Learning Support Assistant (LSA) - Fixed Term to July 2025
Hilltop Infant School, Wickford, Essex, SS11 8LT11 days remaining to apply
Start date details
asap
Closing date
23 March 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
11 March 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £24,027.00 Annually (FTE) Actual £18,604.11 including fringe allowance
Learning Support Assistant (LSA) - Fixed Term to July 2025 job summary
Learning Support Assistant (LSA) - Fixed Term to 18th July 2025
Hours: 32.5 hours per week
Working Weeks: 39 (term time plus non-pupil days)
Start date: asap
Band: 2 point 3
Salary: £24,733 full-time equivalent, including fringe allowance (pro-rata).
Actual salary: £18,604.11 per annum
Hilltop Infant School are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, caring and flexible Learning Support Assistant to join our friendly and hard-working team. This is a fixed-term contract, ending Friday, 18th July 2025.
The successful candidate must:
- have a minimum qualification of English and Maths at GCSE level C or above (or equivalent)
- have experience of working with children, ideally in a school setting
- put the needs of our children at the forefront of all you do
- demonstrate patience, calmness and flexibility at all times
- have excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to relate well to children, parents and other adults
- have a passion for developing individual learning and encouraging pupils to achieve their best
- be a team player
- have some knowledge of strategies to support behaviour
- be educated to NVQ level 2 in learning/support/early years, NNEB or equivalent qualification/experience
For an informal discussion or to arrange a visit, please contact the school office: hilltopinf.admin@heartsacademy.uk or 01268 762531
Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS clearance. Please note CVs will not be accepted and Application Forms should be completed in full. Any gaps in employment must be identified and justified. We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than the advertised date, should we receive enough suitable applicants.
If you would like any support or assistance at any stage of your application process, please contact recruitment@heartsacademy.uk / 01268 572672. We will be happy to discuss this with you.
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 are not accepted.
About Hilltop Infant School
- School type
- Academy, ages 2 to 7
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 211 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 7
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Hilltop Infant School website
School location
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