Pupil Support Assistant
Castle Donington College, Derby, Derbyshire, DE74 2LN3 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
29 August 2025 at 9am
Date listed
26 August 2025
Job details
Job role
- Learning support or cover supervisor
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 37 hours per week, term-time only (39 weeks)
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Salary: Scale 5, Points 13 - 17: £28,163 - £30,060 pro rata; Actual salary: £24,495.44 - £26,145.40
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking for a Pupil Support Assistant to join our friendly team. The main purpose of the role is to support pupils and parents/carers with pastoral care to ensure positive behaviour, attitude and attendance as well as social, emotional and physical wellbeing.
The role may particularly involve working with pupils with Emotionally Based School Avoidance, with you helping to foster the participation of these pupils in the social and academic processes of the school by recognising individual pupils’ needs, and identifying and implementing appropriate responses.
On the application form, please focus on a detailed 'supporting statement' taking into account the person specification and indicating why you would be the best person for us to recruit to this position.
If you would like further information and require an informal conversation or visit, please telephone or email our school office via 01332 810528 orpostroom@cdcollege.uk.
The successful candidate will have to meet the requirements of the person specification in order to be offered the post, will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK. The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Safeguarding checks will be undertaken during the recruitment process and this may include online searches.
We welcome applications regardless of age, gender, ethnicity or religion.
What the school offers its staff
Castle Donington College is an 11-16 secondary school. We have just under 700 pupils on role across five-year groups (Years 7 to 11). The College is situated on the north west edge of Leicestershire on the Leicestershire, Derbyshire, and Nottinghamshire border and within 30 minutes’ drive of Nottingham, Derby, Leicester, Loughborough and Burton, being close to the M1 and A50.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
The successful candidate will have to meet the requirements of the person specification in order to be offered the post, will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK. The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Safeguarding checks will be undertaken during the recruitment process and this may include online searches.
Applying for the job
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About Castle Donington College
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 684 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Castle Donington College website
- Email address
- postroom@cdcollege.uk
- Phone number
- 01332 810528
Castle Donington College recently extended its age range and began teaching KS4 courses from September 2017 for first examinations in 2019. We currently have 564 students on roll in Years 7 to 11. The College is situated on the North West edge of Leicestershire on the Leicestershire, Derbyshire, and Nottinghamshire border. It has excellent links to these cities, being close to the M1 and A50.
Arranging a visit to Castle Donington College
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email postroom@cdcollege.uk.
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