SEND Learning Support Assistant

Oasis Community Learning; England; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 30,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Extensive CPD opportunities

Excellent IT provision

Outdoor classroom and grounds access

Job summary

Oasis Academy Pinewood, part of Oasis Community Learning, is recruiting a Learning Support Assistant to support students with SEND. You will work closely with class teachers to create rich, inclusive learning environments and help pupils achieve their potential within a caring school community.

This 30-hour, term-time only role is fixed term until 22 July 2027, offering strong CPD opportunities, excellent IT provision, and a supportive team in a beautiful location at the edge of a country park

Qualifications

• Experience as Learning Support Assistant in an inclusive school.
• Ability to support identified SEND students and work with class teachers.
• Commitment to helping children achieve from varied starting points.
• Willingness to engage with families and maintain wellbeing.

Responsibilities

• Lead learning support for identified SEND students.
• Work autonomously and under direction of class teacher.
• Build strong relationships with families to boost achievement, attendance and wellbeing.

Skills

SEND specialist

Team player

Relationship building

Holistic education

CPD access

Job description

Role: Learning Support Assistant
Location: Oasis Academy Pinewood
Salary: Scale 2 (3-5) Outer London / £29,562 - £30,408 FTE / £20,617-£21,207 actual
Hours: 8.40am – 3.10pm (30 hours) / Monday-Friday / Term time only
Contract: Fixed Term until 22nd July 2027
Start date: November 2026
Applications close: 10.00am on Friday 16th October 2026
Interviews scheduled: Thursday 22nd October 2026

Are you an enthusiastic and motivated SEND specialist? Do you have experience working as a Learning Support Assistant in a caring and inclusive school? Are you looking to join a warm and welcoming academy team based in a beautiful local area? If so, we have the perfect opportunity for you!

At Oasis Academy Pinewood, we’re recruiting a team of Learning Support Assistants to support the education and care of children with SEND needs. It’s an exciting time to join the Pinewood family as a group where you can shape your work and set top-quality standards for our SEND provisions.

We’re looking for a positive and friendly team player, with a real passion for holistic education. Working collaboratively with class teachers, you will be responsible for creating rich, inclusive and balanced educational environments for the children you work with directly, in addition to working with the wider class group as needed. In return, you’ll have access to a plethora of CPD opportunities within our academy and Trust wide.

You will expect the best of our students and give them your best in return. Most importantly, you will be committed to and skilled at helping children achieve, no matter what their starting point is.

You’ll Be Responsible For

• Consistently showing up for all students in a positive, enthusiastic and motivating way, and supporting them to develop these qualities
• Leading the learning support for identified students with SEND needs, both autonomously and under the direction of the class teacher
• Building strong relationships with families to boost achievement, attendance and wellbeing

You’ll Bring

A full job description is attached to this vacancy.

• Innovative and creative approaches to building rich learning environments for SEND students, accommodating their specific needs
• A passion for working with SEND students, and a sky-is-the-limit attitude
• An ability to quickly form strong working relationships with colleagues, parents and carers and the wider school community

Our offer to you

• Engaged children and staff team that will make coming to work every day a joy
• Clear career progression, both within the academy and wider Trust
• Trust-wide opportunities to make a difference to the lives of all Oasis students
• Excellent IT provision including laptops and iPads
• Access to extensive, specialised, CPD support
• A beautiful location with extensive grounds, on the edge of a country park that we make use of as an outdoor classroom

Safeguarding Statement

Oasis Academy Pinewood is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.