Learning Support Assistant

Bede Academy has an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join our SEND team to help us deliver an even better service to the staff and students.

The role of the Learning Support Assistant is to work under the instruction/guidance of teaching/senior staff to 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.

You will be expected to act with honesty and integrity and uphold the Professional Standards for Teaching Assistants in order to make the education of pupils your first concern. You will demonstrate values and behaviours consistent with your professional role.

This role is full-time (33.75 hours per week, Monday to Friday), term-time plus 3 days.

We have high expectations for our students as they grow and develop, and all our staff provide important role models to them in terms of positive attitude, work ethic and diligence.

Join us, and in addition to working with committed and helpful colleagues, the Trust can offer access to the following benefits:

• Defined benefit pension scheme

• Employee assistance programme

• Daily lunch allowance

• Free parking

• Access to our exclusive Benefits Hub

• Employee-centred and family-friendly policies and practices that support you in and beyond the workplace

• Enhanced sick pay, maternity leave and paternity leave (dependent on length of service)

• Cycle-to-work scheme

• Funded eye tests and glasses for DSE users (subject to T/Cs)

For further information and to apply, please click here.

Closing date: 9.00am on Tuesday, 5th May 2026.

Bede Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. Where the post is engaged in regulated activity and/or an opportunity for contact with children, the position will be subject to an enhanced DBS check. In addition, as part of the shortlisting process, and in accordance with statutory guidance, we may carry out an online search (for publicly available material) to help identify any incidents or issues that may have happened which we may want to explore with shortlisted applicants at interview.