Learning Support Assistant

Beauchamps High School, Wickford, Essex, SS11 8LY

6 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  15 February 2026 at 10:59pm

• Date listed

  29 January 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £15,823.00 - £16,067.00 Annually (Actual) London Fringe £729 (pro rata)

Learning Support Assistant job summary

Learning Support Assistant

Contract: Term-time only
Salary: LGS Scale 3 pts 5-6 + London Fringe Allowance (pro rata)

26.67 hours per week, Monday to Friday 8:45am - 3pm

About the Role

We’re looking for a compassionate, proactive Learning Support Assistant to join our team and help create a learning environment where every student can thrive. This role is perfect for someone who enjoys working closely with students, understands the importance of inclusive education, and is eager to make a meaningful difference each day.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide one‑to‑one and small‑group support to pupils with a range of learning needs.
• Assist the class teacher in delivering engaging, accessible lessons.
• Encourage students’ independence, confidence and participation in school life.
• Build positive, trusting relationships with students, staff and families.

About You

• Warm, patient and committed to helping students succeed.
• Able to adapt your approach to meet individual needs.
• Confident communicating with pupils, staff and parents.
• Organised, reliable and able to work well as part of a team.
• Experience in a school or SEND setting is beneficial but not essential.

About our school

Beauchamps High School is a successful 11-18 school, with examination results consistently above the national picture. We are a truly inclusive school and believe we are a family in which everyone aspires to achieve their best and beyond. The leadership team is dedicated to promoting mutual respect, a love of learning and celebration of success for both staff and students alike.

The school prides itself on being a positive working environment where individuals are always supportive of one another. We offer our staff a varied programme of CPD alongside a range of wellbeing opportunities.

Beauchamps High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to the receipt of a satisfactory application form, satisfactory references that meet the requirements as set out in KCSIE, satisfactory online search and an Enhanced DBS check, to include a children’s barred list check, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants.

Applications will be considered upon receipt, and interviews can take place at any time. The school reserves the right to close this post at an earlier date should a successful appointment be made.

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.

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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 Beauchamps High School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1469 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Beauchamps High School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/beauchamps-high-school

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