Student Support Services - Primary Learning Support Coordinator - August 2025 start

Reports to: The Deputy Principal, Head of Primary (or designated member of the Primary Leadership Team) 

Responsibilities: To lead the development of school policies, practices and procedures related to learning support ensuring they meet the needs of individual students

To manage and effectively deploy learning support staff and demonstrate best practice in teaching and learning

The Student Support Services Department

Student Support Services (SSS) is a multidisciplinary team approach which aims to support BST students to enjoy learning and achieve their goals through helping to provide a safe, secure and stimulating environment. Across the roles in our team we share experience and skills in Counselling, English as an Additional Language (EAL), Medical and Healthcare, and Learning Support (LS). The Primary Learning Support Coordinator plays a key role in promoting inclusive teaching and learning, ensuring that all students are given the support they need to succeed academically and socially while fostering an inclusive educational environment at BST.

The Primary Learning Support Coordinator leads, coordinates, and delivers targeted learning support programs aimed at raising the attainment of students on the Register of Need. This role involves working closely with students, teachers, parents and external agencies to ensure an inclusive, supportive, and enriching learning environment for all students. The Primary Learning Support Coordinator is responsible for managing the Learning Support team and ensuring seamless communication with all stakeholders.

Key Areas of Responsibility

 Individual Needs 

• Lead the development of school policies, practices and procedures related to learning support 
• In collaboration with the Secondary Learning Support Coordinator, lead and manage whole school approaches and ensure vertical alignment within Learning Support
• Lead and monitor our learning support provision, ensuring it meets the needs of students on our Register of Need.
• Implement and promote a Response to Intervention (RTI) model, addressing teacher concerns and facilitating support requests.
• Maintain and update Student Learner Profiles, tracking individual challenges and appropriate support strategies.
• Build processes by which parents are included as partners.
• Oversee provision for students who have a one-to-one LSTA, through the Team Around the Child (TAC) plan.
• Coordinate assessments for identified students, writing and communicating reports to parents and staff
• Monitor quantitative and qualitative data available to evaluate the impact of chosen strategies on learning 

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 curriculum areas, foster and maintain students’ interest in learning, 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 regards to students’ achievements and well-being.
• Have high expectations of behaviour, and establish a framework for adhering to the school’s code of conduct
• Take responsibility for improving teaching through appropriate professional development, responding to advice and feedback from colleagues

Emotional and Social Development

• Provide support for students with emotional, behavioural, and social challenges, helping to develop their social skills and self-esteem.
• Facilitate peer interactions and small group activities to promote inclusion and community engagement.

Team Management, Collaboration and Communication

• Manage and effectively deploy Learning Support teaching and support staff as well as financial and physical resources in order to support teaching and learning 
• Line manage Learning Support teachers, Educational Assistants and Learning Support Teaching Assistants, ensuring professional growth and effective resource deployment.
• Support teachers in terms of adaptive teaching strategies to meet the needs of the students in their class(es). 
• Work closely with teachers, parents, and external agencies to develop and implement effective learning strategies for students with additional needs.
• Collaborate with other members of the Student Support Services team to create a holistic, student-centered support network.
• Support smooth transitions for students, especially from Year 6 to Year 7, through effective communication with parents and staff.

Wider School Involvement

• Participate in school development planning and work with senior leadership to align Learning Support with broader school priorities. Contribute to the relevant sections of the school’s evaluation and improvement documentation.
• Support the admissions process so that the school is able to identify to what extent it is able to meet the needs of the individual and make informed placement decisions.
• Contribute to extracurricular activities and school-wide duties

Other responsibilities

• 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.
• Attend, and take an active part in, residential trips 
• Other reasonable requests made by the Head of the Primary School and Senior Leadership Team.

How to Apply

Please see the full job description, and apply directly here: LS Coordinator.

Closing date for applications: January 5th 2025

BST 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.