Learning Support Assistant

Bristnall Hall Academy; Queen's Head; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 20,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Professional development

Employee benefits package

Shopping discounts

Cycle-to-work

Gym schemes

Cinema tickets

Employee assistance programme

Job summary

Bristnall Hall Academy is seeking an enthusiastic Learning Support Assistant to join a supportive team helping students prepare for their futures. The role focuses on enabling students with special needs to engage with the curriculum and develop key skills under the guidance of teachers and the SENDCO.

Key duties include supporting communication, reading and writing development, and assisting with general classroom activities during term-time.

Qualifications

• Provide support to students with special needs.
• Work as part of a collaborative team.

Responsibilities

• Assist with development of communication skills.
• Assist with reading and writing skills.
• Support basic educational skills and general curriculum activities as directed by the teacher or SENDCO.

Skills

SEND support

Reading and writing support

Communication skills

Job description

We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and competent Learning Support Assistant who will work well as part of a team who truly want the best from our students. If you enjoy working with young people and would like to help them prepare for their future working lives we would like to hear from you.

Learning Support Assistant

• NJC Scale Point: 3 - 4
• Actual salary: £18,733 to £19,027 per annum (Pending Pay Award)
• 32.5 Hours per week, Term Time Only
• Commencing: November 2026

Due to our increasing PAN and student numbers, we are excited to offer the opportunity to join our academy as our staff body continues to grow and support our larger year groups of 220 students. This is an exciting time to join our academy as we celebrate our Outstanding Academy Inspection in November 2023. Inspectors stated that Bristnall Hall Academy is a “truly inclusive and harmonious school” and that “everyone is proud to be part of a close-knit school community that is working together with a common purpose.” Our staff “feel valued” and our classrooms “ooze enthusiasm and productivity”.

We are seeking to appoint a dynamic and forward-thinking individual, with a real drive to enhance students’ experience of secondary education. The ideal candidate will be an ambitious professional with the ability to provide support to students with special needs within the care of the Teaching Assistant to enable them to gain maximum benefit from the curriculum, integrate with other students and adjust to and cope with the day-to-day experiences of life in a secondary academy. The successful candidate will join an academy which is dynamic and inspiring, creating a culture of outstanding success amongst our students. As a key member of the team, you will work with children to assist with the development of communication, reading and writing skills, basic educational skills and general curriculum activities as directed by the teacher or SENDCO. We are keen to secure a high calibre professional who can make a telling contribution to our team. The department is part of a well led, mutually supportive Learning Support team; there is a very strong commitment to improving standards. The appointed candidate will work collaboratively with colleagues and will be supported by a strong SLT.

Why choose Bristnall Hall Academy?

We aim to provide our young people with the qualifications, skills and attributes to have a successful and happy life.

About Academy Transformation Trust

Our ATT2030 Vision means we meet our young people where they are at and refuse to leave them there. Our pupils will leave us capable, competent and confident and take their place in the community of educated people. Our staff will be cared for, developed and they do will be capable, competent and confident. We would love to hear from those who want to join us in that mission.

In return, you can expect fantastic Professional Development opportunities, a comprehensive employee benefits package, shopping discounts, cycle-to-work and gym schemes, cinema tickets and an employee assistance programme.

Bristnall Hall Academy is part of the Academy Transformation Trust family, whose ambition is that every person who passes through our schools and colleges becomes an educated person - able to take a rightful place in the community of educated people and to join what Robert Maynard Hutchins called “the Great Conversation.” An ATT education stresses history, the scientific mode of thinking, the disciplined use of language, a wide-ranging knowledge of the arts and religion, and the continuity of human enterprise. We aspire for everyone, regardless of their starting point, to leave us capable, competent, and confident.

Closing date for applications: Thursday 15 October 2026, 09.00am

Interview date: To be confirmed

The successful applicant will undertake an enhanced DBS criminal record check, and online searches will be carried out in line with KCSIE update 2026. We are committed to Diversity, Equality and Inclusion and welcome all applications. We are open to Flexible Working.