LSA

Learning Support Assistant

Location: Hatfield, Hertfordshire
Pay: £100-£115 per day, depending on relevant experience
Setting: All-girls secondary school

Prospero Teaching is recruiting a Learning Support Assistant (LSA) for an all-girls secondary school in Hatfield.

This role would suit someone who enjoys working with young people and can help students build confidence, stay engaged in lessons and become more independent learners. You will work alongside teachers to support pupils who need additional help accessing the secondary curriculum.

Your responsibilities will include:

Providing individual and small-group learning support.

Helping students understand instructions, organise their work and complete classroom tasks.

Supporting literacy, comprehension and written work across different subjects.

Adapting your approach to pupils' learning needs, including special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

Encouraging participation, positive behaviour and independence.

Feeding back to teachers and the SENDCo on progress and any concerns.

We are looking for:

Experience supporting children or young people, ideally as a Teaching Assistant or Learning Support Assistant.

Clear communication and good literacy and numeracy skills.

A patient, consistent approach and the confidence to build positive relationships with secondary-age students.

An understanding of safeguarding and professional boundaries.

Experience supporting autism, ADHD or specific learning difficulties would be useful.

Appointment is subject to satisfactory references, an enhanced DBS check and the relevant safeguarding and right-to-work checks
Only candidates based in UK and eligible to work in UK are allowed