Pupil Support Assistant

Hovingham Primary School, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS8 3QY

16 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  Immediate

• Closing date

  10 November 2025 at 8am

• Date listed

  24 October 2025

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: £22,424.00 - £23,901.00 Annually (Actual) FTE £26,403

Pupil Support Assistant job summary

Our purpose, our motivation is simple ‘to give our children the best experiences we can’.

We are set in the developing inner-city community of Harehills, we're lucky enough to serve the children that make Leeds a diverse metropolis of language and culture, with over 40 languages spoken, 730 NOR and a staff team of 100, we are not your ordinary school, which is why we are looking for the extraordinary. Social mobility is an issue in Harehills; which is why we continuously set out to transform standards at Hovingham. We are committed to ensuring that every child in Harehills has access to the best possible education to nurture their individual potential. Team Hovingham thrives on challenge and opportunity, we work relentlessly to ensure our children make rapid progress and we give our children engaging, enriching educational experiences delivered through passion and care.

We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic Pupil Support Worker to join our team and support our children so that they can reach their full potential.

This is an opportunity to bring all your skills and truly make a difference by giving our children the best possible personal development experiences you can.

Are you an ambitious, dedicated professional who is committed to supporting children’s development and well-being? If so, this is the ideal post for you.

Day to day you will:

Work within a supportive team, led by our Assistant Principal for Personal Development and Behaviour and Attitudes and our SENDCO.

Deliver behaviour interventions and support plans.

Support the challenge and motivation of pupils, promoting and reinforcing Hovingham’s behaviour approach - The Hovingham Way.

Provide structured activities and lunchtime support as an alternative provision.

Work with individuals and groups both within and outside the classroom setting, as part of Hovingham’s tiered approach.

After your first year with us, success would look like:

Created a behaviour and attitudes culture which is nurturing.

Widened Personal Development opportunities for all children at Hovingham.

Improved your subject knowledge and skills in delivering our SEMH curriculum.

Be part of Team Hovingham, where your heart and mind will be firmly in Hovingham - understanding why we do what we do!

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 Hovingham Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: Up to 764 pupils
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Hovingham Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/hovingham-primary-school-leeds

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