Teaching Assistant/Learning Support Assistant - Lee Common Church of England School

To be responsible, under the direction of the Headteacher or another designated teacher, for the care and welfare of children within the education establishment and to assist the teacher in the education process.

The Learning Support Assistant role is complimentary to that of the teacher, working in partnership to help further the aims of the school.

The post-holder may be expected to work with individual children having special, or particular, needs and groups of children, as directed.

Please see attached Job Description for further information.

Knowledge of child development

Knowledge of safeguarding and

Child protection

Good communication skills

Please see attached Person specification for further information.

Visits to the school are warmly welcome. To arrange a visit or to find out more about the role, please contact our school office on the number below.

Please send completed application forms to the email address below.

Tel No: 01494 837267

Email: [email protected]

Lee Common CE School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of all children and expects all staff to share this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to a disclosure of criminal records at an enhanced level. Any offer of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and an enhanced DBS disclosure. In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2026, online searches will be carried out on all shortlisted candidates. The search is not part of the shortlisting process itself, and candidates will have a chance to address any issues of concern that come up during the search at interview.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare: • All unspent convictions and conditional cautions • All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020). For further information on filtering please refer to Nacro guidance and the guidance issued by the Ministry of Justice (see, in particular, the section titled ‘Exceptions Order’). It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All shortlisted applicants will be required to complete self-disclosure form and return prior to interview.