Teaching and Learning Assistant

Acland Burghley School, London, NW5 1UJ

6 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  10 December 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  1 December 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
• Working pattern: Full time: 35 hours per week, 39 weeks per year
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: Scale 4, point 7, salary £27,761 per annum

What skills and experience we're looking for

Acland Burghley School is seeking to appoint an exceptional Teaching & Learning Assistantto join the team. Successful applicants will have a passionate commitment to ensuring that every child makes outstanding academic progress. They will understand the role that adults within the classroom can play in supporting young people with additional educational needs to develop independence and to overcome barriers to learning.

The post holders will be members of the Additional Educational Needs Faculty, which supports learning across the school as well as in the specialist Autism Resource Base. Their work will be supporting faculty teams to deliver an outstanding quality of provision for all students.

What the school offers its staff

At Acland Burghley we have a two-tier Teaching & Learning Assistant structure. Alongside Teaching & Learning Assistants, we also have Senior Teaching & Learning Assistants who have additional responsibilities in the school.

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

Acland Burghley School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful candidates will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS Check, online vetting check and to demonstrate full understanding of the school’s safeguarding policies and procedures.

Applying for the job

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About Acland Burghley School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1218 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Acland Burghley School website
• Email address: recruitment@aclandburghley.camden.sch.uk
• Phone number: 02074858515
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/acland-burghley-school

Situated close to Hampstead Heath in the heart of North London, Acland Burghley is a mixed, inclusive, community comprehensive school that enjoys high levels of parental support and a close collaborative relationship with other local schools. It is part of the popular and highly successful LaSWAP post-16 consortium with Parliament Hill, La Sainte Union and William Ellis Schools, and a founder member of Camden Learning.

Arranging a visit to Acland Burghley School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@aclandburghley.camden.sch.uk.

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