Learning Support Assistant

Hall Mead School, Upminster, Essex, RM14 1SF

31 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  8 June 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  8 May 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Learning support or cover supervisor
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time: 30 hours per week
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: FTE £28,616 - £29,433 per annum
• Actual salary: Grade 1/2, Spinal Point 3-5 £19,985 - £20,556

What skills and experience we're looking for

The successful candidate will have:

• Effective communication skills
• Ability to adapt or modify interactions to meet pupil needs
• Ability to summarise and present information from observations of pupil performance
• Effective time management, planning and collaboration
• Ability to provide a structured activity within a group setting
• Group dynamics and how to apply them
• Obtain and interpret information on pupils’ literacy/numeracy skills, individual learning targets and specific support needs
• Ability to recognise the range and implications of factors that impact pupil behaviour
• Minimum GCSE Maths and English or equivalent
• Level 2 TA Certificate or equivalent (Desirable)

What the school offers its staff

In return, we offer:

• High quality professional development
• Supportive and friendly colleagues
• Flexible working opportunities
• Staff assistance programme including virtual GP appointments, counselling service, legal services
• Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
• Cycle to work scheme

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

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

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

LSA Job Description.pdf - 191 KB (opens in new tab)

About Hall Mead School

• School type: Academies, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1066 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Hall Mead School website
• Email address: hhorne@elatschools.co.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/hall-mead-school

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