Learning Support Teacher (SEND)

Job Description Learning Support Teacher (SEND) – Independent Performing Arts School, West London Full-time | Permanent | September 2025 Start | Competitive Salary (commensurate with experience) Zest Education is proud to be working with a unique and highly respected independent performing arts school based in West London to recruit a passionate and dedicated Learning Support Teacher (SEND). The Role: This full-time, permanent position is ideal for a compassionate and skilled practitioner who is committed to improving outcomes for students with Special Educational Needs. You will play a key role in supporting students to access the mainstream curriculum, enabling them to thrive academically, socially, and emotionally. Working within a highly collaborative SEND team, you will lead and deliver targeted interventions, assess students as required, and contribute to the strategic development of SEND provision across the school. Key Responsibilities: * Support students with additional needs across academic and vocational subjects * Build effective, trusting relationships with students, families, and external agencies * Develop and implement individualised support strategies * Work closely with the Head of Learning Support to shape inclusive SEND policies and practices * Promote a positive, neurodiverse culture and inclusive classroom environment * Ensure adherence to the SEND Code of Practice (2015) through a graduated approach to intervention What We’re Looking For: * A proven track record of improving outcomes for students with SEND * Strong emotional intelligence, resilience, and a solutions-focused mindset * Experience working in a SEND or inclusion-focused role in education * Commitment to the school’s ethos of shared responsibility and high-quality education What the School Offers: This small, close-knit school community is renowned for its energy, creativity, and commitment to student success. Staff are highly valued, and the school is dedicated to both professional development and wellbeing. Benefits include: * Competitive salaries * Tailored CPD opportunities (internal and external) * A comprehensive health and wellbeing plan via Simply Health, covering: * Employee Assistance Programme with counselling and 24/7 support * Contributions to therapies including physiotherapy and sports massage * Dental and optical care * Remote GP access * Lifestyle discounts * Cycle to Work scheme * 5% matched pension scheme Zest Education are an APSCo audited agency and are dedicated to safeguarding children. All candidates must hold an enhanced DBS (or allow us to process one for you) and be registered to the DBS Update Service, be able to provide references to cover the last two years and successfully pass all other necessary safeguarding checks prior to clearance for work. Salary is dependent on experience, training, or qualifications. The minimum experience, training, or qualifications required for this position are recent school-based experience (within the last 5 years within a school that teaches the British Curriculum) and/or care-based experience within the last 5 years. The role advertised is for temporary supply work