Secondary Learning Support Assistant

St Mary's and St John's CofE School, London, NW4 4QR

8 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  October 2025

• Closing date

  26 September 2025 at 10am

• Date listed

  18 September 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £28,521.00 - £29,346.00 Annually (FTE) Point 5-7 36 Hours per week – Term Time Only (38 weeks)

Secondary Learning Support Assistant job summary

The successful candidates will provide specialist support to pupils who have additional needs, including pupils with SEMH, EAL, ‘Vulnerable Learners’ and ‘More Able’ abilities, complementing the work of other professionals.

To work with teachers and other educational professionals to plan, organise, support and lead teaching and learning activities; working with individuals or small groups under the direction and in collaboration with teachers and Inclusion department.

Career Opportunities: 

• A high-trust, supportive culture focused on innovation and continuing professional development
• A focus on collaborative working in high performing subject teams
• A unique opportunity to develop skills and expertise in an all-through setting
• Opportunities for career progression.

What we can offer:

• The opportunity to work in a community rooted in Christian values and principles where the dignity of every individual is paramount
• A commitment to improving colleagues’ working experience through a focus on workload and wellbeing
• Nursery wrap around provision for staff members with children at SMSJ
• Staff are allocated a place for their children in the primary and secondary phases of the school (in line with the school’s Admissions Policy)
• An openness to flexible working to benefit both the school and home
• A focus on staff wellbeing within a close knit and supportive community.

Who we are: 

St Mary’s and St John’s CofE School is an all-through school in Hendon, North London, successfully providing high quality education and academic achievement for children and young people from Nursery to Sixth Form. We are proud to be a diverse, multi-faith, harmonious school, with a distinctive Christian ethos, resolute in the belief that "With God, all things are possible". In a changing world our values; Wisdom, Service and Hope, define us, strengthen relationships with our parents and children, and provide guiding principles that enable us to deliver academic excellence and promote self-discipline and resilience. 

Please contact Mrs Ryan, Personnel Officer (recruitment@smsj.london) for further information or a confidential discussion.

Closing Date for applications: Friday 26th September 2025 9am

We reserve the right to close the application process early if suitable candidates apply. 

St Mary’s and St John’s CE School is committed to the highest standards of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers 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.

The school embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. We wish to further develop a diverse community and encourage applications from all sections of society.

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 St Mary's and St John's CofE School

• School type: Academy, Church of England, ages 3 to 18
• Education phase: Through
• School size: Up to 1780 pupils
• Age range: 3 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St Mary's and St John's CofE School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-mary-s-and-st-john-s-cofe-school-london

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