Learning Support Assistant at Newbridge Lower School
Newbridge School, Romford, Essex, RM6 4TRThis job expired on 14 March 2025 – see similar jobs
Closing date
14 March 2025 at 9am
Date listed
3 March 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £20,851.00 - £21,764.00 Annually (Actual) OUTL4, (7-10) - £29,346 - £30,630 FTE - 30 hours per week, term time only (44.46 weeks)
Learning Support Assistant at Newbridge Lower School job summary
Newbridge School is a three times outstanding and Nursery World award winning, forward thinking, highly specialised day school for children and young people aged 2 -19 years old. Newbridge School is across two sites, Lower and Upper School.
We are seeking to appoint highly motivated and enthusiastic Learning Support Assistant to support with our early years pupils. Candidates must have:
- A fun-loving attitude that makes every pupil feel valued as playing and interacting with the learners is essential
- A high level of multitasking is essential - this is a busy hardworking environment
- A calm and sensitive approach
- A willingness to learn and develop your own skills and abilities to best support our pupils
- Resilience- as there are times when things are a challenge both mentally and physically.
- Have NVQ2 in Childcare or equivalent qualification
- 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.
We are dedicated to providing a range of induction and continuing professional development opportunities to the successful candidate and look forward to hearing from applicants with suitable skills and experience.
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.
Astrum 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
Astrum Multi Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and anyone applying to work at the school is expected to share this commitment.
About Newbridge School
- School type
- Academy, ages 2 to 19
- School size
- 183 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Newbridge School website
We are a three times outstanding split site special school academy catering for children and young people between the ages of two and nineteen years who have a complex learning difficulty, often accompanied by additional special educational needs, which may include;
Physical disabilities
Sensory impairments
Autistic Spectrum disorders
Associated behaviour
SEMH
Medical needs
We are part of the Astrum Multi Academy Trust with two school sites, which are within one mile of each other. Lower School is for pupils in Early Years Foundation Stage, Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 and Upper School for students in Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4 and 16-19.
Pupils transfer from Gresham Drive to Barley Lane Campus at the end of Key Stage 2 and are supported to do this through a well-planned transition programme.
Please feel free to contact us if you would like to find out more about our work or request paper copies of some of the information.
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