Learning Support Assistant

Hockerill Anglo-European College, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, CM23 5HX

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2026

• Closing date

  4 June 2026 at 10am

• Date listed

  21 May 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: £13.64 Hourly H3 Point 5

Learning Support Assistant job summary

This is an exciting opportunity to join a caring, enthusiastic and dedicated team supporting young people to achieve their full potential. We are looking for candidates who enjoy working collaboratively and who can build positive relationships with students, staff and families.

As a Learning Support Assistant, you will play an important role in helping students to access learning, develop confidence and thrive both academically and personally. Working closely with teaching staff and the SEND team, you will provide tailored support to students both in and out of the classroom, helping to create an inclusive, supportive and engaging learning environment where every student can succeed.

The successful candidates will be patient, adaptable and committed to making a genuine difference to the daily experience of young people. This role would suit someone with experience of working with children or young people, although training and support will be provided for the right candidates.

This is a term-time only position. Full time hours are Monday - Friday 08.45-15.40, and 20 Saturday mornings a year 08.45-12.20. Saturdays are paid at time and a half. Part time working will be considered, but applicants must be available to work term time Saturday mornings.

We reserve the right to interview and appoint prior to the closing date; therefore, early applications are strongly encouraged.

Hockerill Anglo-European College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

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

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.

About Hockerill Anglo-European College

• School type: Academies, None, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 926 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Hockerill Anglo-European College website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/hockerill-anglo-european-college-bishop-s-stortford

We passionately believe that every student deserves the opportunity to be the best they can be and that our school gives them that opportunity. We are a state co-educational day and boarding school for students aged 11 to 18 and offer our students a dynamic, vibrant and exciting learning environment where development of the whole student is our priority. The College offers a rigorous and broad curriculum, and is proud to be one of the largest state schools offering the prestigious International Baccalaureate Middle Years and Diploma programmes. With a twin focus on the two specialisms of Languages and Music, Hockerill offers a truly distinct setting for a world-class education. Located in beautiful grounds on the edge of Bishop’s Stortford the school is in close proximity to London and the South East of England and accepts applications for boarding and day places from students with a current UK passport or the right to residency in the UK.

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