SEN Support Assistant
Montagu Academy, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, S64 9PH8 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
20 May 2026 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
12 May 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Part time: 32 hours per week, Monday to Friday, term time only (38 weeks per year).
Contract type
- Fixed term - 1 Year - Maternity or parental leave cover
Pay scale
- Grade C Points 4 to 6 (£25,185 to £25,989 Full Time Equivalent) subject to pro rata. The minimum actual pro rata salary per annum for this job starts at £18,335.29.
What skills and experience we're looking for
Montagu Academy are looking to appoint a SEN Support Assistant to join our academy as soon as possible on a temporary basis for one year to cover maternity leave.
Do you want to work for a Trust that is transforming educational outcomes for students in some of the most deprived areas in the North of England? If so, this could be the role for you.
As an SEN Support Assistant, you will provide one to one personal support for pupils with additionalneeds who are in receipt of an Education Health Care Plan. You will provide special educational and/ormedical support to ensure their successful engagement with and access to learning. You