Student Support Services - Learning Support Teacher - August 2025 start

Reports to: Secondary Learning Support Coordinator, (Secondary School), Head of School (Secondary)

Responsibilities: To plan and deliver effective 1:1 and small group lessons, and to assist staff in planning programmes, strategies and approaches for individual students in the classroom.

To assist with the ongoing development and delivery of the School’s Student Support Services Policy.

To be a Form Tutor and contribute to the school’s extracurricular programme.

The Student Support Services Department

The Learning Support Teacher is an integral part of the Student Support Services (SSS) team, which provides a multidisciplinary approach to supporting BST students. SSS aims to create a safe and stimulating environment that helps students enjoy learning and achieve their goals. The team brings expertise in Counseling, English for Academic Purposes (EAP), Learning Support (LS), and medical and Healthcare. The role involves providing both preventative development work and responsive support to meet the individual and group needs of students, ensuring their academic, social, and emotional well-being.

The ideal candidate will be an enthusiastic teacher with a passion for Learning Support, skilled in using evidence-based teaching strategies to foster inclusion and challenge for all students. With experience in mixed-ability classrooms, the Learning Support Teacher will collaborate closely with staff, students, parents, and external agencies to deliver tailored support that promotes student success. This role requires a commitment to a student-centered, holistic approach, emphasising communication, collaboration, and building relationships based on fairness, trust, and mutual respect.

Key Areas of Responsibility

 Individual Needs

•  Foster an inclusive learning environment both in and outside of the classroom, ensuring students can access a full range of learning experiences.
• Promote positive relationships with all students, encouraging self-esteem, independence, and mutual respect.
• Identify students with learning challenges, maintaining the Register of Need and Student Learner Profiles.
• Collaborate with teachers and external specialists to adapt resources and teaching strategies to meet individual needs.
• Lead and manage learning support programs to raise the attainment of students with additional needs.
• Support students with emotional, behavioural, and social challenges, promoting development through small group and peer interactions.

Teaching and Learning

• Promote inclusion by supporting students in both individual and group settings to enhance academic, social, and emotional development.
• Be an exemplary teacher, clearly demonstrating effective planning, teaching organisation, and demanding high standards of attainment and behaviour in all lessons.
• Have a secure knowledge of the relevant subject and curriculum areas, foster and maintain students’ interest in the subject, and address misunderstandings.
• Adapt teaching approaches to individual needs and ensure an inclusive, engaging learning atmosphere.
• Use evidence-informed strategies to plan and deliver lessons that promote progress and challenge for all students
• Monitor and analyze student progress, assessing the impact of interventions and adjusting strategies as necessary.
• Give students regular feedback, both orally and through accurate marking, and encourage students to respond to the feedback.
• Guide students to reflect on the progress they have made and their emerging needs
• Monitor individual student achievement and respond accordingly
• Communicate effectively with parents with regard to students’ achievements and well-being.
• Have high expectations of behaviour, and establish a framework for adhering to the schools code of conduct
• Take responsibility for improving teaching through appropriate professional development, responding to advice and feedback from colleagues

Collaboration and Communication

• Support subject teachers in terms of adaptive teaching strategies to meet the needs of the students in their class(es).
• Work closely with subject teachers, parents, and external agencies to develop and implement effective learning strategies for students with additional needs.
• Ensure open communication with parents regarding student progress, well-being, and support plans.
• Act as a liaison for smooth transitions between year groups, especially for students moving from Year 6 to Year 7.
• Support the development of Student Learner Profiles in collaboration with the Student Support Services Team, highlighting strengths and growth areas.

Leadership and Professional Development

• Line manage Educational Assistants and Learning Support Teaching Assistants, providing guidance and support in their roles.
• Contribute to the professional development of colleagues, sharing strategies and best practices for inclusive teaching.
• Contribute to the relevant sections of the school’s evaluation and improvement documentation
• Lead extracurricular activities and support pastoral programs to promote the holistic development of students.

Other roles

• Have regard for the need to safeguard students’ well-being, in accordance with the school’s provision
• Treat students with dignity, building relationships rooted in mutual respect
• Actively participate in the wider life of the school, contributing to its inclusive ethos and supportive environment.
• Be a Tutor as part of our House system.
• Complete duties around the school in accordance with the weekly Duty Rota
• Run, or assist in running, extra-curricular and service activities
• Deliver assigned Wednesday afternoon Explore sessions, Duke of Edinburgh or Life Skills
• Attend, and take an active part in, residential curriculum trips as part of the BST Outdoors programme
• Other reasonable requests made by the Head of the Secondary School and Senior Leadership Team.

How to Apply

Please see the full job description, and apply via our website directly via the following link: LS Teacher.

Closing date for applications: January 5th 2025

The British School in Tokyo welcomes applications from suitably skilled applicants from all backgrounds.

This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check or International Child Protection Check, and provision of satisfactory background checks for at least the past 5 years.

Further information about the school is available on the School’s website www.bst.ac.jp