Extended Services Education Assistant (EXS021BC)

Enderby Danemill Primary School, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE19 4LH

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  To be confirmed

• Closing date

  13 March 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  25 February 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £25,191.00 - £25,590.00 Annually (Actual) Actual Starting Salary Approximately £5,825

Extended Services Education Assistant (EXS021BC) job summary

Extended Services Education Assistant

Enderby Danemill Primary School

Grade 5 Pay Point 7-8 (£25,191 - £25,590, approx. starting salary £5,825 working)

10 hours a week, 39 weeks per year

Permanent

Wednesday to Friday, 07:00am to 09:00am

If you are a positive, dynamic person, committed to providing children with caring, high quality and fun activities, and would like to work with us to develop our new model of Extended Services excites you, then we want to hear from you!

Why Choose Enderby Danemill Primary School?

It is our mission to provide our pupils with a stimulating and engaging curriculum in a safe and secure environment. We believe that emotional wellbeing is essential in developing positive behaviour and academic success. We value and respect all individuals and our ethos gives our community the confidence to achieve their full potential and to be the best that they can be, and in doing so make a positive contribution to society.

Key Responsibilities

• To help prepare, monitor and maintain a safe and secure learning environment in line with the teacher’s lesson plans.
• To work under the direct supervision of a teacher to carry out planned learning activities with small groups or individual pupils, providing feedback on their engagement in activities and their achievement of the desired learning objectives.
• Encouraging a high standard of behaviour, develop relationship with others and recognize and deal with emotions in an appropriate way
• To prepare and utilise ICT resources to support pupils learning.
• To prepare and support the use of learning materials and create visual displays, in accordance with the requirements of the teacher, in order to facilitate a relevant physical learning environment.

Main Duties and responsibilities:

• To maintain a duty of care for all children that attend the Extended Services Wraparound Care
  

• To establish and maintain positive relationships with children and Extended Services provision teams.
  

• To maintain communication with the Extended Services Support Lead, and Deputy Lead.
  

• To provide care and encouragement to children and young people with disabilities or special educational needs, supporting them to participate in activities and liaising, if required, with parents / carers / other professionals as appropriate.

We are looking for someone who has:

• Ideal candidates will have experience of working with children and be committed to providing our pupils with a safe and enjoyable childcare environment.
• Experience of working with children in a play, childcare or out of school setting is essential.
  
• Level 2 NVQ or CACHE or working towards is desirable.
  
• Ability to create and inspirational and stimulating child centred play and care environment.
• Excellent communication (written & oral) and interaction skills with child, parents and colleagues

Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification attached to support with your application.

What we offer:

• Flexible working options
• A role which has the opportunity to make a real difference whilst having fun
• Free car parking
• Annual incremental pay increases with the pay scale range
• A defined benefit pension scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme - EAP
• Employee self-service portal
• Eyecare voucher scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Retail discounts
• Dental support
• Gym discount
• Create an outstanding learning environment for the success of all of our children
• Play a significant part in continuing to develop our school
• Be part of a wider community of Discovery Schools Trust
• Excellent opportunities for personal and career development

More about Discovery Schools Trust:

Discovery Schools Trust is dedicated to improving learning and teaching by creating a culture that promotes excellence. The needs of all children are placed at the heart of all decision making regardless of the school they attend. Teaching and learning excellence are shared through learning networks, sharing of ideas and materials as well as leading practitioners between schools. Discovery has developed a school improvement system which focuses on improving outcomes for all children. It also places staff development, talent management and succession planning at the heart of achieving outstanding organisations.

Please note that interviews for this position may be made earlier than the stated closing date if a suitable candidate is identified. Therefore, we encourage interested applicants to submit their applications promptly. Early submission will not only ensure consideration for the position but also increase the likelihood of being invited for an interview. We appreciate your understanding and look forward to receiving your application.

Safeguarding Statement: We are committed to safeguarding our pupils; therefore, the successful applicant will require an Enhanced Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and references.

While we acknowledge the advantages of AI in crafting personal statements for applications, we strongly encourage and expect applicants to personalise and tailor responses. Please note that the Trust may utilise AI checking solutions during the application review process and will be considered when shortlisting.

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 Enderby Danemill Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 341 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Enderby Danemill Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/enderby-danemill-primary-school

About Us
At Danemill we believe that a happy child is a child who will enjoy learning in a positive and inclusive environment with excellent support and above all, fun.

Our goal is to provide the children with an education to develop their full potential, so that each will have a full and satisfying life and may, with happiness and a sense of self-worth, contribute to society.

We aim to create a happy, creative, co-operative and imaginative environment for our children.

Our children and their development embody our school motto – “Only my best is good enough”. We promise to provide an environment and the support that allows this belief to flourish.

We provide a wide and varied range of extracurricular activities in addition to the National Curriculum that cater for all year groups. The children are actively encouraged to participate in these activities to enhance both their learning and social skills.

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