Learning Support Assistant

Required: 6th January 2025

 About The Hurlingham Academy:

The Hurlingham Academy is a very special community. Ofsted officially recognised our mixed comprehensive school as ‘outstanding’ in March 2024 and inspectors saw that ‘pupils behave exceptionally well and achieve highly.’ Our GCSE results consistently place us in the top 5 United Learning academies and our students have made ‘well above average’ progress for the last six years. This year, a tremendous 85% of students achieved a grade 4 or above in English and maths, with 75% achieving grade 5 or above in the two subjects. At the higher levels, 41% of all students achieved a grade 7 or above in English and maths.

These tremendous results are due to the unique culture that has developed at The Hurlingham Academy. The highest expectations of students and real academic rigour are combined with a strong focus on developing the whole child and embedding a culture in which every single child matters and must be supported to achieve their full potential. 42% of our students are pupil premium (nearly twice the national average) and so we are working to help some of the UK's most economically needy students achieve the best GCSE results possible.

At The Hurlingham Academy, we strive to ensure that our teaching standards are exceptionally high, and that children feel safe and supported in school. Lessons follow a knowledge-rich and academically rigorous curriculum, and we place a significant emphasis on teachers inspiring their students to love each subject and enjoy their learning. 

Our staff body is a collaborative, close-knit and diverse community that learns together, has fun together and continues on our journey towards all-round excellence for each individual student, year after year. Our staff feel empowered, supported and are provided with the highest-quality professional development.

As part of United Learning, staff at The Hurlingham Academy enjoy enhanced rates of pay, additional planning days, shared curriculum resources, access to subject advisers and networks, 20% PPA time across an average working week, enhanced parental leave, wellbeing support, access to free and confidential counselling support, an excellent CPD offer and career progression opportunities within school clusters.

The Hurlingham Academy is located in Fulham, West London, just 10 minutes from Parsons Green tube station and within a stone’s throw of the River Thames. We welcome visits from prospective applicants. 

About the role: We are looking for someone to join our Inclusion Team as a Learning Support Assistant (LSA). This is the ideal opportunity for aspiring teachers to experience life in a secondary school. Alternatively, you may be looking to build on current experience of supporting students and looking to develop your skill set as an LSA.  

 Our current LSAs are moving on to teacher training and we are looking for determined, dynamic and inspiring individuals to replace them. If this is you, then please get in touch. 

Within this role, you will develop strategies to assist the learning of students with varying Additional Educational Needs. The five main categories are: 

·        English as an Additional Language 

·        Cognition and Learning 

·        Speech, Language and Communication 

·        Social, Emotional and Mental Health 

·        Physical and Sensory 

Amongst other things, our LSAs provide in class support, co-planning directly with class teachers; create high quality resources; provide one-to-one interventions; run small group sessions and take responsibility for delivering programmes of support in both literacy and numeracy.  

Our LSAs take part in whole school staff training and get regular input from the Speech and Language Therapist, the Borough EAL coordinator and Educational Psychologist in how to best support the needs of our students.  

At The Hurlingham Academy, we play to our team’s strengths and think hard about how best to support you and the students. You will be a valued member of our team, whose contributions are respected and who is trusted to deliver in your areas of expertise. Our LSAs work hard, but we in turn are prepared to invest in their professional development. This is a place where you can develop the skills you need to challenge yourself and have a positive impact on those around you. 

 Like all of us at The Hurlingham Academy, you will make it your mission to bring out the best in everyone - students, staff, parents and the wider community. We are confident our school will exceed your expectations – and that you will help our students to do the same, with teaching that improves their life chances.  

 We are open to applications from candidates looking for a full-time or part-time role and can be flexible with start/finish times. There will be the opportunity for candidates to discuss flexible working options at interview. 

Safeguarding info: The Hurlingham Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. An Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check is required for all successful applicants

UNITED LEARNING is a subsidiary charity of the not-for-profit charity, the United Church Schools (UCS) and shares with it the objective of managing schools which offer students a high quality education based on the principles of service and tolerance. Registered Charity No. 1093277