Learning Support Assistant

Holbrook Primary School Address: Holbrook, Ipswich, Suffolk IP9 2PZ Salary: £24,414 - £25,185 pro rata Hours: Monday, Tuesday and Friday, 38 weeks per year* Contract: Fixed term contract to July 2026. Required from January 2026 Reference: 8211 *Preferred Hours: Monday, 8.30am – 3.30pm, Tuesday – Friday, 8.45am - 3.30 pm. Holbrook Primary School is seeking to employ a Learning Support Assistant to support a pupil in Upper Key Stage 2 with additional needs on a one-to-one basis together with working with small groups. Ideally, we would like to appoint someone who: genuinely enjoys working with children has strong interpersonal skills to build positive and supportive relationships with children, staff and parents possesses good literacy, numeracy (at least C grade at GCSE or equivalent) and computing skills is aware of the curriculum requirements for primary schools is a team player with a positive attitude is flexible and has the ability to use their own initiative to support the learning needs of children is calm under pressure and has a sense of humour has experience of working with SEND pupils in schools or other settings. We will offer you: a network of support across the Holbrook and Birchwood Partnership of Schools a commitment to your professional development, wellbeing and career development a positive, dynamic and supportive staff team well behaved and motivated pupils. We are proud of this comment from Ofsted (April 2022): Leaders provide the training and support staff need. Staff feel valued. Governors check that leaders focus on the right priorities and continue to improve the quality of education for all pupils. To find out more Please read the Job Description (word) and Application Guidance (word) Please feel free to email Caroline Hetherington, Executive Business Manager for any further information on c.hetherington@holbrookpri.org How to apply Please complete the Application Form (word) Please email your completed application to c.hetherington@holbrookpri.org An application form for this role will need to be completed by any interested applicants in time for the closing date. Shortlisted candidates will be given a short 20-minute task to complete prior to the interview. We are planning for the shortlisted candidates to meet the pupil they will be working with as part of the interview process. Closing date: 9 am, 6 January 2026. Interview date: 9 January (pm) 2026. Holbrook Primary School is committed to equality of opportunity for all members of our school community. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children: we have rigorous policies and procedures for staff conduct child protection and security and the interview will include questions about safeguarding children. As part of our commitment to child protection and welfare, the successful applicant will be required to undertake a criminal record check via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). Our Safeguarding and Child protection policy can be found on our website