Learning Support Assistant

Gillotts School, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, RG9 1PS

11 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2026

• Closing date

  29 June 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  18 June 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time, full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £25,185.00 - £25,584.00 Annually (FTE) Actual starting salary for 29 hours per week is £16,550 per annum

Learning Support Assistant job summary

Occupying a 33 acre site on the edge of Henley-on-Thames, we are a co-educational academy with approximately 900 pupils aged 11-16 on roll.

Academic standards at Gillotts are both high and improving. In 2025, 76% of students achieved the benchmark of grade 5 or above in both English and maths, against a national average of 45%.

We achieved GCSE progress results in the top 10% of all schools in 2019, 2022, 2023 and 2024, and were the top performing state secondary school in Oxfordshire in 2025.

If you enjoy working with children and feel you have the skills to communicate effectively and support and encourage young people with special educational needs and disabilities, this could be the job for you.

Working with students in lessons, you will become part of our dedicated team committed to supporting students’ learning in our happy and successful school.

Full time hours are Monday - Thursday 8.30am - 3.30pm, Friday 8.30 - 2.30pm.

No experience necessary as full training will be given, however, experience of working with young people with special educational needs and disabilities would be an advantage. Flexibility, resilience, and the ability to relate to young people in a positive way is essential.

Gillotts aims to maximise achievement through effective and inspiring teaching and support to students, so if you share these values and would like to join this supportive and high-achieving school, we’d like to hear from you.

Closing date for applications: 12 noon, Monday 29th June 2026

Interviews will be held on Friday 3rd July 2026

Education has the power to change lives, communities and society for the better. At RLT we believe that we can achieve more for our pupils, trainees, staff and communities by working together rather than alone. Schools in RLT are united by a common belief in the benefits of working together, and by our commitment to shared principles.

OUR VISION is for our schools and SCITT to improve rapidly, continuously and sustainably: to be better faster together.

OUR ‘WHY?’ is that children and young people ‘only get one go’ in school and therefore as part of RLT we aim to ensure the best possible ‘go’ for our pupils.

OUR ‘HOW?’ is through the highest support and challenge for our schools and each other, underpinned by our principles.

Our employees benefit from a wide variety of support including extensive continuing professional learning and development opportunities, wellbeing and staff networks and access to Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (TPS and LGPS) for all staff. For more information on what it is like to work for the Trust, and the benefits you could access, please see our “Working in RLT” guide.

This role includes regulated activity relevant to children.

The school reserves the right to consider and interview candidates ahead of the closing date if appropriate. An offer may be made to an exceptional candidate in this instance.

If you would like to have a confidential conversation about the role, prior to application, then please email Clair Collyer, SENDCo at ccollyer@gillotts.org, or telephone 01491 574315.

The River Learning Trust and Gillotts School are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and preventing extremism. The Trust is required to conduct a variety of checks and online searches about you as part of their recruitment process in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. It is an offence to apply for certain roles within schools if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

For all RLT Safer Recruitment Documentation candidates should click on the following link RLT Safer Recruitment Documents for Candidates. Please see our website for up to date policies including our Child Protection and Behaviour Policies.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. For further guidance for applicants click on this link List of offences that are not filtered

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

This school is committed to safeguarding, promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All staff are expected to promote fundamental British values. Successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks along with other relevant employment checks.

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.

About Gillotts School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 918 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Gillotts School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/gillotts-school

Gillotts is a school that takes great pride in its unique identity. It is one of four mixed 11-16 schools in south-east Oxfordshire and occupies a 33 acre site on the edge of Henley-on-Thames. Its 900 students come from Henley and the surrounding villages. The site incorporates a Victorian house as well as extensive grounds, both of which contribute to the school’s special character.

As a high-performing school, Gillotts places innovation in teaching and learning at the heart of its development. However, more than this, the school is developing its thinking and practices to ensure that each student’s experience of the school is tailored to his or her needs. At the centre of this is the tutoring system, which puts each child in a group of about twenty students of mixed age. The tutors monitor the academic progress of each of their tutees, and work with them to develop their learning skills.

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