Learning Support Assistant
The UCL Academy, Camden, NW3 3AQThis job expired on 11 May 2025 – see similar jobs
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
11 May 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
28 April 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
- HLTA (higher level teaching assistant)
- Learning support or cover supervisor
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Working pattern
- Full time: Monday to Friday, 37 hours per week 8.30am-4.30pm
Contract type
- Fixed term - 1 academic year
Full-time equivalent salary
- £30,987 pro rata to £27,060 term time only
What skills and experience we're looking for
Are you an empathic and innovative individual with a passion for supporting pupils, particularly with special educational needs? Would you be interested in working at an Academy that offers unique links to UCL and an innovative connected curriculum and collaborative approach for all students?
The UCL Academy’s SEND department are committed to recruiting talented, highly skilled individuals to support the provision for students in need of learning support and thus are now seeking additional Learning Support Assistants (LSAs)to join their team. The successful candidates should be motivated, confident, can take initiative and build strong relationships with both students and staff alike. Ideally, although not exclusively, experience supporting with physical and sensory needs would be desirable.
Combining subject knowledge with an expertise in four broad specialist areas: ASD, SEMH, Physical & Sensory and SLCN, the LSA team are deployed to support pupils in accessing the broad and balanced curriculum offered to all learners at the Academy. The role includes:
- Supporting students with various strengths and barriers
- Working with individuals and small SEND groups with a dynamic intervention approach;
- Working with teaching staff in the development of appropriate resources for use in individual/group sessions to support the learning of targeted students;
- Communicating with parents, carers (where applicable) and staff regarding key students’ work and progress.
The appointed candidates will have the opportunity to join a highly inclusive school.
What the school offers its staff
We Offer
- State-of-the-art classroom technology – including our unique Superstudios, subject specialism suites and demonstration; theatres for interactive teaching talks by visiting academics;
- Unlimited access to opportunities for self-development and intensive weekly Continuing Professional Learning;
- A whole school wellbeing strategy;
- An exclusive partnership with UCL where staff have access to unrivalled University libraries and resources;
- Suitable IT equipment for all teaching and support staff;
- A generous health care plan, including reimbursement for optical, dental, physiotherapy and a range of other areas, 24/7 GP access, free counselling and discounted membership at over 2,000 gyms nationwide;
- Cycle to Work scheme with ample space for bike storage.
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
-Health check and/or occupational health referral
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About The UCL Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1095 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- The UCL Academy website
- Email address
- hr@uclacademy.co.uk
- Phone number
- 02074493080
The UCL Academy is sponsored by UCL, a world-class, multifaculty, research-led university. UCL's vision is an innovative Academy for pupils aged 11 to 18. We are a comprehensive, co-educational, non-denominational, fully inclusive and an active member of the Camden family of schools.
The Academy is an exciting place for young people to learn and develop as individuals. It offers a high quality, broad and balanced curriculum which is appropriate for pupils of all abilities, irrespective of their gender, ethnicity, social background or faith. Most importantly, it provides an environment in which all pupils are supported to achieve their full potential, and to contribute positively to the community in which they live. The Academy strives for excellence in teaching and learning across the curriculum; develop strong specialisms in mathematics, science and, with a focus on modern foreign languages, provide an education which prepares pupils for "global citizenship". Strong links with community, scientific and cultural organisations, as well as with UCL, are particular features of the Academy.
The UCL Academy is an exciting, stimulating place to learn, with a curriculum which focuses on problem-solving, skills development and 'real world' issues and ideas. Students have the opportunity to undertake extensive project work, and to participate in community activities as well as internships and international exchanges.
The sponsor is keen that the Academy should support all students to develop responsibility for their learning, ensuring that they continue to be challenged and stimulated by their learning throughout their time at the Academy.
The UCL Academy has a strong focus on community and belonging. Students are members of both a house (the Academy has five) and a mentor group: a small group of students, who meet together regularly and who are 'mentored' by a member of staff. Houses provide a focus for intra-school activities; mentor groups ensure that students build strong support networks, including with their staff mentor to enable them to tackle the challenges young people encounter during their Academy lives.
UCL, as sponsor, provides a comprehensive programme of activities and support to enhance teaching at the UCL Academy. This includes lectures and masterclasses from UCL academics in subjects across the curriculum; visits to UCL; and access to the university's extensive resources, including laboratories and libraries. There is also advice for Key Stage 4 students and Sixth Form students on routes into further and higher education, including support with the higher education entry process from UCL admissions tutors, and contact with UCL students acting as tutors and mentors.
Arranging a visit to The UCL Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email hr@uclacademy.co.uk.
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