Learning Support Assistant

Learning Support Assistant

37 hours per week – Term Time Only plus 5 days

Start Date: September 2026

Salary: Band 5 (5-6)

Actual Salary: Starting at £22,316.14 per annum.

Working hours: 8am – 4pm

Bradford Forster Academy is an 11‑16 Church of England secondary Academy and part of the Bradford Diocesan Academies Trust (BDAT). The Academy opened on 1 September 2015 and now has capacity for 1050 students on roll in years 7‑11. The Academy provides a supportive learning environment.

This role supports teachers and students by delivering learning activities and supporting literacy and numeracy across the school.

The successful candidate will:

• Work with teaching staff to support quality first teaching, work with individuals, groups and whole classes as required.
• Deliver learning activities to students within an agreed system of supervision, adjusting activities according to student responses/needs.
• Support the learning of students so that they make at least expected progress.
• Assist teachers in classes where students’ literacy levels are a barrier to progress.
• Adapt published literacy or numeracy teaching resources to meet the needs of specific students or groups of students.
• Have high levels of enthusiasm, energy, resilience, and determination.
• Be committed to the ethos and culture of Bradford Forster Academy.

Benefits

• An academy staff team of effective and supportive colleagues that will encourage you to be inspirational, proactive and play an active part in our school improvement.
• Opportunities for personal and professional development.
• A stimulating, attractive, and welcoming learning environment.
• An approach which supports and stimulates professional growth.
• A supportive Leadership Team.

Closing Date for applications is Monday 27th July 2026

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