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Learning Support Assistant

Riverston School

England

  • Expiring soon
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
13 April 2026
Apply by:
6 April 2026

Job overview

As an LSA at Riverston you will be part of a team that is absolute integral to the success of the school and its students. Our Learning Support Assistants are more than just basic help in the classroom, they contribute wholly and fully to the entire school community. This includes providing pastoral support to young people, as well as working closely with the therapy team and our SENCOs. We expect our LSAs to use their experience and first hand knowledge to help develop strategies that help our students be successful in the classroom. Learning support assistants contribute fully to the extracurricular aspects of the school, ensuring that students have a well-rounded and complete education. There is plenty of opportunity for career progression, through CPD, additional responsibility and developing your role alongside our large therapy team. We offer a range of courses for our students, including Life Skills based qualifications, as well as the more traditional GCSEs, BTECs and A Levels. We are therefore looking for learning support assistants who have a range of skills across different areas, but most importantly those who have a passion for improving the lives of neruodiverse young people both in the classroom and beyond.




Working with pupils:

  • To provide learning support in 1:1 situations where needed.
  • To develop knowledge of the particular needs of the child and seek advice from the SENCo, class teacher and outside agencies as required.
  • To aid access to the full range of learning experiences both inside and outside the classroom and provide modified materials as required e.g. worksheets, games, visual prompt cards etc. To make or modify resources as suggested and advised by the SENCo, Educational Psychologist or other outside agencies.
  • To organise and maintain an inclusive learning environment across the whole school.
  • Provide positive reinforcements, praise and rewards to pupils.
  • Facilitate inclusion in small group activities with peers and support interaction between them.
  • To attend in service training and relevant meetings relevant to the post in order to keep up to date with developments in working with children with special educational needs.
  • For more information please download our recruitment pack.










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About Riverston School

+44 20 83184327

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Riverston School is a mixed, specialist SEND independent school with Nursery, Senior School and Sixth Form departments situated in Lee, south-east London.

Riverston School was founded in 1926 and has been family-owned since 1956. The school is housed in four adjacent Victorian houses. Recent refurbishments and upgrades have delivered a coffee shop, a sixth-form area and a centre for textiles, food technology and skills for life.

Headteacher

Mr Guy Baker

Vision and values

Riverston School’s main aims are: to provide a safe, supportive and caring environment for everyone; to offer a modern and varied curriculum that works for each individual student; and to equip pupils with a range of skills for their future life, encompassing the academic, social, physical, creative and moral skills everyone needs.

While the curriculum concentrates on traditional academic subjects, children’s physical and creative development is prioritised too. Students learn English, maths, history, geography, RE, languages, ICT, science and business studies, alongside drama, food technology, music, design and technology, art and choir. They also have the opportunity to take part in junior sports leadership awards and athletic challenges such as the Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme.

ISI report

“Pupils are well educated in accordance with the school’s aims, demonstrating a range of academic, social, physical and creative skills. Pupils show good levels of understanding, knowledge and ability across the curriculum. They listen well, read efficiently and with good expression, and become increasingly articulate and confident.”

See Riverston School's latest ISI report

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