KS1 & KS2 Learning Support Assistant

About the role

Long Crendon Primary School, a friendly, happy and vibrant school in Buckinghamshire, is looking for a primary phase Learning Support Assistant to join its team as soon as possible. The school offers extensive outdoor learning in its grounds, including Forest School, a swimming pool and sports pitches. The post is advertised by Buckinghamshire Council.

Key responsibilities

• Work across Key Stages and deliver interventions
• Work with children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND)
• Cover a class on occasions

Required profile

• Experience of working with children with challenging behaviour and/or who have experienced trauma
• Ideally experience of working with previously looked-after children
• Patience, resilience and nurturing attitude, able to build trusting relationships
• Able to work well within a small, supportive team
• Understanding of safeguarding and confidentiality

What we offer

• Salary of £24,836 to £28,742 pro rata depending on experience (Bucks Pay Range Point 6/15), or £12.87 to £14.90 per hour
• Fixed-term or permanent opportunities, full-time or part-time
• Ongoing support and training opportunities

Visits to the school are strongly encouraged. Applications close on 8 November 2026; interviews start in late January or early February. Offers are subject to references and an enhanced DBS check, and the post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.