We are looking to recruit a full-time, term-time Learning Support Assistant to join our friendly, dedicated team – 32.5 hours per week, Monday - Friday 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m., 38 weeks a year
Southfield Park Primary School is a two-form entry school which enjoys a diverse catchment, a vibrant community and a strong team spirit committed to ensuring the provision is right for every child. Southfield Park Primary School is part of the Lumen Learning Trust, a successful local multi-academy trust and benefits greatly from the collaborative working across the schools. Professional development is central to our ethos, and the successful candidate will gain from a wide range of in-house and external learning opportunities. We are looking for the right candidate to join our team.
In particular we require someone who has:
• Good level of written and spoken English, numerate, calm, courteous and able to work under pressure.
• Able to follow instructions.
• Able to communicate effectively with pupils, staff and all stakeholders.
• Able to work effectively with adult team members. Able to maintain confidentiality.
• High level of personal and emotional resilience.
• Lots of patience.
• Capacity to be flexible
• Ability and confidence to use initiative whilst respecting advice from professionals.
• Have a commitment to the safeguarding of children
To apply for this position please complete an application form. Visits to the school are welcomed. Please contact the school office if you would like to arrange a tour.
Closing date for applications: 9 am on Wednesday, 3rd June 2026
Interviews will be held on: Monday, 8th June 2026
However, please feel free to apply as soon as possible as applications will be considered upon receipt. We reserve the right to interview/appoint before the closing date.
Salary: Pay Grade 3, £24,330 FTE (£18,411.49 actual)
Hours: 32.5 hours per week, 38 weeks a year
Lumen Learning Trust is committed to Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. To achieve our commitment, we will ensure continuous improvement and development of robust Safeguarding processes and procedures that promote a culture of Safeguarding amongst our staff and volunteers.
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.
Lumen Learning Trust 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 under safer recruitment practices Lumen Learning Trust cannot accept CVs or letters in place of completed application forms.
We welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.
