Learning Support Assistant
Greatfields School
Barking and Dagenham
- Expired
- Salary:
- APT&C Scale 5 (actual salary £24,532 to £24,883)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 2 July 2025
Job overview
Greatfields Primary is a growing mixed community school. We are fortunate to be housed in a fabulous modern building which boasts large class rooms that provide a clean and spacious environment for our children to learn in. We pride ourselves on providing a caring and friendly atmosphere associated with smaller schools. We provide a curriculum that acknowledges the importance of the basic skills, but endeavours to teach those skills in an exciting way, as well as finding time to focus on more creative and artistic skills and making sure that we enjoy what we learn, using our local and wider environments and opportunities to support this.
At Greatfields Primary School we take pride in developing a love of learning in all children. We challenge all children to strive for academic, creative, sporting and personal success within a broad, vibrant and enriched curriculum. Our core values can be summarised as RESPECT – Resilience, Empathy, Self- belief, Perseverance, Effort, Courageous and Tolerance. We encourage children to take ownership of, and responsibility for, their learning and behaviour. We aim for our children to fulfil their potential and shape their future.
We are looking to recruit a Learning Support Assistant who wants to be a part of transforming education in London, and helping create exceptional places of learning.
Please click here for a copy of the job description: https://www.greatfieldsprimary.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Teaching-Assistant-Job-Description-June-2025.pdf
To apply for this role, please an application form as attached. CVs and resumes will not be considered for this role.
For more information about the role please feel free to contact the school on the following e-mail address: office@greatfieldsprimary.com
Please visit our website for further information about our school at: www.greatfieldsprimary.com
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About Greatfields School
- Greatfields School
- Net Street, Barking
- Essex
- IG11 7QG
- United Kingdom
Greatfields School is a mixed, non-selective, non-denominational, secondary free school, situated in the Gascoigne community in Barking, East London. The school opened in September 2016 with 120 Year 7 students, and aims to grow to a 10-form entry, 11-18 school with 1,800 pupils in purpose-built new accommodation. Greatfields School is a partner school within the multi-academy educational trust – Partnership Learning.
Although Greatfields School’s priority is maximising examination success, it believes school is not just about academic study. It actively encourages all students to enjoy school and to get involved in as wide a range of activities as possible. Attendance at after school clubs is exceptionally high, with half of the students regularly staying behind to attend a club every night.
Head of School
Richard Paul
Values and vision
Greatfields School’s mission is to provide the young people of the community with a first-class education and to equip them with the skills and knowledge they will need to achieve their future dreams. Greatfields School is built on three simple principles: high quality teaching and learning for all students; a culture of positive behaviour; high aspirations for all students.
The school believes its boundaries are clear and expectations are high, which enables students to reach their full potential. Positive relationships underpin everything that it does. Greatfields School believes it is creating a school which staff and students enjoy coming to every day. There is a high level of mutual respect between staff and students which ensures a positive and calm atmosphere throughout the building and in classrooms. It wants students to enjoy their time at school whilst at the same time striving hard to achieve their goals.
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