Learning Support Assistant

About the role

We are excited to offer the opportunity to join The Greenfield and Hurst Drive Federation as a Learning Support Assistant in September 2025. 

Our federation serves a diverse and vibrant community on the border of Hertfordshire and London. Our vision is for all our children, from age two to eleven, to receive the best possible start in life. We are passionate about bringing the highest quality of education to our chidren and are looking to recruit a class teacher who will share in this ambition for our community. To find out more about us please watch our video tour and visit the Hurst Drive and Greenfield websites.

Are you passionate about supporting children and strive to achieve the best possible outcomes for the children you are supporting? Are you creative with new ideas to stimulate children in their learning environment and are able to demonstrate good initiative when dealing with day to day situations? If so, then we would love to hear from you.  We are looking to appoint a friendly, hardworking Learning Support Assistant (LSA) to start in September, working 8:30am - 3:30pm, term-time only.  This is a fixed-term contract. 

The successful candidate will begin supporting a child with special educational needs in the classroom, on the playground, and carry out intervention work outside the classroom.  

Day-to-day, your role will include…

• Putting our children at the heart of everything we do.
• Approaching all work with high expectations and a can-do attitude.
• Maintaining a consistent, caring approach to working with children.
• Dedicating themselves to continuing professional development:
• Preferably speaks two or more languages, including English.
• Helping to create a safe learning environment where all children are encouraged, and enabled, to achieve their full potential.
• Enabling children to access learning, using needs-specific, personalised approaches, both with 1:1 and group learning activities.
• Assisting Teachers in the delivery of their lessons.
• Contributing to tracking students’ achievements against their learning objectives.

We can offer you:-

• A hardworking senior leadership team who recognise those going above and beyond.
• Experienced, supportive and welcoming colleagues and Governing Body
• Children who are a pleasure to work with and support.
• Great opportunities for personal and professional development.
• An opportunity to make a real difference to our local community.

Please contact Cetta Guglielmo (PA to Headteacher) if you would like to arrange to visit the school.

Candidates wishing to apply must read the person specification carefully and ensure they write about their experience, knowledge and skills in line with the essential and/or desirable criteria when completing the personal statement portion of their application.  

Please note that we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. This post is subject to safer recruitment measures which will include an enhanced criminal record check via the Disclosure and Barring Service.

The post is offered full time term time only and all candidates follow a 26 week probationary period.

Prospective candidates are encouraged to submit their application as soon as possible, as we reserve the right to withdraw this vacancy before the advertised closing date if a suitable candidate is appointed.