Learning Support & Cover Assistant

New Hall School, Chelmsford
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Job Ref No. ECC0-644 Position Type: Teaching/Child Support Pay Range: £22,339pa–£24,588pa (actual)
Position Start Date: Immediate Contract Type: Full-time Contract Term: Permanent
Application Close: 05/02/2026 Midday Date of Interviews: TBC  

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Learning Support & Cover Assistant

Salary:£22,339pa-£24,588pa (actual); FTE £26,208pa-£28,846pa

Full-time, term-time only

Discounted annual membership of New Hall Sports

Lunch without charge in term time

Excellent benefits& CPD

We are seeking a compassionate, adaptable and dedicated Learning Support & Cover Assistant (Preparatory Divisions) (LSCA) to provide high-quality support to students across the Preparatory Divisions (Reception - Year 6) with a range of Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND). This is a full-time, term-time only role that is varied and rewarding, combining one-to-one support, small group intervention and in-class assistance.

New Hall School offers an exceptional working environment. The main campus occupies the stunning Grade I listed former Tudor palace of Beaulieu. The School's conference and events venue is at the Grade I listed Boreham House, one mile away. New Hall is a warm, welcoming, and supportive community, with a staff of around 300.Beaulieu Park railway station is at the entrance to New Hall's Avenue: 30 minutes to Stratford and 38 minutes to London Liverpool Street.The Elizabeth Line at Shenfield (13 minutes by train) terminates at Heathrow airport. There are nearby airports: London Stansted, London Southend and London City.

Early application advised

Application closing date: midday,Thursday 5 February 2026

JOBID:NH0657
For further details and to apply, please visit: www.newhallschool.co.uk/job-opportunities
Please note only applications submitted through the above link will be accepted
New Hall is committed to safeguarding students.There will be an enhanced DBS check prior to appointment.

Information about the School

New Hall is a Catholic independent boarding & day school for girls and boys aged 1-18. New Hall School operates the highly successful 'diamond model', where students are educated in co-educational classes from ages 1 to 11 and at Sixth Form. However, from ages 11 to 16 they are taught in single-sex lessons. Click on one of the four diamonds below to find out more about our divisions.

The main benefits of the 'diamond model' and five years of single-sex teaching, derive from the ability to tailor pastoral and academic provision more sensitively and expertly to the needs of young people going through the physical, emotional and social upheaval of adolescence. Young teenagers are liberated from the negative peer pressure of having to perform in mixed classes. The gender stereotyping of subjects is also removed. Girls and boys follow an identical curriculum and do not learn to perceive subjects as being more suited to either girls or boys.

The Sixth Form experience at New Hall is about expanding students' horizons, both in their specialist areas of study and, more generally, in terms of their personal development.

From the moment New Hall students first travel up the mile-long, tree-lined avenue that leads to the grand façade of the former Tudor palace, they will be given individual opportunities to grow, learn, be challenged and to develop into confident young men and women. New Hall is set in an idyllic and convenient location, on the outskirts of the City of Chelmsford, Essex, just 30 minutes by train from London and within easy reach of all major London airports.

As a Catholic independent boarding & day school, at New Hall with every student we aim to educate the whole person: academically, creatively and socially, in a community which also nurtures the spiritual dimensions of human life.

All appointments are subject to safer recruitment requirements to ensure the safeguarding of children and young people. All positions will involve appropriate checks and clearances.

Information about the school

Contact Information

HR Department
The Avenue
Boreham, Chelmsford
Essex, CM3 3HS
Telephone: 01245 467588
Email: hr@newhallschool.co.uk

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