Learning Support Assistant
Wollaston School
Northamptonshire
- £16,756 - £17,019 per year
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- NJC Grade D, scalepoints 3-4 DOE
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2025
- Apply by:
- 18 July 2025
Job overview
LEARNING SUPPORT ASSISTANT
Grade D - 1 Points 3—4 (Actual Salary £16,756 —£17,019) required for September 2025
30 hours per week, 39 weeks per year (TTO plus 5 training days)
Monday—Friday 08:20—15:05 including a 30 minute lunchbreak.
We are looking for a Learning Support Assistant with a good general education to work in our Learning Support Department. Relevant previous experience is not essential, but would be valued.
The work will be varied and largely involve supporting children aged 11-16 who have special educational needs (both learning and behavioural difficulties). The person appointed will provide in-class support with small groups and one-to-one teaching.
Our well-established Learning Support Team will provide training and support for the successful candidate.
You will need to be literate, numerate, along with a good knowledge of Microsoft Office packages and possess first class communication skills.
We have over 1400 students on roll with approximately 240 students in the Sixth Form. The school is over subscribed!
Closing date for receipt of applications: Friday 18th July 2025
Interviews expected to be held: Wednesday 23rd July 2025
Please contact our HR department for an application form, further details about this role or to arrange a visit on:
recruitment@wollaston-school.net
Alternatively you can download details directly from the school website at: www.wollastonschool.co.uk CV’s submitted without a fully completed application form will not be considered.
Wollaston School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check and receipt of two positive references one of which MUST be your current or most recent employer.
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About Wollaston School
- Wollaston School
- Irchester Road, Wollaston, Wellingborough
- Northamptonshire
- NN29 7PH
- United Kingdom
Wollaston School is a large, rural community school located in a village setting about 15 minutes drive from Northampton. The student intake draws on nearby villages and the towns of Earls Barton, Wellingborough, and Irchester. We have over 1400 students on roll with approximately 240 students in the Sixth Form. The school is over-subscribed. Wollaston School was rated ‘Good’ by Ofsted in May 2023.
We are a school that takes great pride in our central purpose - to prepare every student for success. Success in academic qualifications, success in a wide range of extra-curricular and leadership activities and success in every individual’s personal and social development. We work towards this mission through a focus on exceptional levels of pastoral support and an academic and enrichment programme designed to ensure that every individual reaches their true potential.
At Wollaston, we believe in aiming high. We target excellence with the utmost commitment, but we also remember that a truly inspiring education is one that is filled with joy, laughter and happiness. We are also a school that is led by our values. We value honesty, kindness and tolerance. We embrace individuality as well as collective responsibility, we celebrate diversity, promote equality of opportunity, and we are a community which supports every individual to achieve all that they are capable of.
For most students, Wollaston School provides an education which lasts for seven years, from age 11 to age 18. Our ambition is to ensure that at the end of that journey, every student is ready to take their place in society as positive, purposeful, ethical and well qualified individuals.
Life at Wollaston School is characterised by an ethos of warmth, respect and ambition. We value effective working relationships with parents and we believe in delivering a high quality professional service in every aspect of our work. We offer a broad and exciting curriculum, expert teaching and high standards of academic achievement. We promote impeccable standards of behaviour and we expect the very best of every individual who walks through our doors. We are a team of staff and students who are committed to ensuring that our school is a truly exceptional place of learning.
Welcome to Wollaston School. If you would like to see us at work, please book a visit; we would be proud to show you our school.
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