Job Description

Learning Support Assistant- Early Years Foundation Stage.

We are delighted that you are considering coming to join our team. As you apply for our post, we encourage you to come for an informal visit and conversation with myself or a senior colleague. We also suggest that you visit our website.

We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and effective Learning Support Assistant (LSA). The successful candidate will become part of our friendly and hard-working team which is dedicated to ensuring our children learn well and are well cared for. The role will involve working with children individually, in small groups and in classes, including teaching some classes when teachers have release time. The role also has an important pastoral element which involves providing a 'listening ear' and some support to children that are finding some emotions and life experiences a challenge.

· Scale 3.£25,989 - £26,403, which is £13.47 - £13.69 per hour.

· Part time, 32.5 hours per week.

· Term time plus inset days. Please note St Osyth is moving to a two-week October half term from September 2026.

· Monday to Friday: 8:30am- 3:30pm (with 30 mins lunch break)

· To start September 2026.

We want the very best for all our children and we place them at the centre of all that we do. Recently, we had a very positive Ofsted the outcomes of which reflect our team and family ethic and the high standards we have for the children and for ourselves.

Ours is a rural location just twenty minutes from Colchester and ten minutes from Clacton. We are an academy with the Vine Schools Trust and so have the support of the trust and of the diocese. We also have training and other support in place for the successful applicant.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the wellbeing of our children and all staff share this commitment. This post will be subject to an enhanced DBS Disclosure, suitable references and a pre-employment medical check.

Closing date: Monday 08/06/2026 (midday)

Interview date: w/c 15/06/2026

We look forward to hearing from you.

Information about the School

We are a primary school in a rural location just twenty minutes from Colchester and 10 mins from Clacton-on Sea. We are an academy with the Vines School Trust and so have the the support of this trust and the Diocese.