Learning Support Assistant (Alternative Provision) - Mayfield School

Portsmouth City Council; Portsmouth; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Supportive ethos

Excellent CPD opportunities

Employee Assistance Programme

Career growth within Trust

Vibrant environment

Job summary

Mayfield School seeks a dedicated Learning Support Assistant to work in our alternative provision, supporting students with additional needs and helping to keep learning at the centre. The role offers a supportive environment, CPD opportunities, and a chance to contribute to the local community.

The successful candidate will have experience in similar roles, demonstrate a can-do attitude, and show care for others, with evidence of GCSE English and Maths.

Qualifications

• Has experience in a similar supporting role providing additional support.
• GCSE English and Maths GCSE or equivalent must be evidenced.
• Demonstrates a caring, supportive and team-based approach.

Skills

Support role experience

Positive can-do attitude

Caring persona

Attention to detail

Teamwork

Education

GCSE English

GCSE Maths

Job description

Job Description

Learning Support Assistant (Alternative Provision)

Salary information: £29,170 (FTE)

Closing date: 28.10.2026

Start date: Flexible

Interview date: Flexible

Do you want a rewarding role supporting and making a difference to our students and support your colleagues to ensure children's learning is at the centre? Then this is the vacancy for you.

Overview

Mayfield School seeks to appoint an organised and proactive Secondary School Learning Support Assistant in our alternative provision. This is an exciting time to join us as we are currently embarking on a rapid school improvement journey.

What does Mayfield have to offer:

• A supportive ethos and genuine concern for wellbeing of all our employee
• A highly skilled, diverse, and driven team of committed employees to work with
• Excellent CPD opportunities
• Employee Assistance Programme
• A genuine opportunity to make a difference to the benefit of students and their local community
• An exciting and vibrant environment in which to work
• Opportunity of career growth as part of a Trust

We are looking for someone who:

• Has experience in a similar supporting role supporting those who need additional support
• Is engaged and has a desire to apply their knowledge and skills to Mayfield
• Has a supportive and one team work ethic
• Is positive with a can-do attitude
• Has a caring persona for those around them
• Takes notice of the details and observant of the little things
• Takes pride in their work
• Can evidence they have passed both GCSE (or equivalent) English and maths

Our school

Our school is a very special place where students, staff and governors work in a community where we aim to 'Believe. Achieve. Succeed.' every day. This is driven by our new set of shared values - Ambition, Inclusion and Respect.

Mayfield School is at the heart of a thriving and diverse local community. We are one of the first single-site, all-through maintained schools in the country, which we believe provides us with a unique opportunity to improve and shape the lives of all students (Year R - Year 11) in our community. We strive for all students at Mayfield School to receive a high-quality education, in a safe environment where all children are valued, supported, inspired and future ready. Mayfield prides itself on the positive relationships fostered, knowing every young person as an individual and challenging each of them to have the highest possible aspirations through our ambitious and inclusive curriculum.

Safeguarding

Mayfield School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment.

All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring checks along with other relevant employment checks.

Some forms of employment, occupations and professions are exempted from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Working within a School is exempted from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

You are applying for a role that is eligible for an enhanced DBS check and access to the barred list and if shortlisted for interview you will be required to complete the relevant self-declaration and disclosure form and taking into account the offences that are protected or filtered declare:

• All unspent convictions and conditional cautions
• All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020)
• If you have been barred from working with Children and/or Adults at risk

The DBS check will reveal both spent and unspent convictions, cautions, reprimands and final warnings, and any other information held by local police that's considered relevant to the role. Any information that is "protected" under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 will not appear on a DBS certificate.

The successful candidate will then be asked to complete an application for the relevant Disclosure and Barring Service check or if subscribed to the update service provide the necessary details to allow a check to be made. The amendments to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020) provides that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain convictions and cautions are considered 'protected'. This means that they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.

Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website. Guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

The filtering rules were updated on 28 November 2020 as follows:

• warnings, reprimands, and youth cautions will no longer be automatically disclosed on a DBS certificate
• the multiple conviction rule has been removed, meaning that if an individual has more than one conviction, regardless of offence type or time passed, each conviction will be considered against the remaining rules individually, rather than all being automatically disclosed