Job Title: Learning Support Assistant (Secondary)
E-ACT DSLV Academy | Be proud, be Confident, be Successful
E-ACT DSLV offers a unique opportunity – guiding students through every stage of their learning and development. In an environment where they feel safe, happy, and valued, E-ACT DSLV plays an essential role at the heart of its community.
We are seeking to appoint a caring, enthusiastic, and dedicated Learning Support Assistant (LSA) to join our welcoming and supportive team at DSLV Secondary.
As a Learning Support Assistant, you will play a key role in supporting students’ learning and development across a range of subjects. Working closely with teaching staff, you will help foster an inclusive, engaging, and supportive classroom environment where all students can thrive. You will provide both one-to-one and small group support, enabling students to access the curriculum and achieve their full potential.
Key responsibilities:
- Support students in lessons under the direction of the teacher
- Assist students with additional learning needs, including SEND
- Deliver targeted interventions and structured support programmes
- Contribute to maintaining a positive, inclusive, and focused learning environment
- Support students’ social, emotional, and behavioural development
- Assist with lesson preparation and classroom resources
Pay range: NJC 8 – 12 £20,723.09 – £22,093.61 – 32.5 Hours, 39 weeks per year
FTE: £26,824 -£28, 598
Qualifications and Skills:
- Experience working with young people (preferably in a secondary school or educational setting)
- Good literacy and numeracy skills (minimum GCSEs in English and Maths or equivalent)
- Teaching Assistant qualification (desirable)
- Ability to support students with additional needs (SEND) with patience, empathy, and understanding
- Strong teamwork and organisational skills, with the ability to follow direction and use initiative
Benefits:
Financial and Lifestyle
We offer a strong financial package including access to defined benefit pension schemes (LGPS or TPS), life cover at three times pensionable pay, and 31 days of annual leave for year-round employees. Staff can also benefit from the Cycle to Work scheme, promoting healthy and sustainable commuting.
Professional Growth and Development
We invest heavily in staff development through tailored INSET days and high-quality CPD opportunities. Teaching staff benefit from automatic TLR progression, a structured 9-point pay scale (M1 to UPS3), and full TLR payments for part-time colleagues fulfilling full responsibilities.
Culture and Wellbeing
Our people-first culture values every colleague. We support wellbeing through the Wisdom app and a free Employee Assistance Programme offering counselling and financial advice. Collaboration is at the heart of our Trust, encouraging shared learning and collective success.
E-ACT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults, and all appointments are subject to enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks and satisfactory references.
E-ACT is also committed to promoting equality, challenging discrimination and developing community cohesion. We welcome applications from all sections of the community.
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