Learning Support Assistant

Oasis Academy Pinewood, Romford, Essex, RM5 2TX

10 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  6 October 2026

• Closing date

  16 October 2026 at 10am

• Date listed

  6 October 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Full time, part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full time equivalent salary: Scale 2 (3-5) Outer London / £29,562 - £30,408 FTE

Learning Support Assistant job summary

Role: Learning Support Assistant

Location: Oasis Academy Pinewood

Salary: Scale 2 (3-5) Outer London / £29,562 - £30,408 FTE / £20,617-£21,207 actual

Hours: 8.40am – 3.10pm (30 hours) / Monday-Friday / Term time only

Contract: Fixed Term until 22nd July 2027

Start date: November 2026

Applications close: 10.00am on Friday 16th October 2026

Interviews scheduled: Thursday 22nd October 2026

Are you an enthusiastic and motivated SEND specialist? Do you have experience working as a Learning Support Assistant in a caring and inclusive school? Are you looking to join a warm and welcoming academy team based in a beautiful local area? If so, we have the perfect opportunity for you!

At Oasis Academy Pinewood, we’re recruiting a team of Learning Support Assistants to support the education and care of children with SEND needs. It’s an exciting time to join the Pinewood family as a group where you can shape your work and set top-quality standards for our SEND provisions.

We’re looking for a positive and friendly team player, with a real passion for holistic education. Working collaboratively with class teachers, you will be responsible for creating rich, inclusive and balanced educational environments for the children you work with directly, in addition to working with the wider class group as needed. In return, you’ll have access to a plethora of CPD opportunities within our academy and Trust wide.

You will expect the best of our students and give them your best in return. Most importantly, you will be committed to and skilled at helping children achieve, no matter what their starting point is. 

You’ll be responsible for:

• Consistently showing up for all students in a positive, enthusiastic and motivating way, and supporting them to develop these qualities

• Leading the learning support for identified students with SEND needs, both autonomously and under the direction of the class teacher

• Building strong relationships with families to boost achievement, attendance and wellbeing

A full job description is attached to this vacancy. 

You’ll bring:

• Innovative and creative approaches to building rich learning environments for SEND students, accommodating their specific needs

• A passion for working with SEND students, and a sky-is-the-limit attitude

• An ability to quickly form strong working relationships with colleagues, parents and carers and the wider school community

Our offer to you

• Engaged children and staff team that will make coming to work every day a joy

• Clear career progression, both within the academy and wider Trust

• Trust-wide opportunities to make a difference to the lives of all Oasis students

• Excellent IT provision including laptops and iPads

• Access to extensive, specialised, CPD support

• A beautiful location with extensive grounds, on the edge of a country park that we make use of as an outdoor classroom

Application process

If you’re interested and you would like to know more, we welcome conversations or school visits. Start your application to find out how to arrange this.

Or, if you can’t wait to apply and start the conversation at an interview – please click ‘fast apply’ to complete the application form and tell us all about you, your experience and how your ambition to see every student succeed matches ours. 

Closing date: 10.00am on Friday 16th October 2026

Interviews: Thursday 22nd October 2026

If you intend to apply, we recommend you submit your application as soon as possible. We will be reviewing applications as they are submitted and holding interviews in line with this. This could result in the advert closing before the advertised date. 

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

All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service checks along with other relevant employer checks. The post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.

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 Oasis Academy Pinewood

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 338 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Oasis Academy Pinewood website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/oasis-academy-pinewood

Oasis Academy Pinewood is a primary school with a Nursery. We are an inclusive academy for children aged between 3 and 11, committed to delivering first class-education and playing an active role in the local community.

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