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Additional Learning Support Lead
| Posting date: | 02 December 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £38,559.45 (BRK35) |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 18 February 2026 |
| Location: | Weybridge, KT13 8TT |
| Company: | Brooklands College |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 220 |
Summary
Job Advert
Additional Learning Support Lead – 37 hours per week 8:30am – 5pm, 52 Weeks per year – £38,559.45 (BRK35)
Brooklands Technical College is a further education college supporting young people and adults to take the next steps on their
career path. We are an inclusive centre for lifelong learning, equipping our learners with the professional behaviours, skills and
values that they will need for their careers.
If you're passionate about education and want to make a difference, we'd love to hear from you.
The Additional Learning Support Lead role is responsible for coordinating the learning support provided to students with special
educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Their primary purpose, to ensure these students can access the curriculum and achieve
their full potential. This will involve a range of duties, including timetabling learning Support Assistants, coordinating with
external agencies and curriculum staff, completing consultations and EHCP reviews and supporting exam access arrangements. The
Additional Learning Support Leads will act as a key point of contact for students, parents, and staff, advocating for students'
needs and promoting a culture of inclusivity and accessibility within the college.
The advertised Additional learning Support Lead will line manage a team of staff focused on high needs support. This will include
management of the Neuropod Mentors and overseeing the development of the provision as it grows, moving in to the new Vickers
Building, part of the exciting college new buildings development. They will line manage the Exams Access Arrangements Coordinator
to ensure appropriate support for all learners during assessment.
This job role is full-time 52 weeks, based at Weybridge site but travelling to Ashford as needed, it is not suitable for
home-working.
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
• Provide Equity and Individualised Support: To ensure that each student with disabilities, learning difficulties, or long-term
health conditions receive equitable support tailored to their specific, individual needs. This will include supporting the
implementation of EHCP plans and the development of individual learner profiles. Ensuring consistency in the quality and
completion of Learning Support Assistant student records.
• Coordinate Support and Liaise with Agencies: To work collaboratively with a wide range of individuals and external agencies,
including teachers, college
leadership, parents, and external stakeholders like psychologists, speech and language therapists, and occupational therapists to
provide comprehensive support. Coordinate the timetabling of support staff to ensure all identified student needs are met in
classrooms and exams.
• Exam Access Arrangements (EAA): Work with the Exams Team and line manage the Exams Access Arrangements Coordinator to ensure
students receive the necessary adjustments (e.g., 25% extra time, readers, or scribes).
• Neuropod: Line manage the Neuropod Mentors and oversee the development and growth of the provision for ASC learners in the
neuropod including transition to the new building.
• Support and Train College Staff: A key duty is to provide advice, guidance, and training to support staff and classroom teachers
on how to effectively support students with SEN.
• Inclusion: To work closely with support services and curriculum departments to ensure the early identification of learner needs
and implement appropriate support. The role will support the development of a universal support provision for all learners.
• Funding & Compliance: Lead on the assessment and evidence gathering for High Needs Funding (HNF) and Education, Health and Care
Plans (EHCPs).
Brooklands Technical College is proud to be an equal opportunities employee and is committed to diversity and inclusion within the
workplace and are proud to be an Equal Opportunities Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, sex, religion,
sexual orientation, national origin, disability, medical condition, genetic information, gender identity, age, military or veteran
status, citizenship, or other protected characteristics. Brooklands Technical College is committed to the safeguarding and welfare
of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Shortlisted candidates maybe subject
to online searches as part of due diligence checks. Applicants must be eligible to work in the UK, we do not sponsor work permits.
Work permits from other organisations are unacceptable as proof of right to work in the UK. Pre-employment checks will be carried
out, in line with KCSIE, for all those who are shortlisted and the successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check
and 2 satisfactory references. Recruitment agencies who submit unsolicited CVs to any partner or employee at Brooklands Technical
College, have no authority to enter an arrangement. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient
applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible. Please note that
previous applicants need not apply. Recruitment agencies engaging with Brooklands Technical College will be on our PSL.
