Pupil Premium Support Officer

Oxted School, Oxted, Surrey, RH8 0AB

14 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  2 February 2026 at 10:59pm

• Date listed

  16 January 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £30,740.00 - £33,443.00 Annually (FTE)

Pupil Premium Support Officer job summary

As a Pupil Premium Support Officer you will be required to:

• Work directly with students, colleagues and families—individually and in groups—to deliver targeted intervention and support that strengthens participation, independence and learning skills, while maintaining high expectations for behaviour, engagement and achievement.
• Liaise with parents and carers regularly to encourage attendance, engagement and participation in key school events, and to discuss academic outcomes, behaviour, progress and barriers to learning.
• Monitor, support and intervene in the social and emotional development of targeted students, ensuring early identification of emerging needs.
• Undertake home visits and occasionally meeting families in the community away from school where necessary.
• Support the delivery of intervention programmes, including reading, literacy and numeracy support, ensuring disadvantaged students access high quality provision.
• Undertake home visits or occasionally meeting families in the community away from school, where necessary and in coordination with the Home School Link worker.
• Raise expectations and aspirations by supporting careers guidance activities, employer encounters and enrichment events for disadvantaged students.
• Mentor disadvantaged students, providing both practical support and developmental guidance to build confidence, resilience and self-regulation.
• Work closely with our Pupil Premium Co-ordinator Ordinator to support disadvantaged students’ participation in wider school life, including equipment and uniform provision, leadership opportunities, representation roles, trips and visits.
• Maintain oversight of a clear and accurate participation register, coordinating timely intervention where engagement is low or inconsistent.
• Monitor access to and take-up of Free School Meals, coordinating follow-up and support where needed.
• Prepare, analyse and interpret data relevant to intervention needs, including exam outcomes, KAP results, effort data, behaviour and reward data, and Satchel usage.
• Liaise with external agencies to ensure swift and effective access to statutory and voluntary services that support disadvantaged students and their families.
• Maintain accurate records of meetings, contacts and actions, ensuring clear documentation of support, intervention and impact.

Qualifications and Skills

• Minimum 5 GCSEs at Grade C or above (including English and Maths) or equivalent.
• Require a technical/professional qualification if appropriate related to the role. e.g. HLTA status, NNEB, or other relevant qualifications at level 2 or 3.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Competence with IT tools and ability to analyse and present data.
• Experience working in a similar role within education or SEND environments.
• Proven organisational and administrative skills with the ability to prioritise tasks.

All adults employed by the Trust have a responsibility for data protection and have a duty to observe and follow the principles of the GDPR Regulations.

The Howard Partnership Trust is an inclusive employer and welcomes applications from all individuals, regardless of gender, marital status, disability, race, age, or sexual orientation.

All applicants must be able to provide evidence of their Right to Work in the UK prior to commencement of employment. As part of our need to comply with UK immigration rules, you will be required to provide Home Office stipulated documentation prior to interview.

Early applications are encouraged. We reserve the right to interview and appoint prior to the closing date of this advertisement.

As well as verification of identity, we ask all successful candidates to undertake an enhanced DBS disclosure. In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) guidance, we may also conduct an online search about any shortlisted candidates as part of our due diligence to identify any matters that might relate directly to our legal duty to meet safeguarding duties, in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE).

SAFEGUARDING AND FURTHER INFORMATION

The successful candidate will be subject to a satisfactory enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

The Howard Partnership Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment

Due to the nature of this role, it will be necessary for the appropriate level of criminal record disclosure to be undertaken. In making your application, it is essential you disclose whether you have any pending charges, convictions, bind-overs or cautions and, if so, for which offences. This post will be exempt from the provisions of Section 4 (2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Therefore, applicants are not entitled to withhold information about convictions which for other purposes are ‘spent’ under the provision of the Act, and, in the event of the employment being taken up; any failure to disclose such convictions will result in dismissal or disciplinary action. The fact that a pending charge, conviction, bind-over or caution has been recorded against you will not necessarily debar you from consideration for this appointment.

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

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

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 Oxted School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1611 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Oxted School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/oxted-school-oxted

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