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Learning Support Assistant Level 2

Learning Support Assistant Level 2

Co-op Academy Southfield

Bradford

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Part Time, Full Time, Permanent
Apply by:
23 June 2018

Job overview

Southfield School is a part of The Southfield Grange Trust, a multi-academy trust established in 2013. The school is co-located with Grange Technology College, a mainstream secondary academy at the Southfield Grange Campus. Southfield School caters for around 270 including those in our Sixth Form at our Project SEARCH site at the Bradford Royal Infirmary. The main school houses Key Stages 3 and 4 in the Southfield Grange building. 

We have on-site support from other professionals including Speech and Language Therapists, the School Nursing team, Physiotherapy teams as well as support from Social Care and other services.  Our school also enjoys close links with education, leisure, sporting and commercial organisations across the locality and we are keen to actively promote these partnerships for the benefit of the children in our care.

We are seeking to recruit a number of permanent and fixed term Learning Support Assistants (Level 2) to commence September 2018

  • Term-time only plus 1 week
  • 31hours per week, 8.45am to 3.15pm with 30 minutes unpaid lunch break, Monday to Friday (6 hours per day) plus 1 hour training each Monday 3.20pm to 4.20pm.
  • Starting salary (actual) £12,636pa - £13,344pa


Based at Southfield School you will undertake work, care, support programmes to enable access to learning for students and to assist the teacher in the management of students and the classroom. Work may be carried out in the classroom or outside the main teaching area. The successful candidate(s) will be enthusiastic, confident and committed to promoting high quality learning and able to support groups. With a positive approach to behaviour management the successful candidate will be able to work with pupils with a wide range of learning difficulties and disabilities. 

To find out more about us please also visit our website: www.southfieldgrange.org.uk

Click  Apply Now to download an application form and to apply.

Closing date: Midnight, Sunday 24 June 2018

Recruitment Selection date:  Tuesday 3 July 2018


We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable young people and expect all staff, casual workers and volunteers to share this commitment.  Safer recruitment practices and procedures are in place to ensure a robust safeguarding culture.  The successful candidate will therefore be required to undertake an enhanced DBS disclosure and vetting check.  As required a “Teachers Prohibition Check”, “Section 128 Management check”, “Declaration of disqualification by association check” and “EEA teacher regulatory authority restriction check” will be undertaken. References will be undertaken and proof of eligibility to work in the UK will be required before any employment starts.

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About Co-op Academy Southfield

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+44 127 477 9662

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We are Co-op Academy Southfield. Co-op Academy Southfield is a special secondary academy in Bradford, graded as 'good with outstanding features' by Ofsted.

Co-op Academy Southfield provides education for students aged 11 to 19 years with clearly identified special educational needs who have an Education Health and Care Plan.

With 310 students and over 200 staff the school is one of the larger special schools in the country. We have high aspirations for our students which means that we have to have high expectations of all of our staff.  A willingness  to communicate, collaborate and co-operate is essential if we are to get this right for our students and their families.

We are co-located in a purpose-built building with Co-op Academy Grange, a mainstream secondary school. Our sixth form provision is housed across Haycliffe Lane on a smaller site. It offers specialist education and training to provide pathways to our students for life after school.

We’re part of a multi-academy trust - Co-op Academies Trust, sponsored by Co-op. With academies across the North of England, Co-op Academies Trust is committed to co-operative values and providing outstanding educational opportunities for young people.

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