Apprentice Learning Support Assistant
Astrum Multi Academy Trust, Romford, RM6 4TR10 days remaining to apply
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
1 September 2025 at 9am
Date listed
1 August 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- Special Education Needs (SEN)
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £7.55 - £12.21 Hourly Paid at Apprenticeship rate £7.55 during year 1, and National Mininum Wage for the remainder of the Apprenticeship
Apprentice Learning Support Assistant job summary
Apprentice Learning Support Assistant (30 hours per week, term time 39 weeks)
We are seeking passionate and motivated Apprentice Learning Support Assistants to join our Trust across Newbridge and Hatchside Academies. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who is enthusiastic about education and eager to gain hands-on experience in a classroom setting. The successful candidate will work closely with experienced teachers and other Learning Support Assistants, receive mentorship, and participate in professional development activities.
If you are passionate about working with young people in special education and eager to develop your career, we encourage you to apply. We offer various roles and opportunities that can help you grow and develop within Astrum Multi Academy Trust.
As an apprentice learning support assistant, you would be supported to train and complete an 18 month Level 3 apprenticeship with our training provider, Barking and Dagenham College. This includes both hands on training in the classroom, plus time spend at Barking & Dagenham College.
Astrum Multi Academy Trust was formed in 2017 and is a well-established and highly respected multi academy trust within Redbridge. It comprises of Newbridge School, (a 2 site all through special school for pupils with a range of Severe and Complex Special Educational Needs) and Hatchside School, catering for EY/KS1/KS2 pupils with a range SEND, across 2 sites. In addition to our schools, we are also working in partnership with BHRUT NHS Hospitals, the Local Authority and Project Search within King George Hospital. Project Search is a one-year internship programme for post-16 pupils with learning disabilities and/or autism, whose goal is competitive employment in the community.
We welcome applications from those with some experience in this area of work or those wishing to develop a career in a special school environment. We are looking for candidates who have;
- Have good literacy and numeracy skills
- Are calm, resilient, flexible and have a sense of humour
- Have a fun-loving attitude that makes every pupil feel valued as playing and interacting with the learners is essention.
- Can build effective, positive relationships with children and work collaboratively with colleagues in the school environment
- A high level of multitasking - this is a busy hardworking environment
- A willingness to learn and develop your own skills and abilities to best support our pupils
- Are resilient- as there are times when things are a challenge both mentally and physically.
Finally, you must be prepared to feel special and important to many children and young people and their families. There is simply no other job quite like it.
These are fixed term posts for the duration of the Apprenticeship programme, however, there is the potential to become a permanent Astrum Learning Support Assistant once qualified.
Why join us?
- Employee Assistance & Wellbeing Programme
- Generous Pension Schemes
- Family-friendly working policies
- Extensive support and development opportunities
- Refer a friend scheme
- Free onsite parking
- Free tea and coffee
- Great location close to TfL Elizabeth and Central Lines
- And more…
Astrum values diversity, inclusion and equality of opportunity for all staff, and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships. We celebrate and embrace unique individuality, background and heritage.
We are a ‘Disability Confident Employer’ and all our application forms hide your personal information so we can focus solely on your experience, skills and qualities.
We believe in fostering a work environment that supports work-life balance. We are open to flexible working arrangements, including remote work, flexible hours, and part-time opportunities.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to actively share this commitment. All appointments will be subject to pre-employment checks, including an enhanced check with the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS), as well as online searches, in line with Safer Recruitment guidance and the need to maintain a safe culture.
We reserve the right to interview and appoint prior to the advert closing date. With this in mind, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
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