Learning Support Assistant

Redden Court School, Romford, Essex, RM3 0TS

34 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  7 January 2026 at 11am

• Date listed

  4 December 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £18,767.00 - £19,035.00 Annually (Actual)

Learning Support Assistant job summary

At Redden Court School we prioritise the development of outstanding teaching and learning alongside wellbeing. All members of the school community are cared for, valued and listened to, we support and challenge our students to aspire to be the very best that they can be; enabling them to be responsible, capable and ambitious citizens. We have the highest expectations of our students and staff. If you have a positive approach, you are resilient and can enhance our team to support our young adults in overcoming barriers to their learning in order for them to achieve their full potential, we would like to talk to you. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a forward thinking school. This position would be suitable for someone with recent experience with working with young people or has a passion for supporting young people with Special Educational Needs. The ability to speak a second language, or to use sign language would be advantageous.

Main duties and responsibilities

1. Support for students:

• provide appropriate levels of individual attention, reassurance and help for student(s) needs as identified in Individual Education Plans.

• support the specific needs of specified students - physical, emotional and/or behavioural

• where directed, act as an escort on and off school premises under the direction and where appropriate, in the presence of the teacher for the purpose of visits or off site educational provision

• support student(s) access to the curriculum, their learning in particular lessons and their progress towards specific individual targets

• ensure that teachers are aware of the specific learning needs of identified students

• support students in working independently in the company of others by providing Hover Support

  2. Support for the teacher(s):

  • assist student(s) access to the curriculum by differentiating instructions and resources

  • prepare materials of the quality and quantity specified by the teacher

  • help student(s) to select equipment and materials relevant to their learning tasks and to use these safely and correctly

  • support the maintenance of student records by providing information to the teacher/ Assistant Head in charge of Inclusion and recording, in accordance with school and Faculties policy, the work of student

  • provide praise and encouragement to students to recognise and promote positive student behaviour in accordance with school rewards system and behaviour policies

    Wellbeing

    Redden Court values its staff's well being. We endeavour to offer a holistic approach to ensure all our stakeholders are supported in their emotional, physical and mental health.

    We offer the following staff benefits:

    • Child places at Redden Court School are available for staff who are employed at the school (subject to conditions).

    • Career Development (apprenticeships, support towards achieving further qualifications, leadership programmes, progression opportunities, teacher training, shadow opportunities and a vast CPD programme of relevant courses)

    • Pension

    • Two week October half term

    • Access to the Employee Assistance Programme (24/7 wellbeing and counselling service, legal, financial and medical information, virtual GP and Advanced Nurse Practitioner service, online physiotherapy service, cancer awareness and nurse support)

    • All teaching staff are allocated a Chromebook

    • Multi Gym available for staff use

    • Staff supervision sessions with a trained professional

    • Cycle-to-work scheme

    • A regular staff survey consults staff and takes actions based on the results.

    If you wish to have an informal discussion about the post before applying please feel free to contact our SEN Faculty on 01708 342293 or by emailing arobinson1@reddencourtcloud.co.uk.

    We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient suitable applications for the role. If you are interested in the role, please submit your application as early as possible. The use of AI is strictly forbidden during the application and recruitment process.

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

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 Redden Court School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1061 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Redden Court School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/redden-court-school

We pride ourselves on being a fully comprehensive school placed at the heart of the community. We want all of our students to be happy, ambitious and to achieve results that reflect their true potential.

Our school has served the local community of Harold Wood for many years, providing a high quality education to the students of this area.

Our vision is focused on a ‘Commitment to Success for All’ and high levels of aspiration for every member of our community. The school is forward thinking and progressive. We seek to achieve the very best for all of our students through the use of a rich variety of educational approaches.
We have caring staff who are dedicated to ensuring the students are successful in every aspect of their learning.
Redden Court is the founding school in the Success for All Educational Trust and is recognised as one of the highest performing mixed comprehensive schools in Havering.

We are an accredited ‘Thinking School’ and have very close links with the Cognitive Education Development Unit at the University of Exeter. Metacognition and the development of thinking skills is at the heart of our teaching and learning in the school as we believe it plays an important part in developing resilient and independent learners.

We also have very strong links with the Havering Teacher Training Programme, we are a senior partner in the Empower Teaching Alliance and we are recognised as a Leading Edge School by the SSAT. The school has also been accredited with All Together (Anti Bullying), Place2Be (Student Mental Health), SEND Exceptional Outcomes Award, The Quality in Careers Standards, Healthy Schools Gold Award and Gold Travel Ambassadors Award.

We are a growing community Trust with inclusion at the heart of our ethos and require leaders who will bring this vision to life.

These are exciting times for Redden Court School with so much change and challenge in the future.

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