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Learning Support Assistant

Employer
Orchard School Bristol
Location
Bristol, Bristol
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time, Part Time, Term Time
Salary
BG7 Actual: £21,808–£22,880 (£25,992–£27,269 FTE)
Start Date
1st September 2025
Expires
1st September 2025 09:00 AM
Contract Type
Permanent
Job ID
1499778
Suitable for
ECT (NQT) Graduates; Other Graduates
Start Date
1st September 2025
  • Contract Type :Permanent
  • Suitable for: ECT (NQT) Graduates; Other Graduates
  • Job ID: 1499778

Learning Support Assistant (Level 3)

Salary: BG7 (N8–11), £25,992 – £27,269 per annum (FTE)

Actual salary (pro-rata): approx. £21,808 – £22,880 per annum

Hours: 35.5 hours per week, Term Time Only + INSET Days (45.6 weeks paid per year)

Contract type: Permanent

We are a friendly school, serving a richly diverse community in north Bristol. Our students are wonderful – they value their teachers, knowing that you can make a real difference to their lives. The mission statement of the school, “inspire today, empower for life”, lies at the heart of all that the school does. We place no limits on our aspirations for our students. As a school we are building our success on our core values, being Open-minded, Respectful, Creative & curious, Healthy, Ambitious, Responsible and Determined. Ofsted visited us in March 2025, and noted that “pupils are happy and safe at [our] inclusive school” and that staff are “proud to work and the school and are well supported by leaders”, testament to the collegiate and supportive culture that we have created as a school community.

The Learning Support team is an active team, generous in their support of colleagues and to the wider life of the school. An excellent learning support assistant can have a huge impact on young people. Learning Support Assistants at Orchard School work one-to-one or with small groups of students mainly delivering literacy and numeracy interventions, but also social skills, speech and language development, mental health and supporting with learning difficulties and disabilities. There may also be times when you are needed to work in-class with teachers to support the learning of identified students with additional needs.

The post would suit an individual with excellent Maths and English skills and competent ICT skills, who is keen to make a difference to young people’s life chances. We are looking for individuals who are able to take responsibility for interventions and are able to support some of our most vulnerable students to engage positively in school. Learning Support Assistants must be able to listen to young people and find proactive ways through their concerns and difficulties to enable personal development and positive wellbeing, and at the same time be firm and fair with children in maintaining good behaviour for learning. We are particularly interested in LSAs who have excellent English and are able to speak community languages.

Over the past few years this role has appealed to recent graduates who may be considering a future career in teaching, educational psychology, children’s and young people’s services, or social work.

We offer:

  • Enthusiastic students, willing to learn and achieve, who need staff who believe in them.
  • A bright, happy place in which to learn and work.
  • A professionally stimulating environment which values the contributions of all staff.
  • A strong commitment to your professional development.
  • Award-winning staff wellbeing.

Please read the attached Staff Prospectus to find out more about us, or visit our website. 

Trust in Learning (Academies) is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All appointments will be subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS disclosure.

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Safeguarding Statement:

Trust in Learning (Academies) is committed to safeguarding children and young people. All post holders are subject to a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service clearance. Our policy and practice is in line with the Department for Education’s ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ most recent Guidance. We ensure that all appropriate measures are applied in relation to everyone who works for the Trust who is likely to be perceived by the children as a safe and trustworthy adult. Safer recruitment practice includes scrutinising applicants, online checks, verifying identity and academic or vocational qualifications, obtaining professional and character references, checking previous employment history and ensuring that a candidate has the health and physical capacity for the job.
Orchard School Bristol

Orchard School Bristol

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