Learning Support Assistant - Sacred Heart Primary

We Manage Jobs(WMJobs); Tipton; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 19,000; Full time

Job summary

Sacred Heart Primary School is seeking an enthusiastic Learning Support Assistant to support the development of children aged 3 to 11. The role involves effective classroom practice, motivating students, and working with children with special educational needs. The school offers a supportive community and values staff well-being.

Benefits

Supportive staff

Team building days

Staff development and training

Modern school building

Qualifications

• Experience with Autism, ADHD, and SEN pupils.
• Experience in delivering early phonics or language programmes preferred.
• Proven effective practice with primary school children.

Responsibilities

• Support learning and development throughout the school.
• Work effectively as part of a team.
• Manage behaviour with a calm, nurturing approach.

Skills

Effective classroom practice

Motivating children

Teamwork

Calm approach for behaviour management

Parental engagement

Job description

Sacred Heart Primary School is a two form-entry primary school in Tipton for children from 3 to 11 years of age.

Our vision is to develop young people who will have active and creative minds, a sense of understanding and compassion for others, and the courage to act on their beliefs. We stress the total development of each child: spiritual, moral, intellectual, social, emotional, cultural and physical. We are a richly diverse community, and pride ourselves on our highly inclusive practice, endorsed by achieving the Sandwell Inclusion Quality Mark for the second time at the highest level (Enhanced level).

The Governors at Sacred Heart Primary School are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated Learning Support Assistant to join our Team.

We are looking for a successful candidate who will be responsible for supporting learning & development throughout the school.

The successful candidate will:

• Have proven effective classroom practice throughout Primary School children.
• Be a professional who enjoys motivating and exciting children about learning.
• Work effectively as part of a team.
• Experience with working withchildrenwho have Autism, ADHD, and Global Development Delay.
• Have experience with SEN pupils.
• Have experience of working with challenging behaviour
• Have a calm, nurturing approach when dealing with behaviour management.
• Preferably, to have experience in delivering early phonics or language programmes.
• Have good working practice of parental engagement.

Why work at Sacred Heart Primary School?

• Wonderful children
• Supportive Community
• Supportive staff
• Staff well being is at the heart of all that we do.
• Modern, state of the art school building
• Supportive SLT
• Team building days
• Staff development and training

Sacred Heart Primary School always welcomes visits. Tours of the School are encouraged and can be made via appointment through contacting Mrs Elwart, the Office Manager to arrange an appointment:Email – [e-mail] call - 0121 557 1511.

An application form can be downloaded from the website:www.sacredheartprisch.com/vacancies/ or alternatively below and completed Application forms should be sent directly to [e-mail]

Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.The successful applicant will be required to undertake all relevant safeguarding checks and an enhanced DBS check.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and is eligible for an enhanced DBS check including a Children's Barring List Check.If you are barred from working with children you are breaking the law if you apply for this post

Please ensure application forms are signed if sending via email.

If you have provided an email address, correspondence will be sent via e-mail.

Successful applicants will be contacted with an interview date. If you are successful in being short-listed for interview, you will be contacted via email within 28 working days of the closing date.Please ensure you check your junk/spamboxes as well as your inbox in case any correspondence has been delivered there.

Online Search

An online search will be undertaken on all shortlisted candidates. This search does not form part of the shortlisting process and you will have the opportunity to discuss any issues of concern that may arise from this search at the interview.

Hours:32.5 hrs per week, Term Time Only

Grade: Grade B, SCP 3-4 (£24,027 - £24,404 p.a.) Actual Salary - £18,426 - £18,962 p.a.

Location:Sacred Heart Primary School, Sedgley Road East, Tipton, DY4 8UH

Closing Date: Friday 4th July 2025 @ 12 midday

Shortlisting will take place during the afternoon of Friday 4th July 2025

Interviews will take place on Tuesday 8th July 2025