Learning Support Assistant
The Brittons Academy
Havering
- £19,531 - £20,088 per year
- New
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 16 February 2026
Job overview
Teaching Assistant- SEND Support
29 hours per week, 39 weeks per year
Our mission is to ‘inspire learners and change lives’ – and that includes our staff. We want to empower our teams, so pupils are ready to be kind, confident and impactful world citizens. The Brittons Academy wish to appoint a dynamic, enthusiastic and high calibre Learning Support Assistant, who will be committed to supporting students with SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disability).
The successful candidate will have:
· Effective communication skills
· Ability to adapt or modify interactions to meet pupil needs
· Ability to summarise and present information from observations of pupil performance
· Effective time management, planning and collaboration
· Ability to provide a structured activity within a group setting
· Group dynamics and how to apply them
· Obtain and interpret information on pupils’ literacy/numeracy skills, individual learning targets and specific support needs
· Ability to recognise the range and implications of factors that impact pupil behaviour
· Minimum GCSE Maths and English or equivalent
· Level 2 TA Certificate or equivalent (Desirable)
In return, we offer:
· High quality professional development
· Supportive and friendly colleagues
· Flexible working opportunities
· Staff assistance programme including virtual GP appointments, counselling service, legal services
· Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
· Cycle to work scheme
Closing date for applications Monday 16 February 2026 at 12pm
If you would like more information on our school, please visit our website The Brittons Academy
For further information about this role, please email Luisa Rapone, LRapone@elatschools.co.uk.
If you have any queries about the recruitment process and compliance, please contact Mrs G Chana at gchana@elatschools.co.uk.
The Brittons Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all students; therefore, all successful applicants will be required to undergo pre-employment checks, including an online social media check, satisfactory references and an Enhanced DBS check.
Please find our polices here Key Information – The Brittons Academy
Early applications are appreciated as interviews will be arranged as and when suitable applications are received. We reserve the right to commence or complete the recruitment process prior to the closing date.
We do not accept applications via agencies.
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About The Brittons Academy
The Brittons Academy is a mainstream, co-educational, non-denominational, non-selective secondary academy for children aged 11-16. It is situated in Rainham in Essex and there are 690 pupils on its roll.
The school is made up of four houses named after well-known authorities in their subject: Bobby Moore (sports and science), Vivienne Westwood (mathematics and technology), William Shakespeare (communication) and Nelson Mandela (social science).
Principal
Mrs Claire Whiley
Values and vision
The Brittons Academy has an ethos of high expectations and high aspirations. It believes every child has the right to learn.
The secondary school believes its moral responsibility is to make a difference to the life chances of every student. It aims to do the following: to achieve excellent qualifications for each student; to unlock each individual’s potential; to help each student become a valued citizen; to support each pupil to develop a healthy lifestyle, as well as the skills and attributes for life-long learning.
Ofsted report
“Since the previous inspection, the Principal and senior leaders have concentrated successfully on raising achievement and improving the quality of teaching and students’ behaviour. Their work is bringing about significant improvements across the academy. The recently restructured governing body is much better informed and is providing more rigorous challenge. It is making positive contributions to improving the quality of leadership and teaching.”
View The Brittons Academy’s Ofsted report
The Brittons Academy is part of the Empower Learning Academy Trust
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