Learning Support Assistant

St Helen's Catholic Infant School, Brentwood, Essex, CM15 9BY

18 days remaining to apply

Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
24 June 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
3 June 2025

Job details

Job role: Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage: Early years, Key stage 1
Working pattern: Part time: Monday to Friday: 8.45am - 3.15pm Term-Time Only
Contract type: Permanent
Pay scale: Scale 3

What skills and experience we're looking for

St Helen’s Catholic Infant School is a vibrant, two form entry infant school, situated in Brentwood. The governors, staff, and parents are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and well-motivated person to join us in September 2025

The successful candidate will:

Be warm and welcoming
Be able to work as part of a team
Have excellent communication skills, use discretion and confidentiality
Have experience of supporting good SEND practice in the classroom
Have experience of EYFS/KS1 practice
Be first aid trained or willing to undertake this training
Support the school's vision, ethos and values

The successful candidate will join the school’s support team and be expected to make a major contribution to the work of that team in all aspects of its work in school.

What the school offers its staff

We offer a happy working environment in semi-rural surroundings with wonderful children and supportive parents.

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.