SEND LSA

Hours: 28.75 hours per week, term time only (Mon-Fri 8.30am–3.15pm)

Contract: Fixed term, required from 01/09/2025 until 31/08/2027 initially

Salary: JG3 £24,790 – £25,183 (actual salary £16,477 – £17,307 per annum)

We are seeking to appoint a qualified, enthusiastic, and resilient Learning Support Assistant to work 1:1, or in small groups, with SEN pupils with our Reception cohort for September 2025. Please note that this role is attached to the top-up funding for specific pupils at the school and as such, if the children should leave the school or the funding should cease, the post would end.

The successful candidate will:

• Have previous experience of working with children in an educational setting ideally with pupils with SEN needs.
• Be enthusiastic, highly motivated and able to use own initiative.
• Have a good standard of general education evidenced by three or more GCSE’s at grade C/4 or above, including English and maths, as well a minimum of a level 2 certificate in supporting teaching and learning.
• Have good interpersonal skills with both adults and children.
• Be physically fit and willing to be trained in Team Teach.
• Have experience of working with children with additional needs.

Please find below the application form for the SEND LSA role, completed application forms, together with a covering letter, should be sent to the school at office@worlevillage.n-somerset.sch.uk

Closing date: 9.00am Monday 23rd June 2025

Interview Date: W/B 30th June 2025

Safeguarding Statement

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Any offer of employment will be conditional upon the outcome of an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references.

Worle Village is part of the Kaleidoscope Multi Academy Trust which includes Becket, Christ Church, Crockerne, Hutton, St Martins, and Ashcombe schools and the successful candidate will be employed by the Trust. As a result of this, you may be required to work in another school, with your agreement, as business needs dictate.