Learning Support Assistant SEN

Wimbledon College, London, SW19 4NS

17 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  13 April 2026 at 1pm

• Date listed

  27 March 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £28,617.00 - £29,856.00 Annually (FTE) Actual Pro rata Salary £23,405- £24,419 p.a.

Learning Support Assistant SEN job summary

JOB REQUIREMENTS:

• Term Time Hours - 8.30am to 3.30pm 32 1/2 hours per week over 5 days.
• Working with a wide range of class teachers to deliver excellent teaching and learning.
• Coaching children on a 1:1 basis.
• Accompanying groups on trips.
• Supporting assessment and evidencing learning
• Maintaining a safe and positive environment for all learners
• Creating opportunities for all learners to reach their potential, irrespective of ability

WHAT WE OFFER:

• Flexible, term-time hours (based on 39 weeks per year: term time plus 5 days)
• Pro Rata 6.8 weeks p.a. holiday Pay, spread over monthly payments
• A warm friendly community where all are respected and valued
• Good opportunities for personal and career development
• Pension Scheme.
• Free access to employee assistance programme.
• Situated minutes from Wimbledon Common and Village, with exceptional facilities on site for staff including swimming pool and gym.
• Great transport links with Bus, Train, Tube and Tram stops nearby.

THE RIGHT CANDIDATE WILL HAVE:

• GCSE English and Maths at grade C or above.
• a proven ability to work on their own initiative.
• a high level of communication skills and the ability to relate positively to children and adults.
• the ability to use relevant technology/equipment.
• a can-do attitude.
• a commitment to the happiness well-being, self-esteem and progress of everyone at the school.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role.

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

At Wimbledon College we recognise our moral and statutory responsibility to safeguard and promote the welfare of all pupils.
We make every effort to provide an environment in which children and adults feel safe, secure, valued and respected, and feel confident to talk if they are worried, believing they will be effectively listened to.

We are alert to the signs of abuse and neglect and follow our procedures to ensure that children receive effective support, protection and justice. Child protection forms part of the school’s safeguarding policy.

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 Wimbledon College

• School type: Local authority maintained school, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1258 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Wimbledon College website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/wimbledon-college

Wimbledon College is a popular and oversubscribed school which prides itself on its exam results at both GCSE and A level with results significantly above national averages. As a Jesuit school, our ethos can be summed up by St Ignatius Loyola’s vision for Jesuit schools as being “for improvement in living and learning for the greater glory of God and the common good.” Central to St Ignatius’ vision and to the College is the education of the whole person, providing each pupil with the opportunity to strive for excellence in all that they do.

The school is accommodated in striking Grade II listed buildings on Edge Hill, above the parish church of the Sacred Heart, on a spacious green site in a conservation area. Private and public funds have facilitated a substantial development of the facilities of the College over the last fifteen years.
The College currently has close to 1300 boys on roll including 270 in the Sixth Form. It is a great place to work with a supportive, committed staff who share the school’s high expectations. All teachers are specialists in their subjects and there is a well-established CPD programme which encourages staff to work collaboratively on self-identified areas of research and pedagogy.

Wimbledon College has a strong system of pastoral care and discipline. All teachers are form tutors and work with Heads of Line in ensuring every boy is supported, cared for and challenged to progress academically and become involved in the wider life of the school. The school’s intake is truly comprehensive academically, socially and economically and ethnically. It draws from across southwest London and from Surrey and north of the Thames also. Last year saw boys join the College from over 40 different schools. Places in Y7 are regularly oversubscribed threefold.

We encourage all of our boys to be involved in extra-curricular clubs and activities and we offer over 80 different such opportunities to the boys. The school has a strong tradition of drama and music as well as a very extensive sports programme in the school, financially supported by parents’ donations to the School Fund.

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