Learning Support Assistant

Brighton Girls has an exciting term time opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated Learning Support Assistant to support children with Special Educational Needs, including autism, ADHD and deafness, to join our dedicated team of teachers and support staff.

As a KS2 Teaching Assistant, you will play a complementary and supporting role, supporting a pupil with an EHC plan, recognising and implementing key approaches to learning and communication in line with the child’s EHC plan in liaison with the SENDCo and class teacher. 

This role will be primarily working with our prep and/or pre-prep students.

The successful candidate will hold a recognised Level 3 TA qualification, i.e. NVQ, NNEB, City & Guilds, BTEC or have equivalent relevant experience.

If you have relevant experience gained within an educational setting and can demonstrate evidence of establishing positive relationships with children, we would love to hear from you.

Why join Brighton Girls?

As a founding school of the Girls’ Day School Trust, Brighton Girls has a significance in the history of girls’ education. Located in the heart of the city of Brighton; we are as eclectic, enterprising, and creative as the city itself.

As part of the Girls’ Day School Trust, our staff benefit from our 140-year history of excellence and innovation in girls’ education, with many opportunities to share ideas and best practice with colleagues across the network. They have access to an extensive central training and professional development programme to compliment school-based INSET and also funding grants for individual courses of study.

Benefits include:

·       Competitive salaries and pay progression

·       Access to extensive professional development opportunities

·       Training grants for qualifications

·       Generous pension schemes

·       A discount of up to 50% on fees for children at GDST schools

·       Interest free loans for training, computer purchase loans and travel season ticket loans

·       A Cycle to Work scheme

·       Competitive terms and conditions of employment

For further details about this opportunity and to apply please click the apply button.

The closing date for applications is 9am on Thursday 11th December 2025.

The GDST is committed to diversity, inclusion and real change: a family where every individual is valued, respected and included.

We are committed to the safeguarding of children and child protection screening will apply to this post.