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Learning Support Assistant

Birchfield Community Primary School

Yeovil

Salary
£12.85 to £13.47 per hour for LSA (20 hours per week) and £13.47 to £14.59 per hour for ELSA (12.5 hours per week)
Applications close
9 October 2026

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Job details

Salary
£12.85 to £13.47per hour for LSA (20 hours per week) and £13.47 to £14.59 per hour for ELSA (12.5 hours per week)
Location
Yeovil
Working pattern
Full time
Applications close
9 October 2026

What this pays

Advertised pay

£12.85–£14.59 per hour

A rate stated per hour worked.

  • 20 hours per week (stated)

As advertised: “£12.85 to £13.47 per hour for LSA (20 hours per week) and £13.47 to £14.59 per hour for ELSA (12.5 hours per week)”

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About the role

We are passionate about supporting our young people to succeed both academically and personally and are looking to appoint a permanent Learning Support Assistant with additional responsibility for providing emotional literacy support (ELSA-style interventions) to pupils on a 1:1 and small group basis. Your expertise will support pupils with social, emotional and additional learning needs, helping them to build resilience, confidence and the key skills they need to succeed.

ELSA training or experience delivering Emotional Literacy Support is essential or a strong advantage.

The successful

candidate will:

ideally be able to share experience of previous good classroom practice including providing 1:1 and small group Emotional Literacy Support

be able to support the class teacher/year group across the whole curriculum

have experience of working with their own groups

be able to show evidence of relevant training.

display a range of attributes including personal organisation, initiative, enthusiasm and a caring nature

be flexible, adaptable, and be able to provide support and challenge

Further details and application form can be found in the recruitment pack available on our website.

About Birchfield Community Primary School

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Where this vacancy came from

Job reference
learning-support-assistant-elsa-4e796ec9-7b2b-4e1c-8ac1-ea783b0798bb
Original source
Teaching Vacancies (Department for Education)
Employer type
School employer
Posted by the original source
24 September 2026
Last checked by SchoolJobs.uk
29 September 2026

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