1:1 Learning Support Assistant (Fixed Term)
Greenshaw High School, Sutton, Surrey, SM1 3DY24 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
10 August 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
16 July 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teacher or lecturer
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full time equivalent salary
- £22,916.99 - £23,243.97 Annually (Actual) NJC Outer London pay scale, 1c/3 points 5-6
1:1 Learning Support Assistant (Fixed Term) job summary
We are looking for a 1:1 Learning Support Assistant (Fixed Term). This is an exciting opportunity to join GLT / Greenshaw High School and become an integral member of the Inclusion department.
This is an excellent opportunity for highly motivated and committed individuals to join Greenshaw High School as a 1:1 Learning Support Assistant. The successful candidate will provide comprehensive, direct 1:1 academic, environmental, and medical support for a specific pupil with complex neurological and physical needs (specifically complex epilepsy presenting as regular focal and tonic-clonic seizures).
Full, specialised training will be provided to the successful candidate. Working in close collaboration with class teachers, the Inclusion Team, and medical professionals, the primary aim of this role is to safeguard the pupil’s physical wellbeing, facilitate their full access to a high-quality mainstream curriculum, and strategically scaffold their independence and self-regulation.
Key aspects of the role include:
- Medical monitoring and response (following full training)
- Supporting learning and fostering independence
- Environmental safety and transition support
- Support in exams and assessments
- Collaboration and professional growth
We're Looking For Someone Who:
- A strong desire and willingness to undergo specialised medical training (including Epilepsy/Seizure Management and administration of rescue protocols)
- Proven experience working with children or young people (this could be within an educational, care or community/youth setting)
- Outstanding observational skills; ability to maintain attentive, discrete surveillance without compromising a child's social dignity
- Ability to communicate professionally, clearly and sensitively with colleagues, medical staff and parents
- Committed to the safeguarding of children
Why join Greenshaw High School and Greenshaw Learning Trust?
Greenshaw High School is a highly over-subscribed 11 to 18 mixed comprehensive secondary school situated in Sutton, South West London. We are proud of our strong local reputation, having over 4,000 applications for 300 places in September 2024.
In October 2024 the hard work of our students and staff was recognised by Ofsted. The inspection team described the school as offering "an exceptional standard of education", using the words "flourishing, "inclusive" and "friendly" to describe our school. In the report Quality of Education, Behaviour & Attitudes, Sixth Form and Leadership & Management were all graded as Outstanding.
We have a very diverse population of students, offering a comprehensive range of opportunities for colleagues who work here. Our students - of all groups - have done incredibly well over the last few years, with our GCSE achievement always being at least in the top 20% of the country, and over 60 Sixth Form students attending Russell Group universities each year. Greenshaw Learning Trust is a highly successful multi academy trust that provides excellent quality, comprehensive and inclusive education through primary schools and secondary schools. Our schools are based in London, Surrey, Berkshire, Gloucestershire and South Gloucestershire, Bristol and Plymouth. We also have three shared service hubs where our central teams can be based out of. We are building a family of like-minded schools, that collaborate to provide mutual support, share their good practice and learn from each other, whilst retaining and developing their own distinctive character. We thrive from collaboration at every level. We encourage a culture of sharing ideas and learning from one another. As a Trust of schools, we are ‘Always Learning’.
To get a feel of life at Greenshaw Learning Trust, please download our ‘Why you should work for GLT’ recruitment brochure on our jobs portal.
We offer our staff a range of benefits including:
- Professional development and career progression
- Generous pension scheme
- Blue Light Card
- An Employee Assistance Programme
- Gym Discounts
- Free eye tests
- Cycle to work scheme
- Being part of a great team and expanding organisation
Please download the recruitment pack for further information.
Closing date for receipt of applications is Monday 10th August 2026. We reserve the right to appoint before the closing date.
We are committed to building an inclusive, diverse workplace where everyone can thrive. If you require any support or adjustments to interact with us, please let us know.
Greenshaw Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Greenshaw High School
- Organisation type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- Size
- 1977 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
Greenshaw High School is a highly over-subscribed 11 to 18 mixed comprehensive secondary school situated in Sutton, South West London. We currently have around 1,960 students on roll, with staff providing teaching, pastoral care and many other support activities across the school. We have a very diverse population of students, meaning that this school offers a fully comprehensive range of opportunities for colleagues who work here.
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