanced DBS check. We are also committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace and welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates.
To apply please follow the link to iTrent in the job pack document
Safeguarding Statement
The Lighthouse Schools Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all in our community to share this commitment. Suitability to work with children and young people will form part of the selection process. As part of the shortlisting process, an online search will be carried out. All appointments will be subject to vetting, including an enhanced DBS check. We are also committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace and welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates, particularly those from underrepresented groups.