Salary: £22,185 Personal care responsibility pay Job type: Full Time, Permanent Start date: ASAP Apply by: 17 January 2025 Job overview St Martin's School Hanging Hill Lane Hutton, Brentwood Essex CM13 2HG Tel: 01277 238300 NOR: 1834 including 361 sixth form students Executive Headteacher: Jamie Foster Role – SEND Learning Support Assistant with Personal Care Duties Salary Range – £22,185 Personal care responsibility pay Start Date – ASAP We are looking for a Learning Support Assistant to support students with special needs. The role will require supervising students during unstructured times of the day and may include 1:1 intervention sessions, as and when required. Experience with dealing with personal care is preferred. St Martin's is an over-subscribed, friendly, co-educational, fully comprehensive school located in Hutton, Brentwood. The school is on one site with extensive grounds which also includes a large sixth form block. Our ethos is a non-bureaucratic approach to all aspects of school life, while maintaining a relentless focus on learning and teaching, to ensure outstanding achievement for our students. Application can be made via TES.com or http://www.essexschoolsjobs.co.uk We reserve the right to close this vacancy early upon appointment of a successful applicant. St Martin's School is an academy that forms part of the Discovery Educational Trust. The Local Schools Committee will ensure that all staff, job applicants, and students seeking admission to the school do not suffer direct or indirect discrimination on the grounds of sex, race, age, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, religion or belief, and are not disadvantaged by any other condition or requirement which cannot be shown to be justifiable. Closing date: 17/01/25 at midday St Martin's School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. This post will be subject to an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service. About St Martin's School St Martin's School Hanging Hill Lane, Hutton, Brentwood Essex CM13 2HG United Kingdom 44 1277 238300 About us St Martin’s is an over-subscribed, friendly, co-educational, fully comprehensive school located in Hutton, Brentwood. We are a 10 minute walk from Shenfield station which can take you into Liverpool Street in 20 minutes. Brentwood town centre is 10 minutes away, with a bustling high street and lively nightlife. The school is on one site with extensive grounds which also includes a large sixth form block. Our ethos is a non-bureaucratic approach to all aspects of school life, while maintaining a relentless focus on learning and teaching, to ensure outstanding achievement for our students. Work-life balance is of the upmost importance to us; morning briefing for all staff is held weekly with no more than one whole staff meeting in each half-term. 95% of our staff say they are happy to work here. Our behaviour policy, Discipline with Dignity, is built on mutual respect and rules that must make sense. Attitude to learning scores across all our students are very good to excellent. 96% of parents say they are happy to send their students to St Martin's. Benefits of working at St Martin's. Free on-site parking All buildings located on one site Subsidised staff accommodation Hot and cold food available during the school day at cost price Coffee shop located in sixth form block Cycle to work scheme Two weeks' paternity leave at full pay All inset completed as twilight sessions, shortening the summer term Personalised CPD calendar, all sessions chosen by the employee Paid leave for celebrations for staff with excellent attendance Talent Management Programme for outstanding new teachers Vibrant, diverse and inclusive sixth form, where students go on to study everything from medicine at Oxbridge to a modern apprenticeship ECTs are supported by a subject mentor and led by a member of the senior team If we sound like a school you would like to work at then please apply to join us. We look forward to meeting you