Part-time Learning Support Assistant

Overview

We are looking for a Learning Support Assistant to join our friendly and professional team at Templars Academy in Witham.

This position is for 24.5 hours per week, term time only. (8.45am - 3.00pm, Monday - Thursday, 8.45am - 2.30pm on a Friday). This includes an unpaid 15-minute morning break and 1-hour lunch break.

This position is initially fixed term for the Academic year linked to funding, however there is a possibility of extension.

Salary Scale 3 point 5, Actual starting salary, £14,432 per annum.

Applicants should have experience working with children in a school environment.
It is essential that you have GCSEs (grades A-C) in both Maths and English, or hold equivalent qualifications in this area.

• Enthusiasm to work with children with a variety of different personalities and skill levels.
• Able to engage well with pupils.
• Able to work under your own initiative.
• Smartly presented and with excellent time management skills.

We offer a supportive and enjoyable working environment with a commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children.

Successful applicants will join our friendly, caring and highly competent team of learning support staff.

Visits to Templars Academy are encouraged. Please contact the school office on to arrange an appointment.

Templars Academy is located on Cressing Road in Witham, Essex. Our large fenced site benefits from excellent facilities, including two school buildings with disabled access and toilets, a disabled parking space, and their own halls. We have extensive landscaped grounds, a fully air-conditioned ICT suite and a well-stocked library. The staff and children work together across the school sites, and we continually strive to improve learning experiences in line with the current national curriculum.

Inspires Multi-Academy Trust and our schools are committed to:

• Safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety, and the spiritual, moral, social and cultural development, of children and young people;
• Promoting equality of opportunity and community cohesion where the diversity of different backgrounds is appreciated and positively valued;
• Promoting the fundamental British values of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance for those with different faiths and beliefs;

It is recognised that this can only be achieved through sound procedures, good inter-agency co-operation and the recruitment and retention of competent, motivated employees who are suited to, and fulfilled in the roles they undertake.

The appointment will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, medical clearance and satisfactory references.

All appointments are subject to safer recruitment requirements to ensure the safeguarding of children and young people. All positions will involve appropriate checks and clearances.

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Contact
Michelle Smith
Cressing Road, Witham
Essex, CM8 2NJ

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Note: The following postings were listed in the original description but are not part of this role and have been omitted for clarity:
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Closing: 22/01/2026 Midnight;
Learning Support Assistant – The Thomas Lord Audley School, Colchester;
Closing: 23/01/2026 Midday;
Learning Support Assistant with Midday Duties – Runwell Community Primary School, Wickford;
Closing: 23/01/2026 Midday.