LEARNING SUPPORT ASSISTANT

Apply By: 15th June 2025
Shortlisting: 18th June 2025
Interview Date: 26th June / 3rd July 2025
Start Date: September 2025
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: Grade 2, SCP 3-4: £24,172 - £24,517 Actual (pay award pending)
Hours: 32.5 hours per week (Monday – Friday Inclusive), 39 weeks per
year (term time, plus inset days).
Primary Location: Rowan Wood School.
Rowan Wood School is a new all through special free school, opening in several phases, for children and young people aged 4-19 who have been diagnosed with autism and severe language and learning delays, working significantly below age-related expectations.

Our vision is for Rowan Wood to be an ambitious, forward thinking, and fully inclusive community which makes learning accessible for all through the following seven principles for children and young people:

• Active learners with aspirational targets and high expectations.
• A high-quality curriculum minimising educational disadvantage.
• Valued and valuable members of society.
• Breaking down barriers.
• Family-focused.
• Removing barriers to learning in safe, supportive environments.
• Diverse experiences outside home and school in conjunction with extending the school day.

Rowan Wood will become part of The Compass Partnership of Schools, an innovative Multi-Academy Trust comprising a mix of fifteen mainstream and special primary and secondary schools, enabling us to forge meaningful mainstream links that benefit all.
We would like to appoint six Learning Support Assistants to provide practical assistance to teachers in the school in meeting the personal welfare, social and education needs of children with identified learning difficulties (severe/complex learning difficulties; profound and multiple learning difficulties/physical disabilities/complex medical needs or severe/complex autism), with an emphasis on personal welfare. We provide a safe and healthy environment for our children. You will also be involved in providing intimate care, managing challenging behaviour and actively participating in physical activities such as swimming and PE. Please refer to job description for this role.
Induction programmes and training will be provided for the successful candidate.
Please visit our careers page on My New Term to find out more about this role and to make an application.
If you would like to arrange a visit to the Trust or have any further questions, please email jgildea@wingfield.compassps.uk, mentioning Rowan Wood School in the subject line.
Rowan Wood is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all pupils attending the school. As the duties of this post involve regular contact with children, any offer to the successful candidates will be conditional upon an Enhanced Disclosure being obtained via the Disclosure and Barring Service. This post is exempt from the rehabilitation of Offenders Act (1974).
Our successful candidate will also be health checked, and references will be requested before interview. We are an equal opportunities employer.

Please refer the Job description for details