Learning Support Assistant School

Learning Support Assistant – St Piers School
Monday to Friday – Term-Time only (39 weeks per year)
Permanent – 37 hours per week
£22793.85 (SCP 5b LSA) to £24109.20 (SCP 6 Senior LSA)

Would you like to represent St Piers School, an incredible place for young people with special
educational needs and disabilities to thrive?

About The Job
We’re recruiting a Learning Support Assistant to join the dedicated team at St. Piers School.
In this rewarding role, you’ll work under the guidance of a teacher, supporting children throughout
their school journey. You’ll play a key part in helping to plan and deliver engaging, meaningful
learning experiences that empower students to achieve their full potential.

Day-to-day, your role will include but not limited to:
• Putting the students at the heart of everything we do
• Helping to create a safe learning environment where all students are encouraged, and
enabled, to achieve their full potential
• Enabling students to access learning, using needs-specific, personalised approaches, both
with 1:1 and group learning activities
• Assisting Tutors in the delivery of their lessons
• Contributing to tracking students’ achievements against their learning objectives
• Facilitating learning activities for students to build their skills and knowledge

About You
Our fantastic Learning Support Assistants all share the same great qualities listed below. If you
believe you share these qualities, we’d love to hear from you. Our Learning Support Assistants…

• Are passionate about supporting children and young people
• Strive to achieve the best possible outcomes for the people you are supporting
• Are creative with new ideas to stimulate students
• Can be adaptable to changing priorities and working flexibly
• Can demonstrate good initiative when dealing with challenging situations
• Are engaging communicators, both verbally and in writing
• Have, or are willing to work towards a Level 3 Diploma in Specialist Support for Teaching and
Learning
• Previous SEN experience and the desire and willingness to learn

More about St Piers
St Piers sits in the Education Directorate of Young Epilepsy, the leading national charity working
exclusively to improve the lives of children and young people with epilepsy or associated conditions.
We are a non-maintained residential special school for 4–25-year-olds, and we are an innovative and
creative School and College for students with SEND, and a large percentage of our cohort have
Epilepsy, autism, and severe learning difficulties, along with communication difficulties.

St Piers provides a variety of interactive and inclusive environments, both indoors and outdoors,
that support the pursuit of ambitions and aspirations through a range of exciting and creative
spaces. Our students are at the heart of the learning experience by providing an environment where
everyone can progress and gain new skills.

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