Learning Support Assistant
Brentwood School - All-Through with Sixth Form
Essex
- £24,252 per year
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- £24,252 actual (£30,736 FTE)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2025
- Apply by:
- 30 May 2025
Job overview
Brentwood Senior School is an academically selective HMC co-educational independent school with small class sizes and a happy, ambitious and supportive staff team. It is part of Brentwood School, a 3-18 HMC school of 1900 pupils, just 35 minutes from London Liverpool Street.
We are seeking a Learning Support Assistant to support students with additional needs in accessing the mainstream education curriculum offered at Brentwood School. This is a rewarding opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of young people by supporting their academic progress and overall wellbeing.
You will play a vital part in fostering a safe, supportive environment, in line with the School’s strong safeguarding ethos, and work collaboratively with teachers, pastoral staff and external agencies.
We are looking for someone compassionate and proactive with excellent communication skills, a calm and caring approach, and a commitment to our school values of Virtue, Learning, and Manners.
Brentwood School ethos
We embody our values of Virtue, Learning and Manners just as those before us have been doing since 1557. We are proud of our modern inclusive community which is shaped by our Christian Foundation. At Brentwood, we ask ‘how is this child intelligent?’ (rather than ‘how intelligent is this child?’) and believe that finding what it is that makes someone tick is the secret to a successful education and the platform for a fulfilled life. Our pupils are confident without being arrogant, they look out for each other, they do the right thing, even when no one is looking and they respect difference.
We help our pupils to solve problems. In partnership with parents, we teach them to persevere after setbacks, adopt a growth mindset, and challenge the norm. We encourage them to ask questions in class and take control of their own learning. Of course, they work hard and enjoy great success in and out of the classroom, and once they’ve left us, many go on to use and develop their leadership skills and achieve beyond their expectations, always remembering what Brentwood has taught them.
That’s who we are. We are Brentwood.
We are a highly supportive school that values the contributions made by a motivated and intellectually curious staff. We welcome applications from all sectors of the community as we aspire to attract staff that match the social and cultural diversity of our student intake. Staff across both the Prep and Senior School enjoy a bespoke collaborative approach to professional development. We believe in being a research-engaged school, with those that facilitate our in-house research programme being trained by the Institute of Education. We support many of our staff in obtaining external accreditation across a range of fields and are engaged with a number of national and international organisations. There are a range of ways that we enhance our staff experience; free gym membership, benefits hub, free lunch, free tickets to school concerts and performance to name but a few. Brentwood School has its own pay scale that is above the maintained sector.
Applicants who do not have a TES account should visit our website and download an application form or email: recruitment@brentwood.essex.sch.uk All Brentwood School vacancies can be found on the School’s website. The School reserves the right to change these dates and to close the vacancy at any time.
Brentwood School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Attached documents
About Brentwood School - All-Through with Sixth Form
- Brentwood School - All-Through with Sixth Form
- Middleton Hall Lane, Brentwood
- Essex
- CM15 8EE
- United Kingdom
Welcome to Brentwood School, one of the UK’s leading independent day and boarding schools for boys and girls aged 3 to 18, with a rich history spanning nearly 500 years.
Located in the heart of Brentwood, our campus is surrounded by 75 acres of playing fields and gardens. Our values – Virtue, Learning, Manners – were first penned in 1622 are at the heart of everything we do. They guide our core purpose in helping young people discover and develop their talents with both self-assurance and humility.
We prepare our students for a fast-paced and ever-changing world. They will need to solve problems we don’t even know about (in addition to those we do) and many will take on jobs that don’t yet exist. Our students are active participants in this journey and distinguish themselves as kind and enterprising young people who always strive to be the best version of themselves.
Despite our deep roots, we embrace innovation. For example, in September 2024, we launched a Specialist Music Programme, providing rigorous training and assessment for aspiring musicians within the school curriculum. And, in Autumn 2025, we opened the doors on a state-of-the-art sector-leading boarding house. The fully-accessible house, which was years in the planning, is subdivided into three main sections; a girls' and boys' boarding house and a central shared facility including new dining and communal areas and an outdoor courtyard and dedicated landscaped social space. Single bedrooms on the upper floor offer a home-from-home for boarding students featuring cutting-edge university-style accommodation with light and airy private ensuite rooms.
Wellbeing is at the heart of a Brentwood education - happiness, purpose and an ability to use setbacks as learning opportunities are all ingredients of a successful education, and help our students excel academically, in the visual and performing arts and in sports to name just a few. They work hard, achieve great success, and often exceed expectations, carrying forward the leadership skills and values instilled at Brentwood.
Brentwood School is an excellent place to work and extremely well-located. Picturesque grounds and state of the art facilities make for a wonderful and inspiring learning and working environment. The campus is in the centre of Brentwood and a walk away from all the cultural, retail, gastronomic and nightlife facilities it has to offer. It is a mere 40 minutes to London from Brentwood Rail Station and 23 minutes from Shenfield Station. Using the Elizabeth Line, passengers are able to reach Central & West London without having to change.
Headmaster
Mr Michael Bond
Head of Prep School
Mrs Alice Goodfellow
Benefits
As an academic institution, Brentwood recognises the importance of investing in its people and the value of continuing professional development:
· Competitive salary
· Generous contributory pension scheme (and part of the Teachers' Pension Scheme)
· Optional subsidised private health care
· Free School lunches during term time*
· Employee Support Programme
· Cashplan scheme with discounts for hundreds of high street and online brands
· Cycle to Work Scheme
· Free Brentwood School Sports Centre membership*
· Free on-site parking*
· Investment in people - a thorough PDP (appraisal) system
· Outstanding support for PGCE/NQT/RQT
· An innovative and ambitious Research & Development programme
· Warm working environment, stunning school grounds and positive culture
· The excellent attitude and behaviour of the pupils
· Small class sizes
· Outstanding resources
· Free tickets to all of our regular high-quality concerts, musicals, shows, recitals and other entertainment held at School
· The high level of pastoral care and parental support
· A broad academic and co-curricular programme
· The dedication and commitment of colleagues
· Pleasant working environment, School grounds and atmosphere
- *Non-contractual benefit
Values and Vision
Although nominally a co-educational school, Brentwood School operates the diamond structure. This essentially means that pupils are taught in a co-educational setting only up to Senior School, before being split into single-sex groups. In the Sixth Form, the classes are co-educational once again, this is intended to ensure that students get the best of both single-sex and co-educational schooling. Admission into Brentwood School is selective, either by formal or informal assessment depending on year group. The school maintains high academic standards for its students, with a high-quality curriculum built around a strong set of core subjects, and supported by a huge range of co-curricular and sporting activities.
Please note that you are wholly responsible for fact checking in respect of the information provided by schools. Please also check for the latest visa and work permit requirements that may apply. Tes is not responsible for the content of advertisements or the policies adopted by advertising schools. Tes asks that all schools follow Tes' Fair Recruitment Policy.