Learning Support Assistant (Bank staff)

Newbridge School, Romford, Essex, RM6 4TR

19 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  13 April 2026 at 10am

• Date listed

  20 March 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Casual
• Full-time equivalent salary: £30,285.00 - £31,610.00 Annually (FTE) OUTL4, point 7-10 (Pro Rata for hours claimed on a casual basis, term time) FTE £30,285 - £31,610

Learning Support Assistant (Bank staff) job summary

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 scrutiny of employment history, robust referencing and online searches, in line with Safer Recruitment guidance and the need to maintain a safe culture.

It is an offence to apply for a role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity.

Our safeguarding culture is underpinned by policies and procedures which encourage and promote safe working practice across the Trust. On joining you will be required to undergo continuous professional development to maintain safe working practice and to safeguard our children and young people.

Learning Support Assistants (LSA) - Bank Staff

Needed across Newbridge School Lower (Pupils aged 2 to 11) and Upper School (Pupils aged 11 to 19)

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 Assistants to be part of our schools who 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.

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

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

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.

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 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
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/newbridge-school

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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