Learning Support Assistant (LSA)

Randstad Education; East Grinstead; On-site; GBP 16,000 - 20,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On site parking

Modern resources

Excellent pay rates

Extensive grounds

Career progression opportunities

Supportive management

Job summary

Randstad Education is seeking an SEN Learning Support Assistant in East Grinstead to work with students aged 6-16 with complex needs in a residential setting. The role is full-time, term-time only, with hours from 08:30 to 16:00 and a guaranteed placement until July 2027, at daily rates of £88-£110.

The school offers on-site parking, modern resources, extensive grounds, and strong management support, with clear progression opportunities and robust DBS/compliance processes.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting learners with SEN needs.
• Ability to engage students in primary unit activities.
• Willingness to learn and build relationships with learners.
• Experience in SEND settings and with children is essential.
• Be flexible and work as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Provide teaching assistance to the teacher as planned.
• Deliver group and individual activities prepared by the teacher.
• Work with learners to develop work and monitor progress.
• Support learners well-being within the school structure.
• Assist with management strategies to create a productive learning environment.
• Support across curriculum areas as directed.

Skills

SEN experience

Learning support

Group work

Individual support

Behavioural understanding

Team collaboration

Flexibility

Tools

DBS knowledge

Job description

Learning Support Assistant needed

£88-£110 a day

Long term/ contract role- Guaranteed until July 2027

Within the East Grinstead area the school is set in its own beautiful grounds. The residential special school caters for students with a range of SEN needs and has a fully enhanced curriculum. The aim of the school is to help the individual's access and progress with their independence. The school provides a fantastic holistic approach to education encompassing teaching and learning with a therapy input.

This specialised school is a non-maintained residential special school, designed to meet the educational, behavioural, care and therapeutic needs of children (age 6-16 years). The children have a range of special needs including Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) and Autistic Spectrum Conditions (ASC).

The school is looking for a full time learning support assistant who is willing to make a difference and can engage students in their primary unit.

Hours: Monday-Friday 08:30-4pm

This is a term time only role.

School Benefits:

• On site parking
• Top of the range technology and modern resources
• Excellent rates of pay
• Extensive grounds
• Team days and events
• Brilliant career progression opportunities
• Supportive and long standing management

Your role as an SEN learning support assistant will include:

• To provide teaching assistance to the teacher defined according to weekly/daily/sessional planning of the teacher
• To provide group and/or individual activities, planned by the teacher
• To work individually with learners/students to develop work.
• To support the general well being of learners within the structure of the school
• To monitor and evaluate learners' learning under the guidance of the teacher
• To assist teachers in the use of relevant management strategies to ensure a purposeful environment for teaching and learning to take place
• To support all learners in their planned structured work in all curriculum areas

Key skills and experience needed:

• Be able to work with learners that have various learning difficulties.
• Have an understanding of the students with special needs.
• Willingness to learn and build relationships with learners.
• Be confident to support the lead in groups, in different educational subjects.
• The ability to work as an individual and as a part of the team.
• Be flexible in their approach to education.
• Have experience working in SEND settings.
• Experience working with children is essential.

Are these skills that you feel you have? Do you feel that this is the rewarding role for you?

Randstad Education maintains the highest standard of child safety and compliance when placing candidates into schools. Any successful candidates will be subject to the compliance process that also includes the enhanced DBS check.