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Learning Support Assistant Employment Contract UK

Name: Learning Support Assistant Employment Contract UK
Brand: HRHeaven
SKU: education_learning_support_assistant_lsa_generated_v1
Price: 19.99 GBP
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Set inclusive classroom support around teacher direction, pupil independence and reliable SEND evidence.

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Last updated: 19 June 2026
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Job description

Clear role overview and key responsibilities.

Probation period

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Role-specific duties

Maintained responsibilities, records and authority boundaries for the selected role.

Working hours

Standard and flexible working arrangements.

Holiday entitlement

Holiday terms explained for the selected arrangement.

Confidentiality

Client and company confidentiality.

Disciplinary process

Clear process and employee rights.

Notice periods

Notice terms explained for both parties.

Before you create it

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When to use this contract

Deliver improved pupil access to learning, maintain consistent agreed interventions, and produce accurate observations and handovers.

Workplace context: School, college or other agreed education premises and authorised off-site educational activities.

What makes this role different

Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering phase classes pupils and timetable. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering SEND plans interventions and teacher direction. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering care behaviour trips and duties. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering records safeguarding training and supervision. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering company policies.

Not a fit / obtain specialist advice

Recheck the role or obtain appropriate advice if the work would exceed these maintained authority boundaries: The assistant cannot replace the teacher, diagnose SEND, change plans independently, use unauthorised restraint or communicate confidential pupil matters outside school procedure. Obtain approval before committing expenditure, changing contractual commitments or making regulated or staffing decisions outside the assigned role.

What to prepare before you issue it

the pupils phases and support pattern
the interventions and plan responsibilities
the personal-care and physical-support duties
the behaviour safeguarding and trip procedures
the training supervision and reporting lines

Day-to-day operating brief

What Learning Support Assistant (LSA) work looks like in practice

A Learning Support Assistant helps pupils access teaching through classroom assistance, small-group work and agreed interventions. The contract should identify phases, subjects, pupils or groups, SEND plans, teacher direction, behaviour support, personal care where applicable, physical support, observations, school trips, break duties, safeguarding and the boundary between supporting learning and independently teaching or diagnosing need. Effective assistance leaves the teacher able to assess the pupil's own understanding, so prompts and completed work should not be confused. Intervention records need enough detail to show attendance, approach and response without labelling the child. Where several pupils require attention, the assistant follows teacher priorities and escalates unmet need instead of making hidden trade-offs. When support takes place outside the classroom, the purpose, duration and material taught should remain connected to the teacher's lesson and pupil plan. A calm or compliant presentation must not be assumed to show understanding, wellbeing or consent to miss peer activity.

Responsibilities reflected in the contract

Support pupils during planned learning.
Deliver assigned interventions and adaptations.
Promote independence and appropriate behaviour.
Maintain approved pupil observations.
Report welfare safeguarding and progress concerns.

A realistic working scenario

A pupil can complete a task with extra time, so the assistant reduces prompts rather than doing the work to produce a finished page.

Outputs to agree

improved pupil access to learning
consistent agreed interventions
accurate observations and handovers

Records and evidence

Timetable pupil and support plan.
Intervention attendance and observation.
Care behaviour and adjustment.
Incident safeguarding and handover.
Work records.
Handover notes.

Reporting relationship

Typically reports to Line Manager or Department Manager. Confirm the employer's actual reporting structure in the builder.

Authority and escalation

The assistant cannot replace the teacher, diagnose SEND, change plans independently, use unauthorised restraint or communicate confidential pupil matters outside school procedure.
Obtain approval before committing expenditure, changing contractual commitments or making regulated or staffing decisions outside the assigned role.

Tools and systems

Learning platforms.
Assessment records.
Classroom equipment.

Workplace context

School, college or other agreed education premises and authorised off-site educational activities.

Training and certification

Complete employer-required safeguarding training.

Contract priorities

phase classes pupils and timetable
SEND plans interventions and teacher direction
care behaviour trips and duties
records safeguarding training and supervision

Information the employer should prepare

the pupils phases and support pattern
the interventions and plan responsibilities
the personal-care and physical-support duties
the behaviour safeguarding and trip procedures
the training supervision and reporting lines

Individually written and reviewed against the maintained role record.

Maintained role evidence

The facts this Learning Support Assistant (LSA) contract is built around

These role-pack details give an employer something concrete to check before using the contract for education work.

Work setting

School, college or other agreed education premises and authorised off-site educational activities.

Primary duties

Support pupils during planned learning.
Deliver assigned interventions and adaptations.
Promote independence and appropriate behaviour.
Maintain approved pupil observations.

Tools and training to confirm

Learning platforms.
Assessment records.
Classroom equipment.
Complete employer-required safeguarding training.

Governance focus

Ofsted context where applicable. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering phase classes pupils and timetable. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering SEND plans interventions and teacher direction. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering care behaviour trips and duties.

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Learning Support Assistant (LSA) clauses and builder inputs

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Role wording

Learning Support Assistant (LSA) duties

Deliver improved pupil access to learning, maintain consistent agreed interventions, and produce accurate observations and handovers.

Support pupils during planned learning. Deliver assigned interventions and adaptations. Promote independence and appropriate behaviour. Maintain approved pupil observations. Report welfare safeguarding and progress concerns.

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Employer and employee details Role title and reporting line Pay, hours and working pattern Holiday, probation and notice Workplace and site rules Company branding and e-sign

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What is added to the finished contract

The assistant cannot replace the teacher, diagnose SEND, change plans independently, use unauthorised restraint or communicate confidential pupil matters outside school procedure.

Obtain approval before committing expenditure, changing contractual commitments or making regulated or staffing decisions outside the assigned role.

Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering phase classes pupils and timetable.

Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering SEND plans interventions and teacher direction.

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