Key Role Information

Salary
£24,796 - £25,185 fte (actual starting salary £16,810.93 £17,074.66 based on 30 hours or £14,009.10 - £14,228.88 based on 25 hours)
Job type
Full Time
Contract type
Permanent
Closing
03/07/2026 09:00
Interview
07/07/2026
Contract term
TTO - Term time only
Pay grade
SLT Support Payscale | SCP3 - SCP4
Department
Teaching Assistant
Key stage
Early Years, Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2
Hours per week
30.00
Weeks per year
43.600
Visa sponsorship
No

Your Role

Learning Support Assistants

30 hours and 25 hours per week available

Grade C3 £24,796 - £25,185 fte (actual starting salary £16,810.93 £17,074.66 based on 30 hours or £14,009.10 - £14,228.88 based on 25 hours)


Sussex Learning Trust are seeking to appoint exceptional Learning Support Assistants to join our team in our lovely academy in Billingshurst. As a fully inclusive school, we have children who will need high levels of support from dedicated and caring new members to our team. All our Learning Support Assistants support children with individual needs and lead interventions.

The successful candidate will:


·   Have experience of working with children in EYFS, KS1 or KS2 

·    Have a developed understanding of curriculum development

·   Be able to support pupils to access the curriculum within a mainstream class

·   Be expected to deliver intervention programmes to groups of children

·    Have a passion and motivation for improving the lives of all children

·   Have excellent relationships with children and a real love of the job

·    Have a hard-working, positive, ‘can do’ attitude to school life and be flexible to the demands of the job

·    Demonstrate versatility, tact, commitment and the ability to use initiative

·    Be patient and able to stay calm; listen and value children’s views

·    Be able to work as part of a close-knit team and be expected to contribute to its development

·    Have the ability to strictly maintain confidentiality

·    Have experience of some behaviour management techniques

·    Be suitably qualified for the role, with good literacy and numeracy skills (to GCSE level or above) and be    

able to communicate effectively both orally and in writing


In return we can offer:

·    The most delightful children who are willing to learn every day

·    A fabulous team of teachers and support staff

·    Opportunities to work within a supportive and forward thinking Trust

·    A leadership team committed to your development and support

·    An able and supportive Governing Body

·    Opportunities for CPD that could help support the development of your career


We welcome applicants with previous experience and appropriate qualifications. If you are looking for a role that will challenge and test your skill set and you would like to join our team, please download the job description and person specification for further information. We look forward to receiving your application.


If you have any questions on job specifics, please contact our school office on 01403 782789. Visits to the school are warmly encouraged and can also be arranged by ringing this number.


Skills

Abilities, Skills and Knowledge

Knowledge and understanding of: the needs of young children; essential
knowledge and understanding of child development and the ways in which children learnessential
Knowledge and understanding of the roles played by various adults in a child’s educationessential
knowledge and understanding of behaviour management strategiesessential
knowledge and understanding of questions related to equal opportunitiesessential
Specialism knowledge and understanding of children with challenging behaviour.essential

Experience

Experience of working with young children with challenging behaviour
Experience as a paid worker in play schemes, crèches, after-school clubs or similar.

Experience/Knowledge

Experience of working with young children in an education settingessential

Qualifications

good basic education to GCSE level (A-C/4-9) in literacy and numeracy, or the equivalentessential
A relevant qualification in Childcare and/or Education

Relevant Skills

Ability to help professional staff to achieve their objectivesessential
Ability to assist children on an individual basis, in small group and whole class workessential
Ability to explain tasks simply and clearly and foster independenceessential
Ability to supervise children, and adhere to defined behaviour management policiesessential
Ability to accept and respond to authority and supervisionessential
Ability to work with guidance, but under limited supervisionessential
Can demonstrate good organisational skillsessential
Can demonstrate good organisational skillsessential
Ability to reflect on and develop professional practiceessential
Ability to display work effectively, and make and maintain basic teaching resources.essential
Ability to liaise and communicate effectively with othersessential
demonstrate the skills related to working with children with challenging behaviour
Ability to monitor, record and make basic assessments about individual progress
Ability to suggest alternative ways of helping children if they are unable to understand
Ability to describe, in simple terms, the process of behaviour management with children
Ability to identify gaps in their own experience that they need help in filling
demonstrate the ability to learn and adapt from past experience

About Us


Billingshurst Primary Academy

Mel Inman

minman@billingshurstprimary.org.uk

Upper Station Road

Billingshurst
West Sussex
RH14 9RE

Safeguarding Information

Sussex Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and to the equality of opportunity. It expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All applicants will be subject to a full disclosure and barring service check before appointment is confirmed, along with other relevant pre-employment checks in line with Safer Recruitment and KCSIE.

Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy