Learning and Teaching Assistant
Goresbrook School
Barking and Dagenham
- £30,000 - £30,154 per year
- Salary:
- FTE
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 28/09/26
- Apply by:
- 31 August 2026
Job overview
Learning and Teaching Assistant
Are you passionate about supporting pupils with SEND to achieve their full potential?
We are seeking a caring, enthusiastic, and dedicated Learning and Teaching Assistant to join our team. In this rewarding role, you will work closely with teachers and the SENDCo to provide tailored support for pupils with a range of learning, communication, social, emotional, and physical needs.
The success of Goresbrook is underpinned by a dynamic and highly motivated team of professionals, working and learning in a warm and friendly environment. We passionately believe that all our children have infinite potential, and it is our job to empower them. We are determined to make a difference for all of our pupils and are looking for like-minded staff to join us.
Key responsabilites
Support pupils in the classroom to help them achieve their full potential.
Support children with SEND needs.
Work alongside teachers to deliver learning activities and provide individual or small group support.
Promote positive behaviour and help create a safe, inclusive and engaging learning environment.
Assist with the preparation of resources and support pupils' personal, social and emotional development.We are looking for an enthusiastic and passionate individual to join us and play a significant role in the lives of our young people. We require an experienced Teaching Assistant.
The success of Goresbrook is underpinned by a dynamic and highly motivated team of professionals, working and learning in a warm and friendly environment. We passionately believe that all our children have infinite potential, and it is our job to empower them. We are determined to make a difference for all of our pupils and are looking for like-minded staff to join us.
United Learning
Goresbrook School is part of United Learning, a large, and growing, group of schools aiming to offer a life changing education to children and young people across England.
Our schools work as a team and achieve more by sharing than any single school could. Our subject specialists, our Group-wide intranet, our own curriculum and our online learning portal all help us share knowledge and resource, helping to simplify work processes and manage workloads for an improved work-life balance.
As a Group, we can reward our staff better: with good career opportunities, better pay, benefits, and ultimately, the satisfaction of helping children to succeed. We invest in our staff wellbeing. Our academies each have at least eight INSET days per year (with three of those solely dedicated to planning), and an ongoing group-wide wellbeing programme. It's an ethos we call ‘the best in everyone’.
Candidates without A-Levels, a degree or a relevant Level 3 for the role:
You will be required to enrol on once appointed.
We will support you to gain this qualification as part of our commitment to staff development and improving student outcomes.
If you have any questions or queries to HR email: hr@goresbrookschool.org.uk
Attached documents
About Goresbrook School
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- Goresbrook School
- Ripple Road, Dagenham
- Essex
- RM9 6XW
- United Kingdom
Goresbrook School is unique; we are unashamedly ambitious for our pupils and we hope our academic achievements to be amongst some of the best in the country. Goresbrook is one of the top 2% of schools in the UK and recently rated ‘Outstanding’ across all six categories in October 2024.
As an all through school, we offer students the opportunity complete their entire educational journey with us, joining us aged three and leaving aged eighteen. Our school is built on a formula of high expectations, a relentless focus on standards and a belief that every young person, regardless of background or circumstance, can succeed.
Our calm and purposeful atmosphere allows student learning to be at the centre of all that we do and we are committed to ensuring that students high-quality classroom experience is matched with enriching extra-curricular opportunities. We aim to ensure that all our students leave us with the real option to succeed at a top university, the skills to excel in a career of their choice and go on to live happy and fulfilling lives rich with altruism whilst also having the cultural and spiritual awareness to be generous and enriching members of society.
Our values of Growth, Belief and Team are the central pillars of our school culture and encapsulate the behaviours we see in our young people. Beyond the classroom, the culture at Goresbrook is one of community.
Ofsted Report
The inspectors were full of praise for pupils, noting that they show “high levels of commitment to their studies” and that they “value the excellent education they are receiving”. This means that all pupils, including those with SEND, “achieve exceptionally well” and “flourish” at the school. Importantly, the inspectors were equally impressed by pupils’ mature and respectful attitudes. They note that they “enjoy being part of this diverse school community” and are “courteous in their interactions” with their peers and members of staff.
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