Behaviour Learning Support Assistant - Alternative Provision

East Tilbury Primary School, East Tilbury, Essex, RM18 8SB

11 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  2nd February 2026

• Closing date

  15 December 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  1 December 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £18,587.00 - £20,133.00 Annually (Actual) Thurrock Band B - Point 7-12

Behaviour Learning Support Assistant - Alternative Provision job summary

Behaviour Learning Support Assistant

Alternative Provision

Salary: Band B Point 7-12

(£18,587.80 - £20,133.40 actual salary per annum)

Additional allowance - £500 per annum

30 hours and 50 minutes per week

8:40am - 3:10pm, Monday - Friday, with a 20-minute unpaid lunch break

37 weeks of the year - term time only

Start Date: 2nd February 2026

Fixed term until 31st August 2026

We are looking to appoint a Learning Support Assistant with excellent behaviour management skills to take on a crucial role within our school in the Alternative Provision Annexe. The successful candidate should be familiar with SEMH and have previous experience of working with vulnerable children. They will possess the ability to make quick decisions and be a team player. The successful candidate will enable pupils with additional needs, including behaviour, to access learning through assisting them in understanding and managing their behaviour to enable them to become successful learners.

Are you:

• Passionate about the impact teaching and learning can have on improving life?
• Committed to delivering education of the highest standard for the most vulnerable children?
• Driven to inspire and motivate pupils so that their socio-economic background is not a barrier to achievement?

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate: -

• The ability to communicate with other members of staff effectively 
• The ability to build a strong professional relationship with the children and their families 
• A willingness to take part in class planning and adapt it to the needs of the child where applicable 
• Good organisational skills 
• Good behaviour management skills 
• A good standard of English and Mathematics (Grade 4-9 or equivalent)
• The ability to communicate with parents and to attend professional meetings when required
• Good record keeping skills (Progress and medical where required)
• A willingness to support pupils with personal care
• A passion for the impact teaching and learning can have on improving life 
• A commitment to supporting the delivery of education of the highest standard 

East Tilbury Primary School is located in the heart of East Tilbury, near the town centre, a short distance from the train station, which is on the C2C Line between Shoeburyness and Fenchurch Street Station. Parking is available on-site and there are good transport links by both rail and bus. East Tilbury Primary School is just over nine miles from the M25.

What the school can offer:  

• Two Week October Half-Term
• Recognition of continuous service
• Automatic enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme
• Excellent CPD opportunities
• Career progression throughout the Trust, with the ability to progress in other schools
• The support of an experienced family of schools 
• National Conditions of Service 
• Access to the Employee Assistance Programme 
• Excellent behaviour management policy to support all staff
• Wider support network for all staff including managing workloads and work-life balance

If you feel the school would suit you, and you have the passion, drive and commitment to work with us to make all aspects of our school outstanding, please apply now or you can request a visit of the school or for more information speak to Ayshen Uluhan hr@osborne.coop or call 01375 648944. As a trust, we welcome applications from colleagues from all backgrounds.

East Tilbury Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. In compliance with safer recruitment procedures and guidelines, all applications must be made on our formal application form, CVs will not be accepted.  This appointment will be subject to pre-employment checks including an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service and satisfactory references. The Osborne Co-operative Academy Trust is an equal opportunities employer.

If you would like to be considered for this post, application forms are available via our website, Vacancies in our Trust (osborne.coop)

Closing date: Monday 15th December 2025 - Midday

Interview date: Tuesday 6th January 2026

Osborne Co-operative Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. This post will be subject to an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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.

About East Tilbury Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 648 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: East Tilbury Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/east-tilbury-primary-school

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