Learning Support Assistants - The Grange School

Buckinghamshire Council

  • Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
  • £18,355 per year
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 7 days ago
OverviewWe require Learning Support Assistants to provide individual support and personal/pastoral care for students with physical and/or learning disabilities.Term time onlySalary Type: Bucks paySalary details: Bucks Pay Range 2, Point 11 £18,355 to Point 15 £19,891 approximatelyContract type: PermanentHours: 39 weeks per year, 8.15 am - 3.15 pm Monday - Friday (term time only plus staff training days)Closing date: 08/09/2025 09:00Interviews to be held: Applications will be considered upon receipt and interviews can take place at any time. The school reserves the right to close this post at an earlier date should a successful appointment be made.About usJudged to be a Good School by Ofsted in April 2024, we are a mixed, non-selective 11-18 Foundation secondary school situated in the market town of Aylesbury and ten minutes from the Chiltern Hills - an area of outstanding natural beauty. We are close to Oxford, High Wycombe and Milton Keynes and surrounded by delightful market towns and characterful villages. The students and staff at The Grange School make it a fantastic place to work. Our students are friendly and confident, and we strive to ensure that they achieve the success that they deserve. Together we have created a successful community school, where students learn the skills for success.We support our staff with a robust staff well-being programme. All staff have access to a wealth of free support resources and materials to ensure they feel supported and happy.Website:About the roleWe require Learning Support Assistants to provide individual support and personal/pastoral care for students with physical and/or learning disabilities.For further information please see attached Job description.About youIt would be desirable for the successful candidates to have the following, however training will be given:
  • Knowledge of the needs of students with learning difficulties/physical disabilities
  • Experience of working with students of secondary school age (preferably in an education setting)
Other informationVisits to the school are welcomed. Further details are available on our website. We welcome applications regardless of age, gender, ethnicity or religionTel: 01296 390900
Email:Website:The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students, thus an enhanced DBS disclosure will be required.The school is committed to ensuring that safeguarding is a top priority and will consider carrying out online searches on shortlisted candidates as part of their due diligence. Online searches solely aim to help identify any incidents or issues that have happened, and are publicly available online, which the school may want to explore with the applicant at interview.Please follow this link for more details:This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:
  • All unspent convictions and conditional cautions
  • All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).
For further information on filtering please refer to and the (see, in particular, the section titled 'Exceptions Order').It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All shortlisted applicants will be required to complete self-disclosure form and return prior to interview.

Buckinghamshire Council