Learning Support Assistant

Heartlands High School, London, N22 7ST

11 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  20 October 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  9 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £22,944.13 - £25,746.24 Annually (Actual) Scale 4/5 – £30,288 to £33,987 pro rata, actual salary £22,944.13 to £25,746.24

Learning Support Assistant job summary

We require dedicated, talented and energetic Learning Support Assistants to work at Heartlands High School. At present 16% of students at Heartlands are on the SEND register and we have 60 children with Education and Health Care Plans. Our aim is to support and nurture young people with additional needs, so they fulfil their potential and enjoy their time at Heartlands.

We welcome candidates with focused subject knowledge as well as those with knowledge of special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

The Heartlands High School motto is SEARCH for Success, and we would welcome a candidate who is able to promote these steps to success:

School Matters

Effort

Achievement

Responsibility

Character

High Aspirations

Main Activities and Responsibilities

• Supporting students with special educational needs and disabilities to ensure their inclusion in the classroom and the wider school community

• Contributing to the learning and motivation of all students

• Building positive relationships with students

• Promoting inclusion in the school

• Ensuring that students are suitably challenged

• Developing and maintaining effective relationships with parents/carers

• Working to meet the learning and emotional needs of students

• Working as key worker under the direction of your line manager

• Promoting positive student behaviour, helping to resolve conflict and encourage responsibility

• Supporting and complying with school policies on safeguarding

• Providing high quality and flexible support, including on school trips.

• Updating students’ success passports on a half termly basis

• Attending annual reviews in your capacity as key worker

• Participating in staff meetings/training

• Supporting students with their examination access arrangements e.g., scribing

• Supporting students with their personal care - as required

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

Heartlands High School, part of the SEARCH Education Trust, is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our students and young people. The successful applicant will therefore be required to complete checks in line with the requirements of Keeping Children Safe in Education with regard to DBS and other pre-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 Heartlands High School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1178 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Heartlands High School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/heartlands-high-school-london

Heartlands High School, part of the SEARCH Education Trust, is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our students and young people. The successful applicant will therefore be required to complete checks in line with the requirements of Keeping Children Safe in Education with regard to DBS and other pre-employment checks.

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