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Learning Support Assistant - Special Educational Needs 1:1 Medical
17.5hours p/week Monday - Friday 08:30 - 12:00
LG Scale 3, SP 5-6 Actual annual salary £9,782
Start Date 1st September 2025
Term time only, fixed term subject to SEN funding to 31st August 2029.
We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and experienced Learning Support Assistant, to work 1:1 alongside a child, within a year group team.
You will need to:
· Be a positive, supportive and caring practitioner who can support children when they are feeling dysregulated
. Be willing to support a child with medical needs
· Have very high expectations for learning and behaviour
· Have the ability to work as part as a team, be flexible, solutions focused and good humoured
· Be knowledgeable of child development
· Experience working with primary school age children
· Experience of adapting the curriculum for pupils with SEND
· Knowledge of successful strategies to engage pupils with specific and significant needs
As a Rights Respecting Gold Award School, we can offer wonderful children who are well behaved, happy and enthusiastic, are proud of their school and are keen to learn
· A caring and supportive school community
· A warm, welcoming and inclusive ethos
· Friendly and supportive staff
· A strong commitment to your continuing professional development and personal well-being
Down Hall Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Visits to the school are warmly welcomed. If you require further information, please contact the school office either on 01268 780018 or by email admin@downhall.essex.sch.uk
As part of the Safer Recruitment process the successful candidate will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS police check.
Application Close: 25th June 2025
Date of Interviews:TBA
Information about the School
A flavour of Down Hall
From the moment you walk into our school, you will find a thriving, friendly and caring environment, and the whole school community works hard to give the children meaningful and stimulating learning experiences.
You will have a strong passion for outstanding teaching and learning, with a keenness to lead a school that is exciting in its enriched curriculum. You will be committed to an outward-looking school that further develops relations with the local community and partnerships with other schools to share best practice.
The Primary School is located at the heart of the community of Rayleigh and has a rich history of providing education to families in the town, as well as those from other neighbouring villages. In addition to receiving a broad, balanced and vocabulary rich curriculum which encourages the children to be inquisitive, independent and life-long learners, the children receive a host of extra-curriculum opportunities.
The day starts for some children in our breakfast club, where children enjoy sports, arts and crafts and tasty snacks; wrap-around care is also provided at the end of the day. Throughout the day there is a large playground, grassed play areas, trim trail and a playing field for the children to enjoy and a healthy lunch is cooked on-site.
The children throughout the school benefit from many a curricular enrichment activity, from trips to Colchester Castle, Barleylands Farm, Hanningfield Reservoir to visits from The Animal Experience, as well as residential adventures in KS2. We also utilise our local area to enrich the curriculum, with lots of seasonal walks around the town, visits to Holy Trinity Church and the local library.
The school has its own outdoor swimming pool, which is used throughout the summer term to provide curriculum swimming lessons, as well as after-school fun! The school takes part in many inter-school sports events with our neighbouring schools, as well as enjoying our own annual sports day.
The school also has a successful Parent Teacher Association, that fund raise through organising fun events such as movie nights, school discos, Mothers and Father's Day sale and various fetes