Pupil Support Assistant

Monteney Primary School, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S5 9DN

15 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  2 October 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  17 September 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £27,274.00 - £29,541.00 Annually (Actual) actual salary £24,662 - £26,713

Pupil Support Assistant job summary

Thank you for your interest in a career at Steel City Schools Partnership. We are a growing Multi Academy Trust, and there are currently 10 primary academies in the Trust.

SCSP has a proven track record of securing transformational change and sustainable school improvement. Our vision is to provide high quality education and deliver the best outcomes for young people within an ethos based on our vision and underpinning aims:

To provide an excellent education for all.

Achieving Excellence Sustaining Excellence Sharing Excellence

Our success is due to our biggest and most valuable asset - our staff team. We have a Senior Learning Mentor position available at Fox Hill Primary and we are looking for an enthusiastic and dedicated individual to work with us.

SCSP can offer you

• Guidance of a supportive and experienced leadership team who invest in the development of their teams and the Trust
• Free on-site parking
• Access to healthcare and wellbeing services
• Encouragement of further and continued professional development
• Local Government Pension Scheme

The Trustees of Steel City Schools Partnership are looking to recruit a permanent, full-time Pupil Support Assistant to start as soon as possible. The post is for 37 hrs / 41 weeks per year, Grade 4 £24,294 - £26, 421 (pro-rata), actual part time salary £21,967 - £23,891.

Fox Hill is a successful school (Ofsted Good - July 2019) in the north of Sheffield serving predominantly the Fox Hill estate. The school has approximately 55% of the cohort deemed disadvantaged pupils and also hosts an Integrated Resource base for 18 pupils with ‘complex and multiple’ special educational needs. We follow a Trauma Informed, Relational approach to supporting pupils.

Expectations:

• To care for all pupils, particularly those who need support to overcome barriers to learning such as behaviour and SEMH difficulties.
• To plan and deliver interventions to help pupils self-regulate.
• To engage children in purposeful activities in lessons and at break and lunch times.
• To build positive relationships with children and families to enable access to a high-quality education.
• To take a lead role in managing attendance strategies,.
• To play a central role in a successful pastoral team, liaising impactfully with the broader school team and contributing to the Trust pastoral network.

Relevant Qualifications:

• Good literacy/numeracy skills

• Relevant experience (e.g. use of trauma informed practice, de-escalation strategies)

The successful applicant must have the ability to work as an effective team member, be well organised, and have the ability to communicate with children and adults in a constructive and effective way.

We are looking for individuals who are lively and enthusiastic and who have the following philosophy:

Committed to excellence within their work in school and across the partnership.

Committed to child-centred education built on nurturing relationships.

We expect the successful candidate to work collaboratively, building on the successes of the individual schools and working in conjunction with other staff and families to raise standards and enhance outcomes for pupils.

Application Information:

For further information, or to arrange a visit to the school,

please contact Jamie Thompson, Deputy Headteacher, on 0114 231 3469

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 Monteney Primary School

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 446 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Monteney Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/monteney-primary-school

Monteney (Ofsted Good – March 2020) is a National Support School serving the north of the city and the Parson Cross and Shiregreen estates. Approximately 28% of the pupils are deemed to be disadvantaged and the school is oversubscribed every year. The school has a track record of Innovation and Leadership development. Monteney works closely with a range of external partners including the feeder secondary school, as well as Learners First and Learn Sheffield.
Monteney is a creative, collaborative and inclusive school which aims to inspire and encourage every child to be the best that they can be. We pride ourselves in delivering an exciting and creative curriculum and providing high quality learning and pastoral support for our children as well as offering excellent CPD opportunities for all our staff. We have a supportive, innovative, friendly and well-motivated staff team who work collaboratively to develop practice and share ideas.
We are excited about how our focus on the development of our Monteney curriculum has started to further improve pupil outcomes and engagement in learning. Our children are enthusiastic with positive attitudes to learning and they all strive to be “Monteney Learners” encouraged by our Monteney values. This was recognised in our last Ofsted inspection (March 2020).

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