Lansdowne Primary Academy: SEND LSA

Lansdowne Primary Academy; Tilbury; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Golden Hello

Health insurance

Salary sacrifice schemes

Long service awards

Staff nursery

My Day

Career development

October half term break

Job summary

Lansdowne Primary Academy, part of the Gateway Learning Community in Tilbury, seeks a strong SEN Learning Support Assistant for Acorns base. You will assist in delivering personalised planning, support social development, and monitor progress through observations.

Adept candidates will have experience with children with additional needs and challenging behaviours, and can work flexibly under direction from the class teacher.

Qualifications

• NVQ Level 2 or equivalent is essential.
• Maths and English GCSEs at A–C or equivalent.
• Ability to provide excellent classroom support in literacy, numeracy and behavioural needs.
• Good organisation and interpersonal skills; ICT knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Deliver personalised planning under the guidance of the class teacher.
• Support emotional and social development of students.
• Carry out and document observations to inform student needs.

Skills

Classroom support

Literacy support

Numeracy support

Behaviour management

Interpersonal skills

Education

NVQ Level 2 or equivalent

GCSE Maths and English A-C

Job description

SEND LSA

GLC Academy: Lansdowne Primary Academy

Salary: GLC Point 10 £25,549 - P16 £28,324 FTE [Actual Pro Rata Salary £18,507 - P16 £20,517]

Contract: Permanent

Working Pattern: Talk to us about flexible working

Closing Date:14th October 2026 at9am

Lansdowne Primary Academy is part of the Gateway Learning Community [GLC] which is a partnership of one secondary academy and four primary academies located within Tilbury and Chadwell St Mary in the borough of Thurrock, to the east of London. We are a vibrant, innovative and highly successful organisation: the place of choice to work and learn. Across the 5 academies of the GLC, we celebrate differences and pledge that everyone enjoys an equality of opportunity and is not discriminated against in any way.

We are looking to appoint a strong, enthusiastic and committed SEN Learning Support Assistant, working in Acorns, our resource base. The base is a Thurrock provision catering for pupils with social communication needs and Autism. Successful candidates will be required to work flexibly taking direction from the class teacher to deliver personalised planning. The base has a strong positive behaviour management ethos and a total communication approach. Our students' needs are at the core of our ethos and successful candidates will be required to support the emotional and social development of the young people they work with.

The successful candidate will ideally have experience with children with additional needs and challenging behaviours and must be able to carry out and write up necessary observations to inform and evaluate the child's needs.

Candidates must be able to use their own initiative and will have the following:

• NVQ Level 2 or equivalent is essential;
• good standard of education; Maths and English GCSE grades A - C, or equivalent;
• can provide excellent classroom support in literacy, numeracy and behavioural needs;
• good organisation and inter-personal skills;
• good knowledge of ICT;
• be committed to high achievement from students and themselves.

Watch our video for an insight in to our academy:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNTalGAxd8Q

You can read our latest Ofsted Report here:https://www.theglc.org.uk/page/?title=Ofsted+Reports&pid=21

Additional Benefits for Working for the GLC:

• £1000 Golden Hello for successful candidates [LSA's applying directly to the GLC, only after a qualifying period of 12 months.]
• Staff well-being programme: Including access to Westfield Health Insurance
• Salary Sacrifice Schemes including Electric Car Scheme and Cycle to work Scheme
• Long service awards after: 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 and years of service
• State of the art facilities and access to high quality resources to support learning
• A paid 'My Day' each year
• Excellent career development and training
• 2 week October half term break
• A supportive central team [reprographics, ICT, HR, Finance] which enables teachers to focus on teaching
• Subsidised holiday provision for children of staff
• GLC Staff Nursery [Competitive rates and term time only]
• The GLC embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. Job share, part-time and flexible working opportunities will be considered.