Learning Support Assistant (Bank)

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Learning Support Assistant (Bank), Stanmore, £14.80

Employment Type

Zero hour

Application Start Date

02-07-2026

Application End Date

13-07-2026

Location

Stanmore

Zip Code

HA7 4BQ

Country

United Kingdom

Description

JOB DESCRIPTION

Job Title	Learning Support Assistant (Bank)
Contract	Temporary, Term Time Only
Job location	Elm Park Campus, Stanmore
Department	Learning Support
Reports to	Learning Support Manager
Salary Range	£14.80 (+ holiday pay) per hour

Job Purpose:

The Learning Support Assistant (Bank) at Stanmore College provides vital support to students with special education needs, disabilities, learning and mental health difficulties. You will assist in developing and delivering tailored support programs, work directly with students in the classroom or in small group settings, and help them overcome learning barriers. The role focuses on building relationships with students to maximize their learning potential and includes providing additional learning support to adult students.

Duties Specific to the Post:

To provide learning support for individual learners both in classes and in a 1:1 or small group basis.
Assisting the Learning Support Manager to develop a suitable programme of support and carrying out the programme within the classroom or in a withdrawal situation.
Recording and monitoring students’ progress for all students’ supported and providing data back in a timely manner.
Participate in Progress and Annual reviews as and when required for your allocated student/s.
Providing feedback on students’ difficulties and or progress to the Learning Support Manager and class teacher.
Writing reports about the students’ progress as requested by the Learning Support Manager.
Helping to adapt or find differentiated materials to enable students to access the class curriculum
Participating in the evaluation of the support programme with the Learning Support Manager and class teacher.
Reporting any problems about arrangements or any incidents to the Learning Support Manager or, if unavailable, to the class teacher.
Building relationships with students who have additional needs to help them overcome barriers to learning and supporting them to maximise their learning potential
Assisting students with personal needs as required.
Participating in relevant professional development.
Accompanying students on external visits.
Performing administrative, organisational and other tasks relating to the work of the College, including participation in team meetings, invigilation etc.

General:

Participate in open evenings and recruitment activities to ensure that potential applicants and students receive accurate information and guidance.
Ensure all data is handled in line with General Data Protection Regulations.
Taking responsibility for health and safety, equality & diversity, copyright and data protection within the scope of the post.
Take appropriate responsibility to provide a secure, safe and friendly learning environment including implementation of the College’s Health and Safety Policy.
Committed to Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, ensuring that this commitment is demonstrated in all aspects of the role as appropriate.

Further education is an ever-changing service, and all staff are expected to participate constructively in college activities and to adopt a flexible approach to their work. This job description will be reviewed annually during the appraisal process and will be varied in the light of the business needs of the college.

The postholder can be required to carry out any other duties consistent with the grade of the post, at any site on which the College may operate.

Closing Date: Thursday, 2^nd July 2026

Interview Date: Monday, 13^th July 2026

Downloads

JD - LSA (Bank) updated.pdf

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Please supply the name and contact details of two professional referees. One referee must be your current or most recent employer. If your current/most recent employment does/did not involve work with children, then your second referee should be from your employer with whom you most recently worked with children.

The college intends to take up references on all shortlisted candidates before interview.

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All posts involving direct contact with vulnerable children are exempts from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

The amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975 (2013) provide that certain spent convictions and cautions are "protected". These are not subject to disclosure to employers and cannot be taken into account. Guidance and criteria on the filtering of these cautions and convictions can be found on the Disclosure and Barring Service website. This means that they do not need to be disclosed to employers and, if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.

Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed, can be found on the Ministry of Justice website.

Do you have any unspent cautions or convictions under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974? * Required

Do you have any adult cautions (simple or conditional) or spent convictions that are not protected as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020? * Required

Overseas Criminal Records Check

If you have lived abroad for 3 months or more (from the age of 16), you will be required to complete the application process for obtaining overseas police check as condition for employment.

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Declarations

I understand that any offer of employment that I may receive will be dependent upon receipt by Stanmore College of a) proof of the right to work in the UK, b) medical clearance, c) satisfactory Enhanced DBS certificate and check of the Barred list, d) satisfactory references.

When Sumbmitting your application, you have provided consent to the information that you have given on the application form being processed for the purpose of assessing suitability or for employment and, if appointed, for the purpose of your employment with Stanmore College, including passing personal information to a third party where necessary (e.g.: outdourced payroll provide). For futher information on the processing of your personal data, please see the staff Privacy Notice on the Stanmore College website Stanmore College - Your future starts here. The Privacn Notice Statement for applicants can be found at Stanmore College Privacy Statement (Staff) - Stanmore College and Data Protecti

I hereby certify that all the information given by me on this application form is correct to the best of my knowledge, that all the questions relating to me have been accurately and fully answered, and that I possess all the qualification which I claim to hold and I confirm that I have never been disqualified from working with Children, cautioned or sanctioned in this regard.

I understand that providing false or misleading information could result in my application being rejected or (if the false or misleading information comes to light after my appointment) summary dismissal and may amount to a criminal offence

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