SEN Learning Support Assistant

Contract type: Fixed term until 31st August 2026

FTE/Hours: 30 Hours per week

Working weeks: Term Time Only (44.6)

Salary: TPLTSS2 17196 - 17446 (actual salary)

Location: St Andrews Church Junior School

Closing date: 17th April 2026

Interview dates: 22nd April 2026

Proposed start date: 19th May 2026

St Andrews Church Junior School is a popular school operating at the heart of the local community. It is a vibrant welcoming and friendly school with happy and confident children who enjoy learning and achieving. Staff at St Andrews are dedicated talented inspirational caring and consistently want the best for the children.

We offer:

A friendly welcoming staff team and a supportive working environment.

Comprehensive opportunities for additional training and CPD including specific medical and SEN support training.

The chance to make a real difference in a school with a roll of 290 happy learners.

About us

By joining St Andrews Church Junior School you become part of the current TPLT family of schoolsa thriving partnership currently comprising of three secondary and eleven primary schools across Somerset and North Somerset. We are proud of our proven track record of school improvement and a consistent trend of rising outcomes for our students.

This is a pivotal moment to join us. Following two years of successful collaboration we are preparing to merge with Castle School Education Trust (CSET) in South Gloucestershire to form the Pathway Trust later this year.

This merger is not just a change in name; it is a union of two trusts. By bringing together our complementary strengths and shared values we are creating an extended network of twenty schools dedicated to:

Investing in Excellence: Leveraging our collective resources to further invest in leadership and high-quality teaching.

A Professional Network: Providing our staff with access to an expanded pool of expertise collaborative research and cross-trust career development opportunities.

Shared Resilience: Strengthening our operations to ensure that every school in the Pathway family is supported to provide a great education for every child.

We can offer you:

• A professional culture that is open honest fun and focused on doing what is right for children.
• Strong collaboration across the trust family of schools and access to a centralised team of specialists across all areas of school operations.
• A commitment to highquality CPD with dedicated time and budget for your development.
• A valuesdriven ethos where diversity equity and inclusion are lived every day.
• Recognition of continuous service (modification order) to protect employment rights and entitlements.
• A Pension Scheme with generous employer contributions and deathinservice cover.
• Occupational sick pay to support you during illness or unexpected emergencies.
• Familyfriendly leave packages to help maintain a healthy worklife balance.

To find out more please refer to our candidate job description attached.

For further information: Please visit our website.

You may also contact Wayne Higgins Headteacher for further information

In order to apply for this role please complete an application form via the link above. Please let us know if you require any adjustments as part of the process.

Early applications are encouraged as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early.

Join us in Providing a Great Education for Every Child

The trust is committed to equal opportunities and encourages applicants from all backgrounds and communities as we recognise the importance and benefit this has for our pupils.

The Priory Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All roles across the trust have a varying level of responsibility for ensuring safeguarding practice with some roles holding significant responsibility and involving working with children on a daily basis in regulated activity. Regardless of the level of responsibility and involvement in each role we expect all staff visiting professionals and volunteers to share this commitment.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. Successful candidates will be required to provide a disclosure of any unspent convictions and cautions as well as any spent convictions or cautions that are not protected (i.e. filtered) under the Amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975 (2013 and 2020).

All appointments are subject to a comprehensive pre-employment checking process. This includes an Enhanced DBS check (including a Childrens Barred List check) satisfactory references medical fitness Right to Work in the UK and where applicable a prohibition from teaching/management line with KCSIE guidance we will also conduct online searches on all shortlisted candidates.

Our full Recruitment and Selection policy is available on our website.