Learning Support Assistant with Midday Duties

Potter Street Academy, Harlow, Essex, CM17 9EU

3 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2026

• Closing date

  13 July 2026 at 3pm

• Date listed

  10 July 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £19,814.00 Annually (Actual) Pro rata per annum

Learning Support Assistant with Midday Duties job summary

Learning Support Assistant with MDA duties required September 2026

Potter Street Academy is looking for an enthusiastic Learning Support Assistant with MDA duties to work alongside our wonderful team of staff.

We are looking for someone who will:

Have excellent communication skills

Be calm, resilient, and resourceful

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

We can offer you:

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

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

32.5 hours per week

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

Salary: Scale 3 Point 5 - £19,814.00 pro rata per annum (including fringe allowance)

Closing date: 3pm, Monday 13th July 2026

Interviews: Thursday 16th July 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.

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 Potter Street Academy

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 5 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 202 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 5 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Potter Street Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/potter-street-academy

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