Job Description

Reference number

BUC14140

Contract type

Fixed Term / Secondment

Working hours

Full time/Part time

Level of DBS check required

Enhanced with Barred List

Date posted

29 Sep 2025, 11 p.m.

Application deadline

21 Oct 2025

Contact email

admin@robertswoodschool.co.uk

Overview

We are looking to recruit one full or two part time Learning Support Assistants to join our hardworking, friendly team at Robertswood school.

We are a popular primary school with 400 pupils aged between 3 and 11 years old.

If you enjoy a lively environment, forward thinking and supportive colleagues and are willing to develop yourself as a professional, then Robertswood School will be a great place to work.

Term time only:

Yes

Salary type:

Bucks Pay

Salary Details:

R1.6 23,996 FTE

Contract type:

Fixed Term

Hours:

Full-time/Part-time

Closing date:

21/10/2025

Interviews to be held:

Applications will be reviewed on receipt and interviews will be held on a rolling basis, so early application is advised.

About us

At Robertswood School we are committed to providing an outstanding education within a secure and happy environment, where each child is valued and equipped with the necessary skills, enabling them to become confident and caring individuals in this ever changing, increasingly technological and globalised world. All children will be provided with opportunities to develop confidence, creativity and self esteem, regardless of needs, background or religion. Opportunities will be focussed on the acquisition of skills as the foundations for a successful and fulfilling life. We will celebrate every child's achievement and will work in close partnership with parents and the wider community, providing vital communication.

Website:

www.robertswoodschool.co.uk

About the role

The post will involve supporting of children within the class, at lunchtime (Lunchtime salary additional), on the playground and during individual and small group interventions.



The post may also involve supporting an individual pupil with an Education, Health and Care Plan.

About you

The Successful candidate should have:

Excellent interpersonal skills. A commitment to raising standards with high aspirations for all children. An ability to work using their own initiative and be part of a team. Minimum requirement of GCSE English & Maths qualification. An ability to organise and deliver interventions, guided by therapists. Either experience of working with children with additional needs, or the desire to do so.

Other information

Visits to the school are warmly welcome. To arrange a visit or to find out more about the role, please contact our school office on the number below.



Please send completed application forms to the email address below.



Tel No: (01753) 888327.



Email: admin@robertswoodschool.co.uk

Robertswood School is committed to safeguarding children and, as such, successful candidates are subject to enhanced DBS checks. Candidates must also be able to converse at ease with members of the public and provide advice in accurate spoken English.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:

All unspent convictions and conditional cautions*

All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).*

For further information on filtering please refer to

Nacro guidance

and the

guidance issued by the Ministry of Justice

(see, in particular, the section titled 'Exceptions Order').

It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All shortlisted applicants will be required to complete self-disclosure form and return prior to interview.