Learning Support Assistant (Term-Time)

Blossom House School; London; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Blossom House School is seeking a dedicated Learning Support Assistant. This role focuses on supporting pupils with complex communication and learning difficulties in a nurturing environment. You will play a vital role in enhancing children's communication skills and providing vital personal care and assistance during lessons and activities. The ideal candidate will be resilient, confident, and have a strong passion for supporting students with Special Educational Needs.

Qualifications

• Strong communication skills and the ability to support children’s learning.
• Experience delivering personal self-care support is advantageous.
• Ability to manage small groups of children with complex needs.

Responsibilities

• Provide 1-1 and whole-class support to specific children.
• Support pupils' communication skills both in school and during trips.
• Assist with mealtime supervision and manage challenging behavior.

Skills

Mental and physical resilience

Confidence

Clear written and spoken English

Ability to build relationships

Patience and empathy

Education

Experience working with children with Special Education Needs (SEN)

Job description

The role is Permanent, Term-Time (approx., 36 weeks per annum)

Monday to Friday (08:30 – 17:00)

Salary:£27,008 - £29,350 pro rata, depending on experience (£23,150 - £25,157 salary for term-time, 36 weeks pa).

To Start: September 2025

Our special outstanding school is constantly growing, providing a supportive, nurturing learning environment for more and more children. Due to this expansion, we have an opportunity for you to be a part of a trans-disciplinary team of dedicated friendly Teachers, Therapists and Learning Support Assistants.

What the role involves:

You will not find yourself getting bored in this role! Each day brings new challenges, and opportunities for development and to demonstrate your supportive skills as a Learning Support Assistant. Your role may involve providing ad-hoc or dedicated 1-1 support to specific children and providing whole-class support in sessions. You’ll help to support the pupil’s communication skills at school, when out in the community and on trips, assist with administration, and provide ad-hoc management or support with challenging behaviour.

Situated on the Wimbledon campus, you will be working within a specialist SEN provision for secondary pupils with complex communication and learning difficulties alongside significant medical needs. Many of the children have speech disorders which affect their intelligibility, and all pupils have complex communication difficulties. The pupils may also have difficulty with eating and drinking so they need close supervision during mealtimes. Our aim is to provide them with a nurturing environment to develop their communication, independence, and emotional regulation, within an education setting to facilitate their access to learning alongside their peers. Class sizes are a maximum of 6 pupils supported by a Class Teacher, one Learning Support Assistant and Speech and Language Therapists and Occupational Therapists. The children in Wimbledon provision do not access the National Curriculum but instead are provided with a functional curriculum where communication and practical real-life learning is the main focus.

The ideal candidate will have:

• Supporting our students can sometimes be challenging, mental and physical resilience are qualities necessary for all our staff.
• Confidence, enthusiasm and a passion for learning.
• An ability and confidence to function independently as and when required.
• Excellent English skills (clear written and spoken English) along with good reading, writing and numeracy skills.
• The ability to build good working relationships with children, teachers, parents and carers.
• Experience of working with children with Special Education Needs (SEN).
• Experience of providing personal self-care support to pupils will be an advantage. Please note that providing self-care support is an important expectation of the role.
• The ability to manage a small group of children with complex communication needs with patience and empathy.

HOW TO APPLY

Click on the 'Apply now' button below. You can find the application form in the supporting documents below. Please upload your CV and a completed application form. The closing date for applications is Thursday 10th July 2025

This role is subject to the relevant Safeguarding checks, which will include an Enhanced DBS check, the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.

We can only shortlist based on completed applications and not CV’s alone.