Learning Support Assistant

Alderwood Primary School, London, SE9 2JH

30 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  10 October 2025 at 5pm

• Date listed

  10 September 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £24,945.00 Annually (Actual)

Learning Support Assistant job summary

Do you have a passion for working with children?

We are seeking an inspirational Teaching Assistant and with vision and high expectations for learning to work across our school, within a whole class setting and on an individual basis. The position may entail providing a child with 1:1 support and will include the supervision of children on the playground during playtimes and lunchbreaks.

A degree of flexibility will be required to meet the needs of the children and the school.

Experience working with children, excellent communication and interpersonal skills, flexibility and a strong commitment to teamwork are essential.

Experience working with children with special needs would be an advantage.

As a member of our team you will:

Be part of a learning community committed to achieving the best for our children.

Learn about our creative and innovative approaches to teaching and learning.

Be part of a forward thinking, dynamic team of professionals who see children at the heart of the learning process.

Have high expectations, understand the importance of, and promote the principles of inclusion to enable every child to overcome barriers to learning and reach their potential.

Alderwood Primary School is a 1 form entry school judged as good by OFSTED. We are part of The Compass Partnership of Schools, an innovative and forward-thinking Trust based in Essex and Greenwich. This unique partnership provides immense opportunities to develop the quality of provision and outcomes for children across our schools.

The Compass Partnership of Schools is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all pupils. As the duties of this post involve regular contact with children, any offer to the successful candidates will be conditional upon an Enhanced Disclosure being obtained via the Disclosure and Barring Service. This post is exempt from the rehabilitation of Offenders Act (1974).

Successful candidates will also be health checked and references will be requested before appointment, the post is fixed term for one year, and is subject to a satisfactory probation period.

We are an equal opportunities employer.

Working hours are 08:30 - 16:00 with a 30 minute lunch break: 35 hours per week 39 weeks per year - term time plus 5 inset days.

The Interview process will include a short observation of you working with a small group of our children.

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

Alderwood Primary School prides itself on being a “Safer Recruitment” school and all staff are vigilant and focused to maintain this.

Child protection and safeguarding is taken extremely seriously here at Alderwood Primary and we consider it to be everyone’s concern.

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 Alderwood Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 199 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Alderwood Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/alderwood-primary-school-london

Alderwood Primary School is proud to be a member of the Compass Partnership of Schools and is a values-based education community dedicated to the care and development of the whole child. Our values underpin everything we do from our broad and balanced curriculum to how we treat each other and our environment every moment of every day.

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