Learning Support Assistant

Langenhoe Community Primary School, Colchester, Essex, CO5 7PG

3 days remaining to apply

Closing date
7 February 2025 at 9am
Date listed
31 January 2025

Job details

Job role: Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern: Part time
Contract type: Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary: £2,585.00 Monthly £24790-25183 pa pro rata

Learning Support Assistant job summary

Langenhoe Community Primary School is looking to appoint a new teaching assistant to join our friendly dedicated team, to support our pupils in a variety of ways.

1 morning (4.5hrs) per week (8.45am to1.30pm, term time only + inset days on a morning to be agreed. This role includes 30 minutes (12.00pm - 1.30pm) lunchtime set up and clear up and of lunchtime supervision. You will have a 15 minute unpaid morning break.

This is a fixed term contract until August 2025 in the first instance but there may be the possibility of a further extension.

The successful applicants will:

Be passionate about supporting children's learning, social and emotional needs

Be resilient and have a positive nature

Be able to enthuse and motivate pupils

Be a team player

Demonstrate patience, calmness and flexibility at all times

Have experience of working with children, ideally in a school setting

Have good personal numeracy and literacy (minimum GCSE Grade C or equivalent in Maths and English)

We can offer you:

A friendly school with a strong and dedicated team

Opportunities for training to strengthen relevant career skills

The support of knowledgeable professionals both in school and from other agencies

Visits to our school are recommended and warmly welcomed. Please contact the school office for an appointment.

All applications must be made via MyNewTerm using the standard application form. Please note that we do not accept CVs and that the application form must be completed in full as, unfortunately, we cannot consider incomplete applications. Please also be aware that we may not be able to reply individually to every application and if you do not hear from us within seven days of the closing date, your application has not been successful on this occasion.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if an appropriate candidate applies.

Langenhoe Community Primary School is part of the Life Education Trust and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Any appointment is subject to satisfactory references, enhanced DBS clearance and medical clearance.

Information about the School

The LIFE Education Trust is a community of schools who work together and have the same mission to build great learning communities which unleash creativity and champion optimism in a spirit of compassion. Langenhoe C P School is a small, rural school set in a beautiful setting, where we promote outdoor learning and deliver Forest Schools. Our Staff are friendly and welcoming and our parents are supportive. Our children feel safe and enjoy coming to school. They actively engage in learning through our curriculum, which is based around the concepts Create, Connect and Explore.

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.