Additional Learning Support Lead – 37 hours per week 8:30am – 5pm, 52 Weeks per year – £38,559.45 (BRK35)
Brooklands Technical College is a further education college supporting young people and adults to take the next steps on their
career path. We are an inclusive centre for lifelong learning, equipping our learners with the professional behaviours, skills and
values that they will need for their careers.
If you're passionate about education and want to make a difference, we'd love to hear from you.
The Additional Learning Support Lead role is responsible for coordinating the learning support provided to students with special
educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Their primary purpose, to ensure these students can access the curriculum and achieve
their full potential. This will involve a range of duties, including timetabling learning Support Assistants, coordinating with
external agencies and curriculum staff, completing consultations and EHCP reviews and supporting exam access arrangements. The
Additional Learning Support Leads will act as a key point of contact for students, parents, and staff, advocating for students'
needs and promoting a culture of inclusivity and accessibility within the college.
The advertised Additional learning Support Lead will line manage a team of staff focused on high needs support. This will include
management of the Neuropod Mentors and overseeing the development of the provision as it grows, moving in to the new Vickers
Building, part of the exciting college new buildings development. They will line manage the Exams Access Arrangements Coordinator
to ensure appropriate support for all learners during assessment.
This job role is full-time 52 weeks, based at Weybridge site but travelling to Ashford as needed, it is not suitable for
home-working.
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
• Provide Equity and Individualised Support: To ensure that each student with disabilities, learning difficulties, or long-term
health conditions receive equitable support tailored to their specific, individual needs. This will include supporting the
implementation of EHCP plans and the development of individual learner profiles. Ensuring consistency in the quality and
completion of Learning Support Assistant student records.
• Coordinate Support and Liaise with Agencies: To work collaboratively with a wide range of individuals and external agencies,
including teachers, college
leadership, parents, and external stakeholders like psychologists, speech and language therapists, and occupational therapists to
provide comprehensive support. Coordinate the timetabling of support staff to ensure all identified student needs are met in
classrooms and exams.
• Exam Access Arrangements (EAA): Work with the Exams Team and line manage the Exams Access Arrangements Coordinator to ensure
students receive the necessary adjustments (e.g., 25% extra time, readers, or scribes).
• Neuropod: Line manage the Neuropod Mentors and oversee the development and growth of the provision for ASC learners in the
neuropod including transition to the new building.
• Support and Train College Staff: A key duty is to provide advice, guidance, and training to support staff and classroom teachers
on how to effectively support students with SEN.
• Inclusion: To work closely with support services and curriculum departments to ensure the early identification of learner needs
and implement appropriate support. The role will support the development of a universal support provision for all learners.
• Funding & Compliance: Lead on the assessment and evidence gathering for High Needs Funding (HNF) and Education, Health and Care
Plans (EHCPs).
Brooklands Technical College is proud to be an equal opportunities employee and is committed to diversity and inclusion within the
workplace and are proud to be an Equal Opportunities Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, sex, religion,
sexual orientation, national origin, disability, medical condition, genetic information, gender identity, age, military or veteran
status, citizenship, or other protected characteristics. Brooklands Technical College is committed to the safeguarding and welfare
of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Shortlisted candidates maybe subject
to online searches as part of due diligence checks. Applicants must be eligible to work in the UK, we do not sponsor work permits.
Work permits from other organisations are unacceptable as proof of right to work in the UK. Pre-employment checks will be carried
out, in line with KCSIE, for all those who are shortlisted and the successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check
and 2 satisfactory references. Recruitment agencies who submit unsolicited CVs to any partner or employee at Brooklands Technical
College, have no authority to enter an arrangement. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient
applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible. Please note that
previous applicants need not apply. Recruitment agencies engaging with Brooklands Technical College will be on our PSL.