Specialist Learning Support Assistant with BSL Level 2

Warren Primary School, Grays, Essex, RM16 6NB

13 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  October 2025

• Closing date

  21 August 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  7 August 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £15,415.67 - £16,697.51 Annually (Actual) Thurrock Band B Point 7 - 12

Specialist Learning Support Assistant with BSL Level 2 job summary

We are seeking a Specialist Learning Support Assistant to work with deaf children at Warren Primary School. You will provide communication and learning support for deaf students, ensuring their integration in the classroom and on the playground / sports field. You will also carry out small group intervention sessions within the Resource Base and create and adapt resources under the guidance of a Teacher of the Deaf. The successful candidate will need to hold a minimum of British Sign Language Level 2 Qualification or BSL will be their native language

Principal Accountabilities

• Facilitate Student Integration: Collaborate with teachers, peers, and families to support inclusion in academic and social settings.
• Adapt and Deliver Learning Support: Modify lessons, materials, and resources to meet individual needs, including using British Sign Language and transcription.
• Provide In-Class and Extracurricular Assistance: Offer direct support during lessons, assessments, trips, performances, and lunchtime activities.
• Monitor Progress and Plan Strategies: Assess learning needs, maintain records, and contribute to planning effective support interventions.
• Engage in Professional Collaboration: Participate in reviews, meetings, and training while maintaining confidentiality and promoting best practices.

Warren Primary School is firmly rooted in serving our community. We are proud to be an inclusive school where we recognise that success for young people is built on firm foundations of trust, respect, care and hard work. Staff have high expectations of pupils and pupils work hard to reach these. Pupils appreciate the high-quality support they get from all adults in school. They take responsibility for their learning and behaviour, developing both independence and resilience. Ofsted commented that “pupils are happy and enjoy being at school”.

Warren Primary School is a member of Osborne Co-operative Academy Trust, a Multi-Academy Trust, with twelve member schools within Essex. All schools in the Trust work in equal partnership and are members of the schools’ Co-operative Society. Our Co-operative Values focus on enabling all students to achieve their potential both academically and as young people.

In return for your hard work, you will receive:

Relocation package of up to £8,000 where applicable, for new employees, renting or buying a property

2-week October half term

Support from highly experienced SLT members, and the wider trust network and collaboration with our other schools

Support network for all staff including managing workloads and work-life balance

Career progression throughout the Trust, with the opportunity to progress in other schools

Recognition of continuous service 

Excellent CPD opportunities through the school and the trust

Fully Subsided Employee Assistance Programme  

Excellent behaviour management policy to support all staff

National Conditions of Service

Automatic enrolment into the local Government Pension Scheme for support workers

Warren Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. In compliance with safer recruitment procedures and guidelines, all applications must be made on our formal application form, CVs will not be accepted.  This appointment will be subject to pre-employment checks including an enhanced DBS disclosure and satisfactory references. Osborne Co-operative Academy Trust is an equal opportunities employer. As a Trust, we recognise the value of, and seek to achieve a diverse workforce. We welcome applications from all backgrounds. Please refer to our recruitment & selection policy statement (www.osborne.coop/working-with-us) for more information.

If you would like to be considered for this post, application forms are available via our website, Vacancies in our Trust (osborne.coop) or Essex School Jobs.

Closing date: Monday 21st August 2025

Interview date: Tuesday 2nd September 2025

Please note: we may hold interviews as and when applications are received, and we reserve the right to offer to a candidate before the 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

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 Warren Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 444 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Warren Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/warren-primary-school

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