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Learning Support Assistant and Midday Meal Supervisor
Actual salary: £17,782.42 - £18,065.69 (inclusive of holiday pay)
Fixed term contact until31st August 2027
Monday to Friday - 30 hours per week (term time only plus 2 non pupil days)
08:30 - 15:15 with a 15 minute unpaid break and a 30 minute unpaid lunch break.
Shalford Primary School is looking to to appoint a Learning Support Assistant, primarily to work across the EYFS and KS1 stages. The successful applicant will need to have a patient, positive and kind attitude, with excellent communication skills and a genuine love of working with children. Working as part of a team, you will need to be calm, flexible, dedicated and be able to form positive relationships with staff and children. You will be working with individual pupils and alongside other children in the class to support their learning, with a particular focus on supporting children to secure strong standards of writing and reading. As such, all potential candidates will need to demonstrate high standards of English.
The successful candidate will receive training from the Head Teacher and SENCo.
If you have any queries regarding the role please contact Tim Arding, Head Teacher by emailing shalford@compassps.uk
We reserve the right to close the post before the date stated above if sufficient applications have been received. We therefore advise that you submit your completed online application form as soon as possible.
All appointments are subject to safer recruitment requirements to ensure the safeguarding of children and young people. All positions will involve appropriate checks and clearances.
Children and their learning come first. We want our staff to be highly skilled and well equipped to enable then to deliver a programme of learning that challenges and excites young minds. Most of all, we want everyone in tour community to want to be the very best they can.
Every member of staff, from every area of school, is provided with an opportunity to grow and be a special part of our organisation.
Applications close date: Midday on Friday 3rd July 2026
Date of short listing:Monday 6th July 2026
Date of interview: 7th July 2026
Start date: 1st September 2026
Visits to the school are welcome. Please call our school office on 01376 850336to arrange a convenient time and date.
Information about the School
Shalford Primary is a friendly school that puts the education and wellbeing of our children at the centre of everything we do. Our teaching develops effective knowledge, skills and attributes that enable the children to be confident, responsible and compassionate whilst developing a respect for humankind and the world in which we live. We want every child to have the core skills of literacy and mathematics mastered and learn through a rich and creative curriculum that encompasses science, technologies, humanities and the arts. In addition, we have a range of enrichment activities delivered through the children's personalised timetables to enhance the children's learning experiences.
The school caters for children from 4 to 11 years old and has been in the village of Shalford since 1874.