Learning Support Assistant
Long Road Sixth Form College
Cambridgeshire
- Expired
- Salary:
- £22,115.04 (actual starting salary)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Fixed Term
- Start date:
- Immediate start (fixed term until 31st August 2026)
- Apply by:
- 7 July 2025
Job overview
Are you passionate about supporting young people to achieve their full potential? Do you have experience working with students with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)? If so, we’d love to hear from you!
We are seeking dedicated and enthusiastic Learning Support Assistants (LSAs) to join our OFSTED Outstanding Additional Learning Support Department. As an LSA, you will provide one-to-one and small group support to students in lessons. The students you support will have EHCPs with a range of SEND, including Autism Spectrum Condition (ASC), Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Dyslexia and other specific learning difficulties, Visual Impairment (VI) and Hearing Impairment (HI). You will work to foster independence, confidence, and academic progress for our students and facilitate social interaction through running a range of clubs.
The ideal person will have experience as a Teaching Assistant in a primary or secondary school setting, or a strong interest in pursuing a career in education. They will have a good understanding of SEND and inclusive education practices, excellent communication and interpersonal skills and a patient, empathetic, and proactive approach to supporting young people.
Long Road Sixth Form College is situated close to the centre of Cambridge and on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus. Long Road is rated OFSTED good with outstanding High Needs. We have over 2,600 16–19-year-old full-time students. Our core objective is to inspire, motivate and support our students in becoming the best that they can be.
This is a term-time only role, working 37 hours per week and is fixed term until 31st August 2026.
For more information and to apply, please visit our vacancies page.
Closing date: 23.59 on 7th July 2025.
About Long Road Sixth Form College
- Long Road Sixth Form College
- Long Road, Cambridge
- Cambridgeshire
- CB2 8PX
- United Kingdom
Long Road is a thriving, successful post 16 Sixth Form College with 2,400 students on roll, in post-16 studies. Conveniently located close to the M11 and A14, within easy reach of several areas of outstanding natural beauty and the Norfolk Suffolk coast, the college is set next to the Biomedical Campus in its own attractive grounds in the beautiful, thriving and expanding Bio/Technical city of Cambridge. Long Road provides a high quality education in a structured but friendly and open environment. The core objective of Long Road Sixth Form College is to maintain our position as a high-achieving and inclusive sixth form college which inspires, helps and motivates our students to be the best that they can be. We recognise the vital importance of our staff in achieving this aim.
We offer professional training for our Teachers and for our professional Support Staff, along with courses to enhance an individual's career, further education and training possibilities. The College employs over 220 staff, of whom around 150 are teachers. Many are examiners and moderators, others have research or business experience and some write text books and teaching materials. All our staff share a passion for teaching and learning and are encouraged to support each other and to recognise each other’s strengths. Long Road Sixth Form College is committed to enhancing the individual skills and knowledge of all our staff, to enable them to work positively with our students and our community partners.
Long Road Sixth Form College is attractively located and is easy to commute to, within walking distance of Cambridge Rail station and well-serviced by local bus routes. If you choose to come and work with us, we can offer you a wide range of benefits including access to:
• Our Learning Resource Centre (LRC)
• Onsite Food Centre
• Onsite Car parking
• FREE Wi-Fi
• College leisure facilities, including use of our fitness suite
• Newly refurbished Staff Room and Kitchen facilities
• Numerous Discounts and Benefits
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