Teaching Assistant

Leigh Beck Junior School, Canvey Island, Essex, SS8 7TD

13 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  18 October 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  5 October 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full time equivalent salary: £20,187.00 - £20,827.00 Annually (Actual)

Teaching Assistant job summary

Learning Support Assistant - Fixed Term 31st August 2027

Salary - Scale 3 points 3-5 (actual salary £20,187 - £20,827)

Monday to Friday - 08:15 to 15:30 with a 30 minute unpaid lunch break

Are you keen to join a team who are passionate about putting children at the heart of everything we do?

If so, we have an exciting opportunity for a Learning Support Assistant who is willing to join our fantastic team.

We are looking for someone with previous experience in a similar setting who is capable of giving their knowledge and experience to the children in our school.

The ideal candidate will be expected to:

• Have experience in a similar setting

• Have consistently high expectations

• Support Children by following programmes devised by the school and modify planning to suit the needs of the child/children

• Liaise with class teacher and keep detailed records of the child's progress towards targets

• Use their own initiative to support the child in making the best possible progress

• Be highly positive and supportive

• Remain calm and flexible, be caring and patient

• Have a proactive approach to CPD and further professional development

• Have a good standard of English and Mathematics (minimum GCSE Grade C or equivalent)

  We can offer you:

  • A vibrant and rapidly improving school with rewards and opportunities for motivated and committed individuals

  • Lively, friendly and aspirational children who are determined to make the most of their schooling

  • A dynamic and dedicated team of teachers and support staff who want the best for their children

  • Innovative CPD which is of the highest quality

  • Employee Assistance Helpline for employees and their families

  • Lion Academy Perks at Work with discounts on shopping, holidays, cinema tickets

    This is a public facing role and the successful candidate must speak fluent English.

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

The Trust/School is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and people, and the successful applicant must provide satisfactory references and will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service disclosure, along with all relevant safeguarding checks.

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 Leigh Beck Junior School

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 7 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 319 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 7 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Leigh Beck Junior School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/leigh-beck-junior-school

Leigh Beck Junior School is rated as a 'Good School' by Ofsted.

We are a three-form entry junior school in the heart of Canvey Island community. We are a large, vibrant junior school with an explicit emphasis on developing the whole child as a person and as a learner.

Our dedicated staff team are committed to ensuring children have a wide array of learning experiences and equip children with the knowledge, skills and values that will enable them to progress in life becoming confident and responsible local, national and global citizens, ready for the next stage of their learning and for their life.

We are a warm friendly school and team, with wonderful children and supportive parents. Children are motivated to learn, are exceptionally well behaved and deserve the best that we can give them.

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