Learning Assistant - Castleview Primary School

An exciting opportunity has arisen for 2 part-time Support for Learning Assistants to become valued members of our school team, within Castleview Primary School.

The working pattern will be Monday to Friday with 17 hours split across the days. Monday to Thursday 10.45-2.00 and Friday 9.30-2.00.

You will be fully involved in the life and work of this happy and busy additional support needs school setting, providing an invaluable contribution towards high quality care and education of children with severe and complex additional support needs.

Applications are welcomed from enthusiastic and committed individuals with experience of working with children of different ages and abilities, ideally including those with additional support needs. You will work within an enthusiastic and hard-working team to support children with their learning opportunities that are part of a high quality, child-centred education.

You will be a reliable, patient and innovative individual, who will be an effective team member. In addition, you will have good communication and organisational skills, a positive and solution focused attitude, and show a commitment to ongoing professional development. Significant training will be provided to ensure that the successful candidate can effectively and confidently support the needs of our young people.

If you wish to join our dedicated, hard-working team, we would be very interested in hearing from you.

The successful candidate will be required to be a member of the Protecting Vulnerable Groups Scheme (PVG) for Children. If your application is progressed after the interview, you will be asked to complete the form and have your details verified.

If you've got the right skills for the job we want to hear from you. We encourage applications from the right candidates regardless of age (restrictions apply to Modern Apprenticeships), disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, belief or race.

• 30 days annual leave plus 7 public holidays (rising to 35 after 5 years continuous service)
  Pro-rated for part time roles.
• Flexible working including hybrid office/work from home arrangements
  where the role allows
  . We have a good balance across our teams, retaining the benefits to work/life balance of working from home part of the week, with the collaborative and social benefits of working from the office 2-3 days per week
• Biennial incremental progression until top of your payscale is reached
• Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme. For further details visit
• Up to 6 months full sick pay and 6 months half pay dependent on length of service
• Carers Leave
• Up to 4 weeks paid Paternity Leave
• Access to Health & Wellbeing support
• Ongoing opportunities for Learning & Development
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Lift share Scheme
• Car Lease Scheme
• Technology Benefit Scheme