Achievement and Progress Support Assistant (APSA)

Springwood High School, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 4AW

12 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  Sept 2025

• Closing date

  8 August 2025 at 1am

• Date listed

  23 July 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: Scale C Point 4 £12.65/hour approx. £16,237/annum (FTE £24,404 based on a 37 hour week – please note salary will be pro rata) Pay Award Pending

Achievement and Progress Support Assistant (APSA) job summary

Springwood High School have an exciting opportunity for a Achievement and Progress Support Assistant (APSA). The successful candidate would join a dedicated and ambitious support team.

You will support either specific pupils or a variety of students with a range of needs, working across year groups and curriculum areas.

Start Date: September 2025

Salary: Scale C Point 4 £12.65/hour approx. £16,237/annum

(FTE £24,404 based on a 37 hour week – please note salary will be pro rata)

Pay Award Pending

Hours: 28.75 hours/week - 39 weeks (term time plus one)

7am – 3pm Mon-Fri (35 minute lunch break)

 

Temporary Fixed Term Contract to 31st August 2026

Email: recruitment@westnorfolkacademiestrust.co.uk

Website: https://www.springwoodhighschool.co.uk/

Purpose of the Job

As an Achievement and Progress Support Assistant, you will work with teachers to raise the learning and attainment of pupils while also promoting their independence, self-esteem, and social inclusion. You will provide support to pupils so that they can access the curriculum, participate in learning, and experience a sense of achievement.

You will manage the provision of support for students with Special Educational Needs implementing the strategies and advice included in the pupil’s Education, Health and Care Plan or Learning Profile and contribute to termly and annual reviews.

You will deliver or facilitate interventions, as required.

Responsibilities, but not limited too:

Personal and professional conduct

·        Having proper and professional regard for the ethos, policies and practices of the school in which they work as professional members of staff.

·        Demonstrating positive attitudes, values and behaviours to develop and sustain effective relationships with the school community.

·        Having regard for the need to safeguard pupils’ wellbeing by following relevant statutory guidance along with school policies and practice.

·        Upholding values consistent with those required from teachers by respecting individual differences and cultural diversity.

Knowledge and understanding

·        Acquire the appropriate skills, qualifications, and/or experience required for the teaching assistant role, with support from the school employer.

·        Demonstrate expertise and skills in understanding the needs of all pupils (including specialist expertise as appropriate) and know how to adapt and deliver support to meet individual needs.

·        Share responsibility for ensuring that their own knowledge and understanding is relevant and up to date by reflecting on their own practice, liaising with school leaders and accessing relevant professional development to improve personal effectiveness.

·        Demonstrate a level of subject and curriculum knowledge relevant to their role and apply this effectively in supporting teachers and pupils.

Teaching and learning

·        Demonstrate an informed and efficient approach to teaching and learning by adopting relevant strategies to support the work of the teacher and increase achievement of all pupils including, where appropriate, those with special educational needs and disabilities.

·        Promote, support and facilitate inclusion by encouraging participation of all pupils in learning and extracurricular activities.

·        Use effective behaviour management strategies consistently in line with the school’s policy and procedures.

·        Contribute to effective assessment and planning by supporting the monitoring, recording and reporting of pupil progress as appropriate to the level of the role.

Working with others

·        Recognise and respect the role and contribution of other professionals, parents and carers by liaising effectively and working in partnership with them.

·        With the class teacher, keep other professionals accurately informed of progress or concerns they may have about the pupils they work with.

·        Understand their responsibility to share knowledge to inform planning and decision making.

·        Understand their role in order to be able to work collaboratively with classroom teachers and other colleagues, including specialist advisory teachers.

Personal and Professional Conduct

The duties and responsibilities listed in this job description provide a summary of the main aspects of the role.  This is not an exhaustive list and the post holder may be required to carry out other tasks, as deemed appropriate to the grade and nature of the post.

This job description is current at the date indicated below but, in consultation with the post holder, it may be changed by the Headteacher to reflect or anticipate changes in the post commensurate with the grade or job title.

Due to the routine of the school, the workload may not be evenly spread throughout the year. Flexibility of hours, and a flexible attitude and willingness to assist others in the team, when required is necessary.

For a full job description please click the link below.

Closing Date for Applications: 8th August 2025

Interview Dates: w/c 11th August 2025

Start Date: Sept 2025

How to apply

For this vacancy, please click the 'Apply for Job' button, to complete our online application form.

Please note that we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if a suitable field is met.

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from minority ethnic communities and those with disabilities. An enhanced DBS check will be required.

As part of our recruitment process it is necessary for us to perform an online social media check. The reason for the online search is to identify any matters that might relate directly to our legal duty to meet the safeguarding duties set out in KCSIE. There is no other purpose for a search.

This post is likely to come under the requirements of the Childcare (Disqualifications) 2009 Regulations and the successful applicant will be required to complete a declaration form to establish whether they are disqualified under these regulations.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and you will be required to undergo an Enhanced DBS check or Enhanced DBS check with barred list. If you have information to declare it may be protected under the Exceptions Orders and you may not be required to declare it. You will be asked to make a criminal conviction declaration if you are shortlisted for the post. 

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

West Norfolk Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and the post holder will share this responsibility, therefore appointments are subject to satisfactory references and an enhanced DBS check with barred list. Shortlisted candidates will be subject to an online search.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 but Exceptions Order may apply.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Springwood High School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1957 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Springwood High School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/springwood-high-school

Springwood High School, part of West Norfolk Academies Trust

With more than a hundred years of history, Springwood provides an education for boys and girls aged between eleven and eighteen in King's Lynn.

We are a comprehensive school with Specialist Performing Arts Status and a long history of providing an excellent education to pupils in West Norfolk.

Our School is part of West Norfolk Academies Trust, dedicated to ensuring that every student gains the best qualifications possible. We believe that excellent academic qualifications provide each student with the best life chances and opportunities to ensure a successful and fulfilled future. In the last two years the percentage of students gaining 5 higher grades including English and Maths has risen significantly.

We have a high expectation of both our teachers and our students, set challenging targets for all and support each other to achieve them. We work hard to monitor accurately the progress of students, celebrate academic success and intervene where necessary.

A positive attitude to learning is an essential aspect of academic success. Our teachers regularly assess how engaged each learner is in their studies using an attitude to learning score. We celebrate students who have a good attitude to their studies and actively encourage those who need to improve in this area.

We offer a wide range of opportunities, both within and beyond the classroom - it is vital that every student participates in other areas of school life. Springwood expects every student to take part in other aspects of our offer to them including;

Competitive Sport
Dance Performances
Duke of Edinburgh Award
Drama Performances
House Competitions
Music Performances
Lunchtime clubs
Numerous foreign visits and exchanges

To view our latest OFSTED report please visit http://www.springwoodhighschool.co.uk

We are part of the West Norfolk Academies Trust whose aim is to challenge and support a small group of schools to provide an excellent education for the young people of West Norfolk.

The Trust works in a supportive partnership with Primary and Secondary schools with each school maintaining their unique identity and ethos.

The schools work together to ensure maximum benefit for all students through economies of scale and shared resources.

The Trust clear strategic vision for the future is based around four key areas:

Maximising student achievement
Ensuring each student is engaged with the school
Ensuring our students have access to world class resources
Delivering outstanding teaching and learning

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