Learning Support Assistant

Sutton House Academy, Southend-On-Sea, Essex, SS2 5LG

24 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  January 2027

• Closing date

  30 November 2026 at 10am

• Date listed

  6 November 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £27,709.00 - £29,542.00 Annually (FTE) LSA pay scale level 5 point 8- 12 £27,709 £29,542 - Pro rata

Learning Support Assistant job summary

Position: Learning Support Assistant

Salary: Level 5 point 8 12 £27,709 -29,542 Pro rata

School: Sutton House Academy

Required: January 2027

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role.

Sutton House Academy is an SEMH school in Southend on Sea dedicated to pupils across all Key Stages with Social Emotional and Mental Health needs (SEMH). Some pupils have associated difficulties and can express severe and complex social and behavioural needs. A background and interest in working with SEMH children and young people is essential.

The Role:

The Learning Support Assistant (LSA) at Sutton House Academy will provide high-quality, targeted support to students with specific Special Educational Needs (SEN) across KS1, KS2, KS3, and KS4. This role involves working closely with students who have a range of needs, including Social, Emotional, and Mental Health (SEMH) difficulties, autism, speech and language challenges, and other learning barriers.

The LSA will work alongside teaching staff to deliver tailored support, ensuring that students are engaged, motivated, and able to access the curriculum in a way that meets their individual learning needs. The role requires a flexible, patient, and proactive approach, providing both academic and emotional support to ensure students are given every opportunity to succeed and thrive.

Salary and Benefits

LSA pay scale level 5 point 8- 12 £27,709 £29,542 - Pro rata

Sutton House Academy is part of the Fortis Trust which is a Multi Academy Trust committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all pupils attending the Academy. As the duties of this post involves regular contact with children, any offer to the successful candidate will be conditional upon an Enhanced Disclosure being obtained via the Disclosure and Barring Service, medical clearance and satisfactory references. We will also carry out online searches on shortlisted candidates to help identify any incidents or issues that are publicly available online.

Applications submitted on the application form will only be considered. Please take care to complete the application form in full as incomplete applications will not be considered.

CLOSING DATE: Monday 30th November 10.00am

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.

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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 Sutton House Academy

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 5 to 16
• Size: 82 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 5 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Sutton House Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/sutton-house-academy

Sutton House Academy is an SEMH school in Southend on Sea dedicated to pupils across all Key Stages with Social Emotional and Mental Health needs (SEMH). Some pupils have associated difficulties and can express severe and complex social and behavioural needs. A background and interest in working with SEMH children and young people is essential.

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