Learning Support Worker
Meadowbrook College, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX3 0PG15 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
27 September 2025 at 12:59am
Date listed
12 September 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £23,027.00 Annually (Actual) Grade 6, Pt 8 - 13
Learning Support Worker job summary
About this role
We are an Alternative Provision Academy based in Oxfordshire working with children from aged 5 to 16. Our Learning Support team works alongside our students to re-engage with their learning by helping them to overcome the difficulties that present as barriers to their learning and success in school. Learning Support Worker may also be involved in supporting students with safeguarding issues by attending associated meetings.
You will be part of a passionate and dedicated team making a real difference to children and young people’s lives. We are looking for someone who possesses a variety of special skills which can be used when working with children, young people and their families: eg: therapeutic mentoring; mental health first aid; safeguarding; managing challenging behaviour; academic support in the classroom. The role requires skills in: coaching, mentoring, mediation and leading/supporting learning; in either group based or 1:1 situations. Programmes are designed to support pupils to increase their capacity and skills to succeed and develop their learning capability.
This exciting and varied role will provide you with a wide range of experiences, including:
key working individual students
developing your skills in working with children with SEMH/ASD/Mental Health difficulties
supporting learning both in and out of the classroom
co-planning and supporting a variety of creative activities
The role is term time only, 37 hours per week.
What skills / experience are required
- Experience of or willingness to support at multi-agency meetings and linking with the family would be desirable.
- Experience of working with children and or young people in either youth work or school settings (primary and secondary aged)
- Achievement of, or working towards a recognised teaching, youth work and/or NVQ Level 2 (or equivalent) coaching qualification
- Maths and English (GCSE Grade 4 or above or Functional skills L2)
What we can offer / about our school
We believe in a shared team ethos, working together using flexible and supportive approaches to develop students’ learning and behaviour. Meadowbrook staff have a ‘can do’ attitude that makes a real difference to the lives of our students; many of which have become disengaged with education and lost the confidence to achieve their full potential. We are always looking for creative and innovative ways forward and offer a variety of opportunities for ongoing professional development/training. Meadowbrook College is a welcoming, nurturing and stimulating environment to work in. If this role appeals to you please contact us to find out more.
Education has the power to change lives, communities and society for the better. At RLT we believe that we can achieve more for our pupils, trainees, staff and communities by working together rather than alone. Schools in RLT are united by a common belief in the benefits of working together, and by our commitment to shared principles.
OUR VISION is for our schools and SCITT to improve rapidly, continuously and sustainably: to be better faster together.
OUR ‘WHY?’ is that children and young people ‘only get one go’ in school and therefore as part of RLT we aim to ensure the best possible ‘go’ for our pupils.
OUR ‘HOW?’ is through the highest support and challenge for our schools and each other, underpinned by our principles.
Our employees benefit from a wide variety of support including extensive continuing professional learning and development opportunities, wellbeing and staff networks and access to Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (TPS and LGPS) for all staff. For more information on what it is like to work for the Trust, and the benefits you could access, please see our “Working in RLT” guide.
This role includes regulated activity relevant to children.
The school reserves the right to consider and interview candidates ahead of the closing date if appropriate. An offer may be made to an exceptional candidate in this instance.
If you would like to have a confidential conversation with Jacqui West, about the role, prior to application, then please email chughes@meadowbrookcollege.org.uk or telephone 01865 253198.
The River Learning Trust and Meadowbrook College are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and preventing extremism. The Trust is required to conduct a variety of checks and online searches about you as part of their recruitment process in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. It is an offence to apply for certain roles within schools if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
For all RLT Safer Recruitment Documentation candidates should click on the following link RLT Safer Recruitment Documents for Candidates. Please see our website for up to date policies including our Child Protection and Behaviour Policies.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. For further guidance for applicants click on this link List of offences that are not filtered
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Meadowbrook College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All staff and volunteers are also expected to promote fundamental British values. This post involves the type of work with children and young people that require applicants to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service check. The possession of a criminal record will not necessarily prevent an applicant from obtaining this post. All cases are considered confidentially and according to the nature of the role and information disclosed. On-line searches are carried out on those shortlisted
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Meadowbrook College
- School type
- Academy, ages 5 to 16
- School size
- 14 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 5 to 16
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Meadowbrook College website
Located across four sites in Oxfordshire: Oxford, Banbury, Kidlington and Abingdon, we are an Alternative Provision (AP) Academy that provides full and part-time education and support to over 150 aged 5-16 students who are excluded from, or are finding it difficult to fully access, their mainstream schools.
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