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Learning Support Assistant
THE SMITH FOUNDATION
19,265 - 19,570 per year
Essex
Part-time
3rd October 2025

Learning Support Assistant

The Thomas Lord Audley School

Essex

  • £19,265 - £19,570 per year
  • New
  • Expiring soon
  • Salary:
  • LGPS 3, Points 5-6
  • Job type:
  • Part Time, Permanent
  • Start date:
  • 01 November 2025
  • Apply by:
  • 3 October 2025

Job overview

Build Positive Relationships & Achieve Positive Outcomes at The Thomas Lord Audley School

Are you looking to join a community that is truly dedicated to the success and well-being of its students? Do you have the skills to help every student reach their full potential, both academically and personally?

  • The successful candidate will work 32.5 hours per week.
  • This is a 39-week-per-year role, which includes term time and non-pupil days.

A Day in the Life:

You'll be responsible for bringing your passion and expertise to the following areas:

  • Delivering measurable interventions to individuals or small groups of children under the direction of teaching staff and/or the SENCO.
  • Establishing positive relationships with students and staff.
  • Supporting students with activities which support literacy and numeracy skills.
  • Updating and referring to the provision map, ensuring relevant provisions are reviewed, data is recorded, documents are uploaded and kept up to date.
  • Participating in the planning and evaluation of learning activities with the teacher, providing feedback to the teacher on student progress and behaviour.

What We're Looking For:

You are the perfect fit for our team if you have:

  • Successful recent experience working with secondary age children.
  • The ability to work effectively as part of a team.
  • A good general standard of education.
  • An understanding of safeguarding policies and procedures.

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details.

Why Choose The Sigma Trust?

Professional Development:

  • A robust CPD training program that empowers you to flourish.
  • Unrivalled opportunities to collaborate with colleagues across the Trust, sharing ideas and building strong professional relationships.

Employee Benefits:

  • A competitive salary and excellent pension scheme.
  • A Health Cash Plan to help manage your everyday healthcare costs.
  • Access to a confidential Employee Assistance Programme to support your well-being.
  • Exclusive perks like the Cycle to Work scheme, access to discounts via free membership to Perkbox, eligibility for a Blue Light Card, and more.

Commitment to Safeguarding & Diversity


To Apply:

via My New Term. Click the link below and navigate to the relevant vacancy:

apply by midday Friday 3rd October 2025

Please note that only fully completed application forms will be accepted and we reserve the right to close this advert early should we receive an overwhelming response. Candidates may be invited to interview prior to the closing date, so an early application is advised.

Attached documents

About The Thomas Lord Audley School

+44 1206 547911

The Thomas Lord Audley School is a high performing, over-subscribed 11-16 comprehensive school, situated to the south of Colchester. It serves a wide and diverse catchment area, including Old Heath, Monkwick, Shrub End, the villages to the south of Colchester and the community of Mersea Island. Students achieve a good standard of GCSE results in a wide range of subjects including English and Maths.

The Thomas Lord Audley School is a community in which every student matters. We have high expectations of all students with respect to behaviour, attendance and punctuality and have developed a curriculum, which enables our students to develop as young people as well as achieve good exam results. We have a highly committed and well-qualified staff who encourage students to give their best in all aspects of school life.

The school achieved an impressive ‘Good’ in its Ofsted inspection in February 2020, which recognised the further developments we have made following our previous ‘Good’ in April 2016. Furthermore the school was recognised as the Most Improved Secondary School in Essex in 2016.

We very much value the commitment and determination of all our staff in ensuring that the students access a high quality education. The school is value driven and not inclined to game the system or focus exclusively on the quick fix. Our SLT is mature and well rounded and we have excellent relationships with colleagues. We are a happy school and have a relatively low staff turnover because staff in general feel well supported both personally and professionally. As a school, we take a considered approach to school improvement and performance management. We believe in building on our strengths and developing a few key aspects of our provision in depth and over time in order to have a sustained positive impact on students and to enable staff to experience professional satisfaction.

The Thomas Lord Audley School is pleased to be a member of the Sigma Trust and we fully subscribe to the Trust’s Mission, Vision and Values. We have positive relationships with our partner schools and fully engage in a wide range of activities. A number of colleagues are involved in leading aspects of Trust development at a senior level and other colleagues are participating in middle and senior leadership courses. We are keen to enable members of staff to develop their professional expertise and career.

We would very much welcome an application from you and think that if you came to work here you would have a positive experience.

Simon Essex

Headteacher

Safeguarding

The Sigma Trust is committed to safeguarding and protecting the children and young people that we work with. As such, all posts are subject to safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records, online checks and other vetting checks. We ensure that we have a range of policies in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practice across our schools.

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