Job Description

Job Title: Learning Support Assistant

Salary Scale Point: TA 2 15,448.86 & 1373.32 (Lunch Time Supervisor)

Employer: Mercian Educational Trust

Closing Date: Wednesday 1 October 2025

Interview Date: Friday 3 October 2025

Starting Date: 3rd November 2025

Hours: 26.25 hours TA2 & Lunch time supervisor 2.5 hours

Job Purpose

We are looking for an experienced Learning Support Assistant to start with us. Keen to work with our team we are looking for the successful candidate to bring with them a sense of team work and enthusiasm. Working alongside our class teachers and other TAs in school you will support children in class to enable them to engage fully with school life and prepare them for the next stage of their learning journey. The role will involve working with children in small groups and on a 1:1 basis as well as supporting with whole class activities.

This role will be supervised by classroom teacher, a designated supervisor, and/or SENDCo

This post requires the ability to perform a role that involves frequent contact with children.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.

You must be able to perform a role that involves constant contact with children

Generic Responsibilities

Under the direction of and within an education plan provided by the classroom teacher:

Supervise the activities of individuals or groups of children to ensure their safety and facilitate their physical and emotional development. Use specialist skills to undertake those activities necessary to meet the physical and emotional needs of pupils. Use specialist skills to foster the intellectual and social development of children. Undertake those activities necessary to meet the physical and emotional needs of individuals and groups of children, including pupils with educational, physical or emotional special needs. Undertake those activities necessary to foster the intellectual and social development of children. Within competence to assist the teacher in the delivery of educational and developmental work programmes. To monitor and report individual children's progress, achievements, problems and developmental needs to the classroom teacher or designated supervisor as appropriate. Assist the classroom teacher in the planning of work programmes for individuals and groups of children.
The closing date is 1st October 2025, please feel free to call Great Malvern Primary School, part of Mercian Educational Trust for more information and download an application form and recruitment pack from the Trust website.

Interview are planned for 3rd October 2025.

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: 12.85-13.05 per hour

Expected hours: 26.25 per week

Benefits:

Company pension Cycle to work scheme Free flu jabs Free parking
Work Location: In person