Job Description

Role:Learning Support Assistant

Contract:PERMANENT, 39 WEEKS PER YEAR

Hours:11 hours

Salary:SCALE 3 POINT 5-6 £25,583-£25,989 FTE ( Actual Salary £6520- £6623)

Closing Date:29th October 2025at 12pm Midday

We are looking to appoint a Learning Support Assistant to join us for 11 hours per week from 8.40am -3.10pm on a Tuesday and a Thursday .The successful candidate will be committed to supporting all pupils including those with additional needs. In this role, you would be working within a fantastic, supportive and welcoming team. Applicants will need to be enthusiastic, positive and able to work on your own initiative as well as follow direction.

We are looking for a candidate who has the following:

Experience of working with individuals or small groups of children under the direction of teaching staff
Experience of supporting pupils with activities which support literacy and numeracy skills
Commitment to work in partnership with class teachers to support learning in line with the national curriculum, codes of practice , adapted curriculum and school policies and procedures
Willing to attend relevant training and take responsibility for own learning
Flexibility and a good sense of humor
We can offer you:

The opportunity to be part of a highly supportive and ambitious school
A commitment to a personalised programme of CPD
Opportunity to collaborate across Trust schools
Access to a 24/7 confidential Employee Assistance Programme
Flexible and family friendly policies and we are open to discussing flexible working arrangements at the point of hire.
Benefits platform which offers valuable discounts
Access to the LGPS Pension Scheme
Cycle to Work Scheme
Tech Scheme
24/7 GP
Contact us:

Visits to the school are welcome, please contact Mrs Reid, Headteacher, to arrange an appointment on 01245 268714.

Whilst there is a published closing date for this vacancy, we reserve the right to close the advert early if we receive sufficient applications. Early applications are therefore strongly encouraged.

The Chelmsford Learning Partnership is committed within its schools to:

Safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety, and the spiritual and cultural development of children and young people;
Promoting equality of opportunity and community cohesion where the diversity of different backgrounds and circumstances is appreciated and positively valued;
The fundamental British values of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance for those with different faiths and beliefs and expects all staff, volunteers and other workers to share in this commitment.
As an equal opportunities employer, The Chelmsford Learning Partnership is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.

We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join The Chelmsford Learning Partnership.

In compliance with safer recruitment procedures and guidelines, all applications must be made on an application form, CVs will not be accepted.  This appointment will be subject to pre-employment checks including an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service and satisfactory references. In line with recommended practice the school will conduct searches for information on shortlisted candidates which is publicly available on-line. The Chelmsford Learning Partnership is an equal opportunities employer.