Midday Assistant at Newbridge Lower School

Newbridge School, Romford, Essex, RM6 4TR

12 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  3 November 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  30 September 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £5,012.91 - £5,083.30 Annually (Actual) OUTL 1C, Points 2-3 (£28,220.04 - £28,616.33 FTE)

Midday Assistant at Newbridge Lower School job summary

Join Our Outstanding Team at Newbridge School!

Are you passionate about making a difference in young lives? Do you thrive in a supportive, vibrant environment? We’re looking for Midday Assistants to join our exceptional team at Newbridge Lower School, located at 161 Gresham Drive, Chadwell Heath, RM6 4TR.

At Newbridge School, we’re proud to be rated Outstanding three times over. We are a forward-thinking, inclusive, and highly specialised day school for children and young people with severe and profound learning difficulties, including physical disabilities, sensory impairments, autism spectrum disorders, complex medical needs, and associated behaviours.

This is more than just a lunchtime role — it’s a chance to be part of something truly special. You’ll be working with incredible pupils and dedicated staff, helping to create a safe, joyful, and engaging lunchtime experience for our students.

If you’re enthusiastic, caring, and enjoy working as part of a friendly team, we’d love to hear from you! Apply online today and take the first step toward a rewarding role in a truly inspiring school.

Learn more about us at www.astrum-mat.org or visit our school website: Newbridge School

Why join us?

• Supportive team and a welcoming school community
• Ongoing training, suport and development opportunities
• A role with real impact — every day, you’ll help our pupils thrive
• Employee Assistance & Wellbeing Programme
• Generous Pension Schemes
• Family-friendly working policies
• Refer a friend scheme
• Free onsite parking
• Free tea and coffee
• Great location close to TfL Elizabeth and Central Lines
• And more…

Astrum values diversity, inclusion and equality of opportunity for all staff, and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.  We celebrate and embrace unique individuality, background and heritage.

We are a ‘Disability Confident Employer’ and all our application forms hide your personal information so we can focus solely on your experience, skills and qualities.

We believe in fostering a work environment that supports work-life balance. We are open to flexible working arrangements, including remote work, flexible hours, and part-time opportunities.

Astrum is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to actively share this commitment. All appointments will be subject to pre-employment checks, including an enhanced check with the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS), as well as online searches, in line with Safer Recruitment guidance and the need to maintain a safe culture.

We reserve the right to interview and appoint prior to the advert closing date. With this in mind, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

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

Astrum Multi Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and anyone applying to work at the school is expected to share this commitment.

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 Newbridge School

• School type: Academy, ages 2 to 19
• School size: 183 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Newbridge School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/newbridge-school

We are a three times outstanding split site special school academy catering for children and young people between the ages of two and nineteen years who have a complex learning difficulty, often accompanied by additional special educational needs, which may include;

Physical disabilities
Sensory impairments
Autistic Spectrum disorders
Associated behaviour
SEMH
Medical needs

We are part of the Astrum Multi Academy Trust with two school sites, which are within one mile of each other. Lower School is for pupils in Early Years Foundation Stage, Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 and Upper School for students in Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4 and 16-19.

Pupils transfer from Gresham Drive to Barley Lane Campus at the end of Key Stage 2 and are supported to do this through a well-planned transition programme.

Please feel free to contact us if you would like to find out more about our work or request paper copies of some of the information.

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