Learning Support Assistant 1 to 1 (Full or Part Time)

What skills and experience we're looking for

Key responsibilities:

• Provide targeted support 1:1 and in small groups to pupils with SEND, ensuring safety and access to learning
• Support development and delivery of Individual Education/Behaviour Plans and personal care programmes (including intimate care where required)
• Promote pupil independence, self-esteem and positive behaviour using agreed strategies
• Record and report pupil progress to teachers and SENDCo
• Prepare resources and assist classroom staff
• Build positive relationships with pupils, families and colleagues and contribute to the school’s Catholic ethos

The role will require you to work under the guidance of the SENDCo, Headteacher and class teacher and to participate in training and school life (including lunchtimes, trips and collective worship).

The successful candidates will have:

• Recent experience supporting primary-aged pupils, ideally with SEND, in an education setting
• Strong interpersonal skills: the ability to build warm, respectful relationships with pupils and families
• The ability to work well as part of a team and to use your initiative when supporting learning activities
• Good basic literacy and numeracy and confidence with everyday classroom technology (Word, Excel, online resources)
• A calm, patient approach to behaviour management and a commitment to promoting pupils’ independence and dignity
• A commitment to safeguarding, confidentiality and the school’s Catholic ethos

What the school offers its staff

What we offer:

• Well-behaved, enthusiastic, and motivated children
• A warm, professional and supportive staff team who put pupils at the centre of everything we do
• Clear leadership and strong commitment to professional development and CPD tailored to SEND practice
• CPD opportunities to best practice for children with SEND
• The chance to make a measurable impact on pupils’ lives and learning within a diverse community
• Strong and effective partnerships with parents/carers and the local community
• A supportive and experienced senior leadership team
• A committed, supportive, and engaged team of governors
• A values-driven workplace rooted in Catholic social teaching and a culture of mutual respect

Further details about the role

Are you a compassionate, skilled practitioner who believes every pupil can thrive?

Join Corpus Christi — a welcoming, diverse Catholic primary school where “Excellence and enjoyment with Christ at our centre” shapes everything we do. This is an exciting opportunity to make a real difference to pupils with SEND by providing high-quality 1:1 and small-group support within a close-knit, virtues-driven community.

We are recruiting Learning Support Assistants to work on a 1:1 basis and in small groups to support pupils with additional learning needs, including pupils with Education, Health and Care (EHC) plans in our internal alternative provision.

Commitment to safeguarding

Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School is committed to ensuring a vigilant and safe school culture so as to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and expects staff to share this commitment by working within an agreed code of conduct. The successful candidate will be subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Barring Service check and we will require proof of identity and relevant qualifications prior to the appointment being made according to the Local Authority’s policy on safeguarding children and safer recruitment. Please note that employment references must be from the most senior person in the organisation.