Learning Support Assistant - Secondary

St Mary's and St John's CofE School, London, NW4 4QR

8 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2026

• Closing date

  19 June 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  11 June 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £25,082.00 - £25,808.00 Annually (Actual) NJC 5-7

Learning Support Assistant - Secondary job summary

Job Purpose:

To provide specialist support to Pupils who have additional needs, including Pupils with Autism, Global Development Delay, Speech and Language difficulties, SEMH, EAL, and our most vulnerable pupils.

To work with teachers and other educational professionals to plan, organise, support and teaching and learning activities; working with individuals or small groups under the direction and in collaboration with teachers and Inclusion department.

Year on year we have recruited a talented and committed staff who share the ambition of creating a uniquely successful school. Colleagues are encouraged to innovate and to develop new ways of learning and working together.

Benefits of working at SMSJ:

• Two-week October Half Term
• Consistent, whole school commitment to learning systems leading to excellent student behaviour, including silent corridors
• High quality CPD with implementation time to embed training
• Paid lunch duties
• Early finish at the end of the Autumn, Spring and Summer terms.
• Nursery wrap-around provision for staff members with children at SMSJ (in line with The School’s Admissions Policy)
• Access to free counselling and other wellbeing support
• Termly staff social events and ‘tea and cake Fridays’
• Car park and off-street parking

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 St Mary's and St John's CofE School

• School type: Academy, Church of England, ages 3 to 18
• Education phase: All through school
• School size: Up to 1780 pupils
• Age range: 3 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St Mary's and St John's CofE School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-mary-s-and-st-john-s-cofe-school-london

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