Job Introduction
Are you a highly skilled Learning Support Assistant looking for a role where you truly know and make a difference to every child?
Join our friendly, high-achieving village school where high standards and personalised care go hand-in-hand. At Andrews', we challenge every child to have the highest possible aspirations by seeing them as an individual. Our entire ethos is built on our core values: Love, Courage, and Respect.
If these values resonate with you, we want to hear from you.
The Opportunity:
We are seeking a proactive, calm, and highly capable Learning Support Assistant to become an essential part of our supportive team. This is a part-time (mornings), term-time role (Salary Scale B pro-rata, depending on qualifications and experience).
You will be crucial in facilitating learning and fostering wellbeing by:
- Providing targeted, impactful support to individuals or small groups, helping them overcome misconceptions and providing timely feedback.
- Working closely with class teachers to develop academic skills, preparing and adapting high-quality learning resources.
- Contributing significantly to the pupils' holistic development, including their social and emotional wellbeing, both in the classroom and the playground.
- Engaging children: encouraging independent learning, and helping them understand instructions and articulate their learning strategies.
- Contributing to the day-to-day recording of pupils’ progress using your excellent written and oral communication skills.
What We're Looking For
We are looking for a candidate who has a genuine passion for inclusive education.
Essential Skills & Qualities:
- Positive and Calm Approach: You naturally use a range of effective behaviour management strategies.
- Curriculum Knowledge: Understanding and experience of the KS1 and KS2 curriculum is required.
- A Passion for Neurodiversity: You must demonstrate a proactive desire for researching and employing effective strategies for working with neurodivergent children.
- Empathy and Initiative: You understand the critical importance of a child's social and emotional development, can show genuine empathy, and are flexible enough to support both child-initiated and teacher-led learning.
- Play and Learning: You appreciate the vital role of play in a child’s development.
- Team Player: You can build and develop positive relationships with both children and staff.
- Qualifications: Relevant qualifications, preferably to at least NVQ2 or equivalent. You must be enthusiastic, creative, and willing to undertake further training to gain new skills.
Join Andrews' Endowed Primary School
If you are ready to bring Love, Courage, and Respect to your everyday work, and you are excited by the prospect of helping every child achieve their highest potential, we encourage you to apply.
Find out more please contact our Business Manager Mrs Tracy Slater through the school office on 01420 83094 or via email adminoffice@andrewsendowed.hants.sch.uk
Closing Date January 12th 2026
Interviews: Thursday January 15th 2026
Safer Recruitment
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service checks along with other relevant employment checks.
