Learning Support Practitioner
Level 5 scp 7-12 (£25,584 – £27,711)
Actual starting salary £20,866
34.5 hours per week term time + INSET
Monday-Friday 8.30am – 4.00pm
Start date: ASAP
We are seeking a Learning Support Practitioner. The successful candidate will assist in providing support within our SEND Department as part of a friendly team working in a fast-paced environment of a busy Secondary School.
The main responsibilities of the role will include:
• carry out individual programmes of learning, specifically to support the pupil concerned
• assist in the implementation of any other programmes of support designed by other
professionals such as advisory teachers, Educational Psychologists and speech therapists
• contribute to the students integration programme as identified by the school
• carry out specialist interventions to individuals or small groups
The main duties and tasks:
• to support teachers within the classroom.
• to support the general care, welfare and safety of the pupil
• to assist in the preparation of teaching materials and equipment in support of the pupil
concerned
• to liaise professionally with our SENCo, Assistant SENCo and the teaching staff
to liaise with parents where necessary
St Thomas More Catholic Academy is an 11-18 mixed Catholic comprehensive school with 1137 students on roll which has an excellent reputation throughout the area. On 1 November 2013 St Thomas More together with four primary academies formed the All Saints’ Catholic Collegiate (MAC).
To apply please complete the CES application form and email to Mrs Stacy Walker swalker@stmca.org.uk along with completed consent to references form, disclosure form and recruitment monitoring form.
Your application should be on the Catholic Education Service application form which can be downloaded below.
Closing Date: 9am on 6th October 2025
Interviews are scheduled to take place w/c 13th October 2025
This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). All appointments made are also subject to satisfactory references, medical clearance and Right to Work in the UK.
STM Catholic Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education and the Prevent Duty