Learning Support Assistant with Midday Duties

Ashdon Primary School, Saffron Walden, Essex, CB10 2HB

24 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  22 April 2025

• Closing date

  24 February 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  31 January 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
  • Learning support or cover supervisor
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Part time: LSA - 20 hours per week over 5 days, exact hours to be agreed MDA – 3 hours per week over 2 days with a willingness to be on standby in case of staff sickness, with 7.5 hours per week over 5 days for the first half of the Autumn term to support the new Reception children
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £25,584

What skills and experience we're looking for

Ashdon Primary School, in north west Essex, is a happy and friendly small village primary school at the heart of the community. Currently we have 54 pupils in 3 classes and 15 members of staff. We are looking to appoint a highly effective, caring, enthusiastic and experienced Learning Support Assistant to join our kind and supportive team.

This role will also include additional Midday Assistant duties.

You will;

• be experienced in working with primary school children

• be confident to lead small group interventions

• have the ability to create positive learning environments

• have high expectations of pupil attainment and behaviour

• have evidence of ability to enthuse and motivate pupils

• have a strong and caring personality and is calm, patient and firm

• have good organisational and communication skills

• will be committed to providing a 'child-centred nurturing' ethos, collaborative team-work and flexible working

We are an Ofsted Good school: “Ashdon Primary School is a place with a distinct family feel. It is a warm and welcoming place for pupils to learn and make friends” Ofsted December 2022.

We care for each other, we challenge one another and we celebrate our achievements.

The working pattern and starting salary for this role will be:

LSA - 20 hours per week over 5 days, exact hours to be agreed. Scale 4 point 7 (£25,584 per annum, pro rata - £13.26 per hour)

MDA – 3 hours per week over 2 days with a willingness to be on standby in case of staff sickness, with 7.5 hours per week over 5 days for the first half of the Autumn term to support the new Reception children (1.5 hours per day) Scale 1 point 2 (£23,656 per annum, pro rata - £12.26 per hour)

Closing date: 12 noon, Monday 24th February 2025.

To arrange a visit to the school or for any additional information, please contact the school office on 01799 584219 or admin@ashdon.essex.sch.uk. Visits to the school are warmly welcomed and strongly encouraged.

What the school offers its staff

Ashdon Primary School offers a friendly working environment where everyone knows each other and the children well. We are one family. Wellbeing support and professional development are provided.

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

Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to head@ashdon.essex.sch.uk

CVs are not accepted.

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.

Upload additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

Midday Assistant - 2020 Scale 2 (Band 1).doc - 77 KB (opens in new tab)

Applicant-Privacy-Notice-Sept-22.docx - 33.5 KB (opens in new tab)

LSA Primary Nursery (B) - 2020 Scale 3 (Band 2 mid).doc - 79 KB (opens in new tab)

About Ashdon Primary School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 58 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Ashdon Primary School website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: admin@ashdon.essex.sch.uk
• Phone number: 01799 584219
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/ashdon-primary-school (opens in new tab)

Ashdon Primary School is a Community School for four to eleven year-olds, based in North West Essex near Saffron Walden and close to the county boundaries of both Cambridgeshire and Suffolk. We are at the heart of a thriving rural community and for over 100 years have welcomed children from Ashdon, Hadstock and the surrounding villages.
We are a small school, with all the benefits that brings and our shared aim is to provide an excellent education for all our children by offering a stimulating, challenging and inclusive curriculum. We welcome and appreciate the work and support of our families, other professionals and services so that we can nurture and educate our children in a rounded way, ensuring a combination of academic, social and emotional learning.

Arranging a visit to Ashdon Primary School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email admin@ashdon.essex.sch.uk.

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