Learning Support Assistant

Outcomes First Group; Heathfield; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading independent special school is seeking a Learning Support Assistant to join their team. The role involves supporting teachers and helping pupils with varied needs. Ideal for those motivated to inspire learning in a rewarding environment.

Benefits

Life Assurance

Pension scheme

Mental health support services

Physical health checks

Flexible Benefits Platform

Cycle to Work Schemes

Electric Car Purchase Scheme

Critical illness cover

Enhanced maternity and paternity leave

Paid fertility treatment support

Qualifications

• Experience in an SEN/ASC environment desirable.
• Excellent support skills and motivation are crucial.

Responsibilities

• Support teachers in creative teaching approaches.
• Assist in planning and delivering lessons.
• Build positive relationships with pupils.

Skills

Teaching Assistant Level 2 or 3

Health and Social Care Level 2 or 3

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Full Job Description

At OFG, we work smarter so you can spend more time doing whatmakes you happy!

Job Title: Learning SupportAssistant

Location: The GreaterHorseshoe School, Heathfield TQ12 6RH

Salary: From £20,906.25 per annum

Hours: 37.5 hours per week ;Monday8:30am - 3:45pm, Tuesday 8:30am - 5pm, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday8:30am - 3:45pm

Contract: Permanent,Term Time only

Start Date: September 2025

UK applicants only. This role does not offer sponsorship.

As part of our continued growth, we now have afantastic opportunity for aLearning Support Assistant to join ourclose-knit team at The Greater Horseshoe School,part of AcornEducation.

Purpose of the Role

As aLearning Support Assistant, you will support our teachers to take acreative approach to teaching pupils according to their educationalneeds, maximising pupil’s achievement, and ability to develop.

This is a great opportunity for a Learning Support Assistantwho is looking to start or continue their career in Education and ismotivated to inspire learning in pupils with varied and complex needs.Your work will be challenging and rewarding in equal measure, and youwill be working in a school where we maintain a strong safeguardingculture, where pupils are listened to, respected and involved in asmany decisions as possible.

Quality is always top of ouragenda, and we pride ourselves on the quality of what we do. We arelooking for a Learning Support Assistant, who can work with individualand small groups of pupils, preparing classrooms and materials, andbuilding positive relationships with pupils to promote interaction andlearning. Our Learning Support Assistants offer essential support toour teachers and have the opportunity to assist in the planning anddelivery of lessons in a creative and positive setting.

Whilstprevious experience of working in an SEN/ASC environment would bedesirable, excellent support skills and the right motivation, personalqualities and levels of resilience are just as important. These rolesare ideal for people working in customer facing industries includingretail, hospitality, and leisure, looking for a new role that makes areal difference to pupil’s lives and futures.

We need peoplewho share our vision to build incredible futures by empoweringstudents in the UK, to be happy and to make their way in the world.

You will be calm, engaging, resilient, enjoy working as part ofa team, and be genuinely motivated by helping every pupil to reachtheir potential.

• TeachingAssistant Level 2 or 3 NVQ Health and Social Care Level 2 or 3

For a full list of Duties and Responsibilities, please seethe Job Description

About Us

The GreaterHorseshoe School is an independent special school for pupils aged 8 to18 years old. The school is situated in a peaceful woodland settingnear Newton Abbot in Devon. Our school facilities are complemented byour nearby care farm, where we offer animal care, horticulture and awide range of outdoor educational activities alongside academic andvocational programmes.

We are committed to providing the besteducation for pupils with complex needs. We offer a unique tailoredprogramme for every pupil, combining a therapeutic approach, outdoorlearning and individual academic and vocational programmes to suiteach student. Everything that we do is based on thoroughlyunderstanding the needs of our students and how we can best supportthem in achieving positive outcomes.

Acorn Education is theUK’s leading independent provider of specialist education. As part ofOutcomes First Group, we are leading our sector in setting anddelivering new approaches that provide measurable outcomes for thosein our care.

We are really proud to say that in 2024, OutcomesFirst Group were officially certified as a ‘Great Place to Work’ forthe fifth year running.

Your health and wellbeing areimportant to us, so you’ll get an exceptional reward packageincluding:

• Life Assurance
• Pension schemewith options to increase your contributions
• “Your WellbeingMatters” – access to a wide range of first-class mental health supportservices and physical health checks

And amarket-leading benefit offering through our Flexible BenefitsPlatform, Vista, enables you to choose the package that’s right foryou, including:

• A wide range of health, wellbeing,and insurance benefits
• 100’s of discount options valid in theUK and abroad
• Cycle to Work Schemes
• Electric CarPurchase Scheme
• Critical illness cover
• Family GrowthSupport - inclusive benefits package covering enhanced maternity andpaternity leave, along with paid fertility treatment support.

And that’s not all, we place the outcomes of the pupils inour services at the heart of everything we do, so you’ll wake everyday in the knowledge that your role will have a significant positiveimpact on the lives of others.

We are committed tosafeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils. All applicants willbe subject to social media checks and successful applicants to a fullyenhanced DBS.

We reserve the right to close the vacancyearly if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

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