Learning Support Assistant (Secondary)

Job Role: Learning Support Assistant

Hours: 35 per week, 39 weeks per year

Contract: Part time, Fixed Term 

Salary: Scale 3, Point 5-6 (£23500 - £23893 FTE)

Closing Date: Noon 16th August 2024

Interviews: 21st August 2024

Start date: September 2024 

A once in a career opportunity to work in a brand new, state of the art £34 million school. This is a genuinely unique opportunity to take on a founding role at the first ‘all through’ school in Essex. The Beaulieu Park School opened the doors to 60 Reception children in September 2018. In September 2019, another cohort was welcomed into the Primary School, together with 180 Year 7 students. We were pleased that we are oversubscribed with families nominating us as their first choice school again this year. The school will grow one year at a time until it is full. Our 6th form provision opens in September 2024. 

We are looking to appoint Learning Support Assistants on a fixed term basis to work with individual children with additional needs. This post is for 5 days a week from 8.30am until 4pm (35 hours per week). The role will also include lunch duties (with a 30-minue lunch break). Term time plus 5 inset days.. 

In this role, you would be working within a fantastic team, supporting all of our pupils, including those with additional needs in our Secondary School. Applicants must be enthusiastic, positive and able to work on their own initiative, as well as follow direction from other members of the staff team. Please see the Job Description and person specification for full details. 

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.