Learning Support Assistants
Queensmead School, Ruislip, Middlesex, HA4 0LS18 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
30 September 2025 at 9am
Date listed
12 September 2025
Job details
Job role
- Learning support or cover supervisor
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: 26.67 hours per week / 38 weeks per year / 8.55am to 2.55pm (with unpaid breaks)
Contract type
- Fixed term - Ends 31st August 2026
Full-time equivalent salary
- £28,221 per annum (full time)
Actual salary
- £17,577 per annum (actual salary)
What skills and experience we're looking for
LEARNING SUPPORT ASSISTANTS
NJC Scale, Point 2
£17,577 Actual Salary per annum (£28,221 FTE)
Minimum 26.67 hrs per week / 38 weeks per annum
Required as soon as possible
Closing date: Tuesday 30th September 2025 (9am)
This is an exciting opportunity to join one of the best schools in Northwest London. We have a reputation for teaching excellence, which leads to exceptional outcomes for our students at both GCSE and A level. We invest heavily in our staff and we are very proud of their success.
The Inclusion Department is seeking enthusiastic and dedicated Learning Support Assistants to join our hard working team. The successful candidate should be able to demonstrate initiative, flexibility and an ability to work cooperatively with staff and students. They will be expected to support students, aged 11-18 years of age, who experience a range of learning difficulties.
This is a fixed term position until 15th July 2026 and will be reviewed at the end of this period.
Hours of work are Monday to Friday, 8.55am to 2.55pm, with unpaid breaks. All staff are invited to do paid break duties at the rate of £15 per duty (depending on availability). In addition to this you can choose to increase your working hours from 8.30am to 3.30pm and this will lead to an increase in your basic pay.
Please apply using the Queensmead School application form. All application forms must be completed with a covering letter addressed toMiss R Johnston, Head Teacher, and sent to:- recruitment@qmschool.org.uk
Applications will be shortlisted and interviewed at the earliest opportunity.
Early applications for this post are recommended.
If you are shortlisted for an interview, online searches may be done as part of the school’s due diligence checks.
Queensmead School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The appointment is subject to references and anenhanced DBS check.
What the school offers its staff
Benefits:-
A comprehensive induction programme will be provided
Ongoing extensive CPD programme
Free membership of the Fitness Zone at Queensmead Sports Centre
Free BUPA Health Care Plan (Includes benefits worth approximately £2000)
Ride to Work Scheme
Free access to Goals Soccer Centre
Refer a Friend Scheme
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Queensmead School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The appointment is subject to references and an enhanced DBS check.
Applying for the job
This job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
Upload additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Queensmead School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1499 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Queensmead School website
- Email address
- recruitment@qmschool.org.uk
- Phone number
- 02088456266
About Queensmead School
Queensmead School is based in South Ruislip, Middlesex, and is a ‘Good’, oversubscribed 11-18 mixed comprehensive school where students achieve very highly and display ‘excellent behaviour’ (Ofsted). It currently has around 1,450 students.
Head Teacher
Rhona Johnston
Values and Vision
Queensmead School strives to maintain a learning environment where students can reach their maximum potential, wherever their skills may lie. Technology is a key part of the education environment, with devices such as visualisers, iPads and Chromebooks a regular classroom feature. There is also a strong emphasis on attendance and punctuality, with these qualities seen as essential to the learning process and academic endeavour.
Queensmead offers students the chance to participate in activities such as music tuition and sports, with facilities including basketball courts, a fitness zone and access to five-a-side football pitches. International experiences offered to secondary students include language development in France, Germany and Spain, trekking excursions in Morocco, and skiing in Italy and Austria.
Ofsted Report
“There is a strong culture of respect and tolerance at the school. Pupils are calm and mature. The school’s values of kindness, respect, resilience and independence shine through when staff and pupils interact... Behaviour around the school is excellent. All staff are supported by leaders and school systems to maintain high expectations of pupils’ behaviour... ”
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