Learning Support Assistant

Woodcote High School, Coulsdon, Surrey, CR5 2EH

6 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  14 October 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  7 October 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £23,914.00 - £25,441.00 Annually (Actual) This role is at our TCT pay scale of P7 (£28,134) to P11 (£29,931). It is a term time only role for 38 working weeks. You will be paid for 44.2 weeks (including 6.2 weeks annual leave) spread equally across 12 months

Learning Support Assistant job summary

As a Learning Support Assistant, you will play a key role in helping pupils access learning, make progress, and achieve their potential. Working closely with teachers and the SEND team, you will provide high-quality support to individuals, small groups, and whole classes, adapting your approach to meet a range of learning needs.

This is a flexible role, with deployment across different classes, year groups, and settings according to the academy's needs. You will help create a positive, inclusive, and supportive learning environment by reinforcing teaching, promoting pupil independence, supporting behaviour and wellbeing, and contributing to the implementation of individual support plans.

Alongside classroom support, you will assist with assessment activities, maintain accurate records, supervise pupils during transitions and unstructured times, and undertake administrative tasks that support teaching and learning. As a positive role model, you will uphold the values of The Collegiate Trust, engage in ongoing professional development, and maintain a strong commitment to safeguarding and pupil welfare at all times

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 Woodcote High School

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 19
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 1250 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Woodcote High School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/woodcote-high-school-coulsdon

Woodcote High School has long been a top choice for parents in the Coulsdon & Purley area of South London. Located in a pleasant suburban setting on the borders of Surrey, Sutton and Croydon, the school has a rural feel but is officially in the Outer London salary band.

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