Learning Support Teaching Assistant
Hampton is one of the country’s leading, most successful and best\-resourced independent schools and has been helping boys to fulfil their potential and realise their aspirations for over 460 years.
Established over 460 years ago, Hampton is one of the country’s foremost, highest\-achieving and best\-resourced independent schools. Our community is vibrant, dynamic and happy, making it a wonderful place to teach and learn. Members of the Common Room are talented and hugely supportive of one another and their pupils; they share their love of learning with young people who are bright, intellectually inquisitive and aspirational.
Hampton is a lively, friendly and inclusive School community where we aspire to enable our boys to not only to make sense of the world, but also to want to go out and improve it. Above all, Hamptonians are encouraged and indeed expected to aspire to personal best while supporting those around them with kindness and respect.
Situated on a green\-field site in a leafy suburb of South West London, we are fortunate to have 28 acres of playing fields within our spacious grounds. Pupils and staff alike benefit from first\-class facilities across all areas of School life. These include a state\-of\-the\-art 3G sportsground, a large and well\-appointed Sports Hall, and the remarkable Hammond Theatre for the Performing Arts, along with an excellent library and specialist facilities for Art, Music, Science, Technology, Computer Science and Languages (Modern and Classical). Our older pupils enjoy impressive Sixth Form private study and Careers provision in The Barry Martin Centre.
The Millennium Boat House, shared with our neighbouring girls’ school, Lady Eleanor Holles, has a prime location on the nearby River Thames, and provides the focal point for our popular and successful Boat Club.
Hamptonians’ examination results and university entrance record consistently rank in the top echelon nationally and indeed internationally. Nearly all Hampton leavers go on to undergraduate courses at Russell Group or equivalent universities; around 25 pupils are offered places at Oxford and Cambridge annually, and a significant number move on to global top\-10 universities. We annually support pupils who wish to study at universities in North America, some of whom secure academic and/or sporting scholarships.
Hampton’s notably diverse, socially inclusive nature is an especially cherished part of our DNA and we as far from being a stereotypical public school as any setting in the independent sector. Currently, 7% of our boys (around 100 in total) attend on means\-tested, free places, many of which are funded by a separate but closely linked educational charity, The Fitzwygram Foundation.
Our alumni network is extremely strong and former pupils (Old Hamptonians \- OHs) remain deeply committed to their School, in no small part due to the exceptionally warm and mutually respectful relationships between pupils and colleagues here.
Hampton teaching staff enjoy a range of attractive benefits, including generous holiday provision and salaries enhanced above maintained sector scales. Private health insurance cover is provided, along with free lunches in a dedicated staff dining room, and excellent CPD provision. Subsidised single accommodation within School\-owned properties in the local area may also be available for new colleagues. Those with children who meet the Hampton Pre\-Prep \& Prep School and/or senior school entrance requirements are eligible for substantial fee remission. A reciprocal fee remission arrangement is offered to staff whose daughters meet the entry criteria for our neighbouring girls’ school, Lady Eleanor Holles.
We welcome applications from all backgrounds. Alongside those joining us from university PGCE courses or as experienced teachers, we recruit talented people from a variety of sectors, including post\-doctoral research, universities, industry, and commerce. Successful candidates who are new entrants to the teaching profession are supported towards qualified teacher status (QTS) via an in\-post PGCE course offered in conjunction with the University of Buckingham.
Hampton is a highly regarded name on any teaching CV and our School often acts as a professional springboard. Many colleagues have successfully moved on to middle or senior leadership roles; several former members of the Common Room have been appointed as HMC/GSA Heads over recent years.
We are especially proud to have been one of only a handful of schools nationally awarded the ISI's rare 'Significant Strength' endorsement, in recognition of our co\-curricular programme and its impact on pupils' wellbeing, behaviour and achievement. Inspectors were struck by the curiosity, enthusiasm and kindness of our boys, and equally impressed by the expertise of Hampton's teaching and support staff.
In September 2026, Hampton and our neighbouring girls' school, Lady Eleanor Holles (LEH), formalised their longstanding partnership, building on decades of close collaboration to create even more opportunities for pupils. This is not a merger — each School retained its own identity, leadership and governing board \- but it aims to bring pupils an enhanced programme of joint clubs, competitions, leadership initiatives and shared facilities. By the end of their Sixth Form years, pupils at both Schools will have forged life\-long friendships and developed the confidence to thrive at university and beyond.
A copy of the full ISI report can found on the School website and a summary booklet of the inspection team’s key findings is linked here.
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Position:
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Working within the Learning Support Department the successful candidate will be responsible for providing personalised intervention for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities, as well as providing broader support to pupils across the School.
Learning Support is a welcoming, friendly and well\-resourced space with a large, bright classroom for teaching and learning, a specially designed Sensory Room for pupils to use when necessary. This has been carefully designed for all pupils to access and has created an exciting, interactive experience which supports the well\-being of all of our pupils. There is a smaller room which also can be used for either a session or to unwind in.
We aim to tailor our support to the needs of pupils, who are highly able, to access an academic curriculum, but who may need extra help to fulfil their potential. This could cover a range of additional needs, including specific learning difficulties (SpLD): dyslexia, dyspraxia/developmental co\-ordination disorder (DCD); autism or pervasive developmental disorder, anxiety, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and visual, hearing or physical impairments.
Support can be provided in various ways including:
- Specialist literacy lessons
- Handwriting advice and touch\-typing
- Lunchtime workshops on a wide range of skills: study skills, revision, exam techniques, time management and organisation
- Individual mentoring sessions to support an identified educational need
- GCSE or A Level sessions to consolidate learning
The successful candidate will also be able to demonstrate a professional approach, be confident, nurturing and able to inspire our pupils. Strong working knowledge of IT and excellent communication and team working skills will be essential.
We encourage applications as soon as possible however the School reserves the right to offer the post at any stage in the appointment process.
Requirements:
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The responsibilities below outline the key responsibilities of the role and are not exhaustive. The post will evolve over time in response to the needs of the Hampton School Trust.
- To provide intervention to pupils with Special Education Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and assist with Access Arrangements (support may be delivered within the Learning Support classroom or to pupils in their lessons)
- To assess pupils who have long or short\-term learning difficulties and work with colleagues to identify individual pupils' special educational needs /disabilities
- Working with individuals or small groups of pupils in Lower School (Key Stage 3\): primarily focusing on literacy, attention difficulties, organisation and social skills (These are the key areas of support needed for our pupils with SEND)
- To deliver Study Skills or handwriting / touch typing sessions, an important aspect of the Learning Support Department’s provision (lunchtime sessions are delivered each day)
- To support pupils with social, emotional and mental health
- To build and maintain a successful relationship with pupils, treating them consistently with respect and consideration
- To help promote independent learning, promote good record keeping and support pupils in organisational skills
- To provide support in exam techniques and essay writing. This support is offered to the older pupils, and we have a flexible learning environment; where they can make an appointment and have a tailored session to help them manage their time, exam techniques or general revision strategies
- Help to keep pupils on task and to build motivation, confidence and enhance self\-esteem
- To model good practice
- Provide social communication support and facilitate pupil interaction with peers in the classroom and around school
- To attend INSET and meetings relevant to the post in order to keep up to date with developments in working with children with special educatio
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