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Learning Support Assistant with Midday Duties

Pear Tree Mead Academy, Harlow, Essex, CM18 7BY

This job expired on 8 June 2026 – see similar jobs

• Start date details

  September 2026

• Closing date

  8 June 2026 at 4pm

• Date listed

  22 May 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £18,469.87 Annually (Actual)

Learning Support Assistant with Midday Duties job summary

Pear Tree Mead Academy is looking for an enthusiastic Teaching Assistant who can also cover our busy lunchtimes for us.

We are looking for someone who will:

Have excellent communication skills

Be calm, resilient, and resourceful

Be able to work with children with a variety of SEND

Be highly motivated and well organised

Show initiative and work as part of a team

Attend relevant training and apply a range of skills and strategies with the classroom

Has experience of working with children including Early Years

We can offer you:

An opportunity to join a committed, supportive team with happy, enthusiastic, and motivated children

A well resourced school with excellent outdoor facilities

Strong commitment to staff well-being with dedicated staff wellbeing days, access to the PCLC trust well being clinic (providing health and well being services) and access to free gym facilities,

Opportunities for professional development

30.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday)

39 working weeks per year (44.7 paid weeks per year)

Salary: Scale 3 Point 5 - £18,469.87 pro rata per annum (including fringe allowance)

1 Year Fixed term contract - with the possibility of becoming permanent

Closing date: 4pm, Monday 8th June 2026

Interviews: Friday 12th June 2026

‘PCLC is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people. The successful applicant will be subject to an enhanced disclosure through the Disclosure Barring Service’

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.

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About Pear Tree Mead Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 483 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Pear Tree Mead Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/pear-tree-mead-academy

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