Learning Support Assistant (Level 1)
| Posting date: | 21 June 2025 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 04 July 2025 |
| Location: | Sowerby Bridge, West Yorkshire, HX6 1DF |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | e8de86b8-ab04-439b-8549-554b2f6c30b1 |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
Salary: Band C (NJC points 4-6) Actual Salary: £16,848 - £17,386 (pending pay award)
Positions Available: 3
Contract Terms: Permanent, Term-time Only plus 2 days
Hours: 30 hours per week. Monday to Friday 8.30am – 3.00pm
Closing Date: Friday 4th July 2025 at 9am
Interview: w/c 7th July 2025
Start Date: September 2025
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, we would encourage you to submit your application as early as possible.
Are you passionate, friendly and dedicated when it comes to providing excellent care and educational support to students with additional needs? Do you recognize yourself as having strong communication skills, patience and understanding? Are you a strong team player who can help to secure outstanding outcomes for all students in a safe, vibrant, and happy school? If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you.
What the role involves in a nutshell:
• To provide dedicated 1:1 support for a child / children diagnosed with additional needs who require individual support to support access to learning, as well as being able to nurture the child’s social and emotional needs.
• Responsible for some learning activities within the overall teaching plan to enable access to learning.
• Undertaking moving and handling with designated students.
• To be actively involved in all aspects of school life.
What will you get in return?
This is a fantastic opportunity to work as part of a passionate and friendly team under the direction and with the support of the SENDCO and Assistant Headteacher. You will also benefit from fantastic support and development opportunities to enable you to do what you do best at this wonderful school. At Ryburn Valley High you’ll find a strong foundation where you can make a real difference to the lives of our children.
Benefits:
• Automatic enrolment to the West Yorkshire Pensions Fund
• A Supportive and forward-thinking Leadership Team
• Staff development through appraisal and CPD
• Working as part of a creative and supportive team who want the best for all of our students
• Free Parking
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Eye Care
• Annual Flu Vaccines
• Home & Technology Scheme
• Rewards and discounts
• GP Online and Prescription Service
• Your Care Wellbeing package
• Lifestyle benefits (discount platform)
If our school sounds like a place in which you could really make a difference, then we’d love to hear from you.
For further details see our Job Pack below.
HOW TO APPLY
Say yes to new adventures.
Could we be a good fit for each other? If you’d like a chat about the role, or have any questions, then we’d be delighted to hear from you. Please contact Carrie Burbidge our Personal Assistant to the Senior Leadership Team via c.burbidge@ryburn.tlt.school
If you’re ready to apply, please complete our online application form.
SAFER RECRUITMENT
We are committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff and volunteers are expected to behave in a way that supports this commitment and are subject to an enhanced DBS check. Please be aware that it is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. If you are shortlisted for interview, we will undertake an online public search in line with guidance from the Department for Education and Keeping Children Safe in Education 2024.
What the school offers its staff
see above
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Salary: Band C (NJC points 4-6) Actual Salary: £16,848 - £17,386 (pending pay award)
Positions Available: 3
Contract Terms: Permanent, Term-time Only plus 2 days
Hours: 30 hours per week. Monday to Friday 8.30am – 3.00pm
Closing Date: Friday 4th July 2025 at 9am
Interview: w/c 7th July 2025
Start Date: September 2025
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, we would encourage you to submit your application as early as possible.
Are you passionate, friendly and dedicated when it comes to providing excellent care and educational support to students with additional needs? Do you recognize yourself as having strong communication skills, patience and understanding? Are you a strong team player who can help to secure outstanding outcomes for all students in a safe, vibrant, and happy school? If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you.
What the role involves in a nutshell:
• To provide dedicated 1:1 support for a child / children diagnosed with additional needs who require individual support to support access to learning, as well as being able to nurture the child’s social and emotional needs.
• Responsible for some learning activities within the overall teaching plan to enable access to learning.
• Undertaking moving and handling with designated students.
• To be actively involved in all aspects of school life.
What will you get in return?
This is a fantastic opportunity to work as part of a passionate and friendly team under the direction and with the support of the SENDCO and Assistant Headteacher. You will also benefit from fantastic support and development opportunities to enable you to do what you do best at this wonderful school. At Ryburn Valley High you’ll find a strong foundation where you can make a real difference to the lives of our children.
Benefits:
• Automatic enrolment to the West Yorkshire Pensions Fund
• A Supportive and forward-thinking Leadership Team
• Staff development through appraisal and CPD
• Working as part of a creative and supportive team who want the best for all of our students
• Free Parking
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Eye Care
• Annual Flu Vaccines
• Home & Technology Scheme
• Rewards and discounts
• GP Online and Prescription Service
• Your Care Wellbeing package
• Lifestyle benefits (discount platform)
If our school sounds like a place in which you could really make a difference, then we’d love to hear from you.
For further details see our Job Pack below.
HOW TO APPLY
Say yes to new adventures.
Could we be a good fit for each other? If you’d like a chat about the role, or have any questions, then we’d be delighted to hear from you. Please contact Carrie Burbidge our Personal Assistant to the Senior Leadership Team via c.burbidge@ryburn.tlt.school
If you’re ready to apply, please complete our online application form.
SAFER RECRUITMENT
We are committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff and volunteers are expected to behave in a way that supports this commitment and are subject to an enhanced DBS check. Please be aware that it is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. If you are shortlisted for interview, we will undertake an online public search in line with guidance from the Department for Education and Keeping Children Safe in Education 2024.
What the school offers its staff
see above
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.