Learning Support Assistant

Are you passionate about supporting young people to overcome challenges, build confidence and achieve success?

At Barnwood Park School, we are seeking a caring and committed Learning Support Assistant to join our welcoming school community.

Working alongside teachers and other colleagues, you will provide targeted support both in and beyond the classroom, helping students develop the skills, resilience and confidence they need to thrive throughout their secondary education.

As a Learning Support Assistant, you will support learning across a range of subjects and year groups.

You will work with individual students and small groups, help to create a focused learning environment, and contribute to the wider pastoral and inclusion work of the school.

• To provide speech and language intervention
• To provide in-class support for identified individual students or small groups of students (e.g. 4-5 students), including specialist subject support as appropriate
• Under the direction of the class teacher, to assist in the management of the whole class through the overt modelling of effective behaviour management techniques
• Under the direction of a class teacher, SENCO, to develop and lead small group work for identified students supporting their ability to manage the symptoms of their SEMH, including anxiety as well as to contribute to the appropriate paperwork for these group
• To assist in the production of teaching and learning materials for students, including differentiating the materials
• To provide after school support for identified students as required
• To provide regular feedback to the class teacher and to the SENDCo or the relevant line manage
• To provide support for students with social, emotional and mental health difficulties
• To use appropriate systems for recording the progress of students with learning difficulties
• To provide data and information to inform Annual and Transition Review paperwork, PSPs (Pastoral Support Programmes), Student Profile documentation and Academic Reporting

• Has basic understanding of child development and learning
• The ability to work constructively as part of a team, follow line management structures and understand classroom roles and your own position within those responsibilities
• The ability to take the initiative to support students presenting with a range of SEND
• The ability to work in a flexible way and think ‘outside the box’ in order to co-produce learning plans that support a young person’s resilience
• To show commitment to the SEND team to ensure that it continues to develop strength and expertise across the broad areas of SEND
• To be able to form empathetic relationships with young people and be able to communicate their needs effectively to other professionals
• Commitment to high standards and expectations
• Knowledge of strategies to recognise and reward efforts and achievements along with the ability to encourage students to become resilient, self-reliant and independent learners
• Knowledge of the broad areas of SEND
• Experience of working with children who present with anxiety and other social, emotional and mental health difficulties
• Excellent communication with children and parents/carers.
• Good behaviour management
• Able to adapt activities to suit the child
• Possess strong interpersonal skills
• Be dependable, able to follow instruction and respond to management directions
• Have a willingness to extend skills through appropriate training
• Have good working ICT Knowledge
• Committed to the safeguarding of children

Barnwood Park is an 11-16 school situated in the heart of Gloucester. Since June 2024, we have been on an ambitious journey of rapid improvement, supported by the expertise and guidance of the Greenshaw Learning Trust. Officially joining the Trust on January 1, 2025, we are seeking passionate individuals to help us continue transforming Barnwood Park into one of the highest-performing schools in the country.

At Barnwood Park, we believe there is no limit to what students can achieve under the right conditions. Our mission is to equip every child with the knowledge, skills, and confidence to…