Learning Support Assistant
Alcester Grammar School
Alcester, Warwickshire
- Expired
- Salary:
- Annually (Actual)£18,833.69 p.a. (AGS NJC Band D: SCP 7-11 ) Full Time - 32.5 hours per week Monday to Friday 8.40am to 15.40 pm Working 190 days per year (AGS Term Time, INSET days, school holidays to make total 190 working day p.a.)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2025
- Apply by:
- 4 July 2025
Job overview
Learning Support Assistant
Actual Salary: £18,833.69 per annum Plus Local Government Pension Scheme
Salary Based on AGS Band D: SCP 7-11 (SCP 7 = £25,584 x 32.5/37 hours x 43.7/52.143 weeks ) / AGS NJC Band D: SCP 7-11 £13.26 to £14.13 per hour
Full Time (student support hours): 32.5 hours per week, Mon-Fri 8:40 am-15:40 pm
Working 190 days across the AGS term time dates, INSET days, and school holiday days to make a total of 190 working days per annum.
Required from: September 2025
*** Applicants interested in a part time role of 2, 3 or 4 days per week are also welcome to apply ***
The Department
We are looking to appoint a Learning Support Assistant to join our dedicated and enthusiastic team. Responsibilities include providing 1:1 SEN support, working in partnership with subject teachers and supervising small group interventions. Learning Support Assistants are vital in supporting students to feel confident in their abilities. And motivating them to achieve their potential.
The successful candidate will be both committed and enthusiastic with excellent communication skills. Previous experience of supporting students with SEND in a school setting would be advantageous. We are happy to accept applications seeking full or part time hours.
This is a rare opportunity to join a unique and happy school. As a Learning Support Assistant, you will assist in maintaining our inclusive environment, ensuring all pupils make the most of their education.
The SEND Team
We are a small team, currently consisting of the SENCo, Assistant SENCo Learning Support Coordinator and Learning Support Assistants. We work in a unique way within the school setting and are looking for candidates who are passionate about supporting young people to achieve their full potential.
Person Specification
It is expected that the successful applicant will be able to fulfil the following criteria:
Qualifications:
- GCSE English and Maths at grades A-C (or equivalent)
Experience:
- Experience of working with students in a school setting
- Experience of working with SEND students is an advantage
- Experience of working within SEND team is not essential as training will be provided in school and externally, if necessary
Relationships:
- A commitment to students as individuals
- A sensitive attitude to students of all abilities and ages and the ability to support teachers to meet the needs of those with Special Educational needs
- Supporting students to ensure they feel confident in their abilities
- A recognition of the importance of partnership with parents
- A supportive and cooperative approach to colleagues
Personal Characteristics:
- A commitment to the AGS ethos
- A willingness to continue learning and developing as a learning support assistant
- A reflective approach to their own practice and to the overall performance of the department
- Hard working and adaptable
- Happy to work independently or in collaboration
- Able to carry initiatives through to their conclusion
- Friendly and approachable
- Well organised and able to meet deadlines
- Demonstrate a passion for working with pupils with additional needs and an ability to enthuse students of all ages
- A commitment to safeguarding children’s well being
- A commitment to playing a part in the wider life of the school
It is recommended that you contact the SENCo for more information about this role: c.brown@alcestergs.com
Attached documents
About Alcester Grammar School
About Alcester Grammar School
Rated 'Outstanding' by Ofsted in December 2022, AGS is truly a special and unique institution that offers a rich, ambitious curriculum and a broad all-round education, supported by outstanding pastoral care. When you visit, you will be impressed by a warm and purposeful atmosphere, underpinned by the dedication and talent of the staff and the positive attitude and enthusiasm of the students. As well as our focus on academic achievement, we are committed to enhancing enjoyment and interest in learning in the broadest sense, with a real focus on developing individual talents. Staff give freely of their time, and we offer a comprehensive extra and super-curricular programme, as well as numerous opportunities for trips and visits, both in the UK and abroad.
Our buildings and facilities are extensive and vary from the traditional to the most modern. But wherever you go, you will see us working together to provide a challenging and engaging learning environment so that each student has the opportunity to achieve their potential. Excellent relationships are nurtured so that students are helped as they navigate the challenges of adolescence and mature into young adults. This is a school which students and staff want to come to each day. Thanks to our high standards of behaviour, teachers are free to teach and students who want to learn are able to do so.
As well as academic excellence, we encourage the development of independent, life-long learners; kindness, creativity, risk-taking, personal and physical development, individuality and a spirit of enquiry can be seen in all areas of school life. We regard learning as an active process. Students are expected to contribute, question, challenge and be challenged. Mistakes are seen as key to learning; effort and resilience are valued. At Alcester Grammar School we are serious about providing able students with the very best education we can. Aspirations are high, and it is cool to work hard and succeed. Above all, we work in partnership with parents to turn out “decent human beings” - future citizens who will be able to make a significant contribution to a tolerant, inclusive, democratic and liberal society.
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