Learning Support Assistant
Shalford Primary School, Braintree, Essex, CM7 5EZ8 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2026
Closing date
3 July 2026 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
16 June 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £17,782.42 - £18,065.69 Annually (Actual)
Learning Support Assistant job summary
Learning Support Assistant and Midday Meal Supervisor
Actual salary: £17,782.42 - £18,065.69 (inclusive of holiday pay)
Fixed term contact until 31st August 2027
Monday to Friday - 30 hours per week (term time only plus 2 non pupil days)
08:30 - 15:15 with a 15 minute unpaid break and a 30 minute unpaid lunch break.
Shalford Primary School is looking to to appoint a Learning Support Assistant, primarily to work across the EYFS and KS1 stages. The successful applicant will need to have a patient, positive and kind attitude, with excellent communication skills and a genuine love of working with children. Working as part of a team, you will need to be calm, flexible, dedicated and be able to form positive relationships with staff and children. You will be working with individual pupils and alongside other children in the class to support their learning, with a particular focus on supporting children to secure strong standards of writing and reading. As such, all potential candidates will need to demonstrate high standards of English.
The successful candidate will receive training from the Head Teacher and SENCo.
If you have any queries regarding the role please contact Tim Arding, Head Teacher by emailing shalford@compassps.uk
We reserve the right to close the post before the date stated above if sufficient applications have been received. We therefore advise that you submit your completed online application form as soon as possible.
All appointments are subject to safer recruitment requirements to ensure the safeguarding of children and young people. All positions will involve appropriate checks and clearances.
Children and their learning come first. We want our staff to be highly skilled and well equipped to enable then to deliver a programme of learning that challenges and excites young minds. Most of all, we want everyone in tour community to want to be the very best they can.
Every member of staff, from every area of school, is provided with an opportunity to grow and be a special part of our organisation.
Applications close date: Midday on Friday 3rd July 2026
Date of short listing: Monday 6th July 2026
Date of interview: 7th July 2026
Start date: 1st September 2026
Visits to the school are welcome. Please call our school office on 01376 850336 to arrange a convenient time and date.
Information about the School
Shalford Primary School is a half-form entry school, judged by OFSTED in December 2024 to have taken effective action to maintain a good standard.
Shalford is part of Compass Eko Trust, a family of 28 schools working as one system to improve outcomes for every child. We are united by a clear commitment: every child achieving, without exception.
Through a knowledge-rich curriculum, strong professional collaboration and a shared commitment to excellence, we support our schools to deliver high-quality education in their communities.
Our schools sit at the heart of everything we do. The Trust exists to bring clarity, consistency and support so leaders can focus on what matters most - teaching and learning.
Further information about the job
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Shalford Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 5 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- School size
- 75 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 5 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Shalford Primary School website
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