Learning Support Assistant
8.30–3.15pm Monday to Friday, Term Time Only (3/4 days a week maybe considered).
30.75 hours a week (Includes 30 minutes lunchtime duty per day plus 30 minutes unpaid lunchbreak)
Fixed Term Contract: 3rd September 2025 - 22nd July 2026
Surrey Pay Scale PS3 (£23,576 Annual), pro rata for Term Time only salary equates to £17, 324.
Laleham C of E Primary School is a happy and successful school, where staff, parents and governors work closely together to provide a high quality education for all our pupils.
The governors wish to appoint a passionate and well motivated learning support assistant’s to provide support for pupils, teachers and the school in order to raise standards of achievement for all pupils. The position is for a fixed term of one academic year starting on 3rd September 2025 with a contract end date of 22 July 2026. Please see job profile and personal specification for more details.
We are looking for:
- A strong and enthusiastic commitment to the ethos and values of the school with a “can-do” mindset;
- A clear understanding of and passion for effective teaching and learning;
- Flexibility, proactivity, good communication and a commitment to team working;
- A commitment to seeing children achieve to their full potential in their learning and overcoming barriers to learning;
- A commitment to high expectations of children’s behaviour and standard of work
We offer:
- A caring Christian ethos, where everyone matters
- Very supportive parents and governors
- Children who are keen to learn and whose behaviour is exemplary
- Excellent professional development opportunities in a school committed to lifelong learning, including a comprehensive induction and appraisal programme
Application Deadline: Sunday 13th July 5pm.
Interview date: Tuesday 15th July 2025
Safeguarding Statement:
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. If you are appointed you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check. You are required to declare any cautions, convictions, reprimands or final warnings which are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out*), as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended). You are also required to disclose any pending criminal proceedings against you or current police investigations, including those relating to other employment or matters outside work. Having a criminal record will not necessarily prevent you from taking up appointment; it will depend on the nature of the offence(s) and their relevance to the post you are applying for. However, should you not declare any of the above and this is subsequently revealed, for example through the DBS check, then this may place your employment in jeopardy. Any information given will be treated in the strictest confidence and with due regard to the ROA and data protection legislation.
Laleham Church of England is committed to Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. To achieve this, we will ensure continuous improvement and development of robust Safeguarding processes and procedures that promote a culture of Safeguarding amongst our staff and volunteers. All posts are subject to an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references, it is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. Please note that we will not accept CVs or letters in place of this completed application form.
We welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.
