Learning Support Assistant

Queen Alexandra College; Metchley; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 21,000; Full time

Job summary

Queen Alexandra College in Harborne, Birmingham invites applications for a Learning Support Assistant to provide high-quality learning and pastoral support to students with SEND. You will work closely with teaching staff to deliver individualised assistance, promote inclusion, and support learners to achieve their learning goals and independence.

This full-time role requires a compassionate, adaptable approach; you will contribute to safeguarding, participate in team meetings, and help create

Qualifications

• Experience supporting students with SEND or in education settings.
• Strong communication and teamwork skills.
• Ability to adapt teaching approaches to diverse learning needs.

Responsibilities

• Provide learning support to students with SEND.
• Assist with lesson preparation and differentiated resources.
• Support safeguarding and student wellbeing.
• Participate in team meetings and reviews.
• Assist with breaks, transport, and personal care as needed.

Skills

Student support

Communication

Teamwork

Adaptability

Behaviour management

Job description

Learning Support Assistant

Application Deadline: 6 October 2026

Department: Learning Support

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Harborne, Birmingham, UK

Reporting To: LSA Managers

Compensation: £18,973.16 - £21,056.83 / year

Description

Salary : £18,973.16 - £21,056.83

Hours : 32.5 Hours Per Week

Weeks: 39 Working Weeks Per Year

Job Purpose

To provide high quality learning and pastoral support to students with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND), enabling them to access education, develop independence, achieve their learning goals, and participate fully in college life. The Learning Support Assistant works closely with teaching staff and other professionals to deliver individualised support, promote inclusion, maintain student wellbeing, and help learners develop the skills they need for further education, employment, and independent living.

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Interviews to be held on 15th October 2026

Key Responsibilities & Safeguarding

Learning

• Recognising & Recording progress of students against their targets
• Understand Curriculum area and broad course objectives including the techniques utilised to evidence progress (such as photographs, videos, and witness statements).
• Participate in team meetings
• Adaptable approach to different learning styles of our students
• Understand disability theory & practical implementation of this to engage students in learning
• Adapt styles of communication to develop a positive and constructive learning environment
• Liaise and implement strategies from specialists (IT/SLT/ Physio)
• Support communication through the development of your own skills in communication methods (PECs/Makaton/BSL)
• Support Tutors to ensure the classroom environment is suitable for students sensory or support needs
• Support Tutor in the creation and preparation of differentiated resources.

Personal Tutoring

• Undertake tutorials with your assigned students on a regularly directed basis.
• Agree with your assigned students, a range of targets and review these regularly.
• Attend and participate in the annual and transitions reviews for your students

Social & Emotional Support

• Recognise the social and emotional needs of our students and adapt your support in line with the agreed strategies to support positive improvements
• Contribute to the development and updating of Positive Support Plans and Risk Assessments
• De-escalate behaviour that challenges in line with the positive behaviour support plan, utilising all training and MAPA techniques where applicable.
• Undertake preventative work to reduce the likelihood of behaviour that challenges.

Break & Lunch Support

• During unstructured time, support students to ensure ratios and safety are addressed at all times.
• Support the students to engage with their peers or chosen activities.
• Lead and support students during club/ directed study or enrichment activities, sharing your knowledge where applicable.

Personal Care

• Support students with a range of hygiene needs, including feeding, toileting and changing clothes.
• Ensure the personal care needs are met in line with care plan and performed with respect and dignity.
• Support students to access the full campus and activities, which may require you to push wheelchairs/ guide wheelchairs/ sighted guide students.

General

• Use technology to access information on students to ensure their support needs are met.
• Ability to talk to external professionals, families and careers, where directed to support students
• Participate in personal education, including mandatory and skills development training
• Actively engage with Peer Mentoring for yourself, along with new and existing colleagues.
• Support students to access activities in the community to develop their independence.

Other Duties

• QAC employees may be expected to undertake designated emergency response duties as part of their role. This includes:
• Receiving appropriate training, instruction and information to carry out emergency procedures safely and effectively.
• Responding to emergency situations in line with organisational policies and procedures.
• Supporting the organisation’s compliance with relevant Health and Safety legislation.

As part of our commitment to safeguarding, and in line with updated guidance published in September 2026, we will carry out an online search of all shortlisted candidates. This search may enable us to identify any incidents or issues that have happened, and publicly available for review online, which we may wish to explore with you in further detail during the interview process. As part of your application we have asked you to provide the account names, usernames and/or handles for any social media platform that you use, as well as the names of any websites that you own, post on, or contribute to. A Google search will also be conducted. These checks will only be conducted if you are shortlisted for interview. Please see our safer recruitment and selection policy for further information.

Under Section 7 of SVGA 2006 it is an offence to apply for the role if the applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. The College's Safeguarding Policies are available