Pupil Support Assistant - ARC

Dean Trust Ardwick, Manchester, Lancashire, M13 0LF

16 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  9 January 2026

• Closing date

  4 June 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  19 May 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: 32,061.00 - 33,699.00

Pupil Support Assistant - ARC job summary

The Dean Trust is seeking to appoint a talented and enthusiastic Pupil Support Assistant to join our dedicated team in the ARC at Dean Trust Ardwick.

The core purpose of the role will be to provide outstanding pastoral and holistic support for pupils.

Key responsibilities:

• Promote and support a purposeful climate for learning within the ARC to ensure optimal curriculum delivery and enable gaps in learning to be addressed.  
• Conduct mentoring conversations with pupils regarding meeting their individual targets pertaining to their behaviour and conduct. 
• Promote positive and respectful relationships within Internal Suspension & the ARC, and a safe and orderly environment
• Insist on the highest standards of behaviour and attitudes to learning within Internal Suspension & the ARC. 
• Hold pupils to account for their behaviour, attitude and learning within Internal Suspension & the ARC.
• Responsible for the physical appearance and use of the Internal Suspension area & the ARC so that it is neat, tidy, purposeful and supportive of whole school systems and approaches
• Deliver Internal Suspension Provision, which is the school’s highest sanction before external suspension
• Ensure that, as far as possible, pupils in Internal Suspension continue to complete work that aligns with the mainstream curriculum offer so that pupils are not disadvantaged by being removed from normal lessons
• Liaise with faculties to ensure that pupils have easy access to work that aligns with subject curriculums
• Develop and maintain systems for monitoring and tracking pupils’ attitudes, behaviour and learning whilst in Internal Suspension & the ARC.
• Communicate effectively with the parents and carers of all pupils placed in Internal Suspension & the ARC., so they are aware of their child’s behaviour, attitude and learning whilst in Internal Suspension & the ARC and what the next steps are  
• Contribute to the development and maintenance of systems for monitoring and tracking patterns in the use of Internal Suspension as a sanction
• Manage the effective and appropriate use of ICT to support pupils’ learning 
• Work with members of the Inclusion Faculty and the Internal Alternative Provision team to ensure that reasonable adjustments are made, where appropriate, to meet pupils’ individual needs whilst in Internal Suspension & the ARC.
• Implement, facilitate and deliver a range of restorative and reflective practices to support pupils’ reintegration following a period in Internal Suspension or & the ARC.
• Communicate any key information that might support different pupil’s needs being met to the following teams: Inclusion, Welfare, Academic, Pastoral
• To complete any further tasks that are typically undertaken by Pupil Support Assistants at the request of the Lead Pupil Support Manager or the Head of ARC. 

For more information about the role please contact us on 01619 722988 or email emmahurworth@deantrustardwick.co.uk.

Thank you again for your interest in working for The Dean Trust. We look forward to hearing from you.

We are an Equal Opportunities employer committed to ensuring inclusion, diversity and equality of opportunity. We welcome applications from a diverse range of candidates including those from underrepresented groups, and/or with protected characteristics.

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 Dean Trust Ardwick

• School type: Academies, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1339 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Dean Trust Ardwick website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/dean-trust-ardwick

Dean Trust Ardwick opened in 2015 and are now a fully-fledged Year 7-11 school, serving over 1200 pupils, in the heart of the Ardwick and Longsight community. We pride ourselves on being a local school for local children, and since inception we have become the school of choice for families.

We exist to empower our pupils to find their purpose and thrive as citizens of the world. We provide a knowledge-rich curriculum which exposes pupils to powerful knowledge, places them on an ambitious pathway and develops the character traits needed to seize the opportunities that exist. Through finding their passions we enable pupils to make a positive difference to the world. Our core purpose is not merely finite ‘success’ for our pupils but for them to thrive - continually grow and flourish.

We are explicit about the culture we want to create and have clear ideas of the desired behaviours necessary for our pupils to succeed. At Dean Trust Ardwick, we maintain a relentless focus on the day-to-day actions, behaviours and routines within the school and adopt a disciplined approach to teaching pupils the right and successful ways to do things.

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