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Learning Support Assistant

St Wilfrid’s Catholic High School & Sixth Form College, A Voluntary Academy

Wakefield

  • £16,736 per year
  • New
Salary:
G4 (SCP 5 to 6): £25,583 - £25,989 FTE | £16,736 actual salary for 28.75 hours per week, Term-Time + 1 day
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
ASAP
Apply by:
1 June 2026

Job overview

This is an opportunity to join us in making a significant difference to the students at St Wilfrid’s. As Learning Support Assistant, you will provide both academic and pastoral support to students with learning, behavioural, emotional, social difficulties, as well as those with EAL needs. This includes supporting the pastoral team and working collaboratively with all school staff including teachers, Higher Level Teaching Assistants (HLTAs), and Learning Support Assistants to ensure students are able to achieve their full academic and personal potential.

St Wilfrid’s Catholic High School & Sixth-Form College is a mixed voluntary Academy for 11-18 year olds, based in North Featherstone in West Yorkshire. There are currently over 1,400 students in attendance. The school opened in 1963 and has a proud history. We were judged as Good by Ofsted in November 2021; we were also inspected by the Catholic Inspection Service (Sec 48) in April 2024, with 7 out of 9 areas graded Outstanding.

We are proudly part of the Bishop Konstant Catholic Academy Trust which comprises three Secondary Schools and thirteen Primary Schools. We are a Catholic School that extols the teachings of Jesus Christ and the values of servant leadership in everything we do.

 

We can offer:

 

  • A bespoke CPD programme based on career stage;

  • Career development;

  • A School that you will be proud to join;

  • Colleagues who work selflessly for students and each other;

  • Motivated and hard-working students;

  • A School which is ambitious and aspirational for all;

  • Opportunities for Secondary collaboration within both the Trust and the Diocese.

 

We’re looking for someone who:

 

  • Has experience in the relevant job area;

  • Is organised, proactive, and detail‑oriented;

  • Communicates clearly and confidently;

  • Thrives in a fast‑paced environment;

  • Has a positive, can‑do attitude.

 

Informal discussions about the role and visits to the school are welcomed. Please contact Debi Mitchell on 01977 691000 or demitchell@st-wilfrids.BKCAT.uk

 

Further information about our School is available at our website https://www.st-wilfrids.bkcat.co.uk/

 

Closing date: 1st June 2026.

 

All of our staff uphold the Core Values and Catholic Ethos of the School.

 

All appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS clearance in line with our Safeguarding and Safer Recruitment Policy.

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About St Wilfrid’s Catholic High School & Sixth Form College, A Voluntary Academy

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  • St Wilfrid’s Catholic High School & Sixth Form College, A Voluntary Academy
  • Cutsyke Road, Featherstone, Pontefract
  • West Yorkshire
  • WF7 6BD
  • United Kingdom

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St. Wilfrid’s Catholic High School and Sixth Form College, with its distinctive Catholic identity, seeks to ensure the development of all students’ spiritual, moral and academic potential, based on its commitment to Christ and His teachings.

As a community, the school is committed to the common good, which is achieved through the fostering of a co-operative and caring ethos, both with St Wilfrid’s, parishes, family and the wider community.

Such an approach is based on the Christian principle of personal dignity and worth where each person’s rights and responsibilities are recognised and respected, and their individual talents nurtured.

These talents include the search for academic excellence within a secure learning environment, where the needs and potential of all pupils are addressed and where achievement, both individual and collective, is celebrated.

We are incredibly proud of our community, students, supportive parents, staff and governors.  All of us work together to make St Wilfrid’s a safe and enjoyable place to learn.

At St Wilfrid’s we have high standards at the heart of all we do. We encourage our students to achieve the best they can across every area of school. A rich and broad curriculum provides high-quality education and a wide range of extra-curricular activities.

Our aim is for our students to be confident, caring, resilient young adults with a desire to learn and achieve the best they can, in all they do.

We welcome students of any faith or of none, but our faith has a positive influence on our approach. We are building a community of young adults who recognise and appreciate the value of each other’s company while growing in knowledge and faith. Students feel a sense of responsibility and care for others and are willing to give something of themselves for the happiness and the improvement of the broader community.

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