Learning Support Assistant

• Address: Springfield Infant School and Nursery, Ipswich, Suffolk IP1 4PP
• Salary: £24,413 - £24,796 (£13,219 - £13,428 actual)
• Hours: 27.5 hours per week, 38 weeks per year
• Contract: Fixed Term to 31 August 2026. Required as soon as possible
• Reference: 7845

Springfield Infant School and Nursery, Ipswich, is looking for a Learning Support Assistant (LSA)

We are an incredibly busy infant school and being part of our team means you will be working across the school with our young learners. We are looking for effective and flexible practitioners to join our friendly, hardworking and highly skilled teaching assistant team.

Working under the direction of the class teacher and Assistant Head/SENDCo you will be supporting and enhancing the teaching and learning by spotting when to intervene with individuals and when to use your skills more generally to support the broad range of needs in the classroom and in small groups.

You will have excellent verbal and written skills and be able to communicate effectively with the children, the SENCo, staff and parents. Experience of supporting children with additional needs is desirable, although additional support and training can be offered.

To join our team, it is vital that you share our belief in every child’s unique potential, working alongside your colleagues to ensure that every child is given the knowledge, self-worth and learning behaviours to enable them to experience success at this most important stage of their educational journey.

We hope you will want to join us and warmly encourage you to visit our amazing school.

For more information

Please read the Job Description (pdf), Person Specification (pdf) and Equal Opportunities (Word)

Please feel free to contact the HR team by either calling 01473 741305 or emailing: [email protected] Visits to our school and welcome and encouraged.

To find out more, please visit our website (Springfield Infant School and Nursery)

How to apply

To apply, please submit your completed Application Form (Word) by email to: [email protected]

Closing date: 12 pm, 30 September 2025.

Interview date: 6 October 2025.

Orwell MAT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All applicants will be interviewed in line with our safer recruitment procedures and the successful applicant will be subject to satisfactory references and an enhanced DBS check. Our school is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of gender, race, religion, disability, sexual orientation or age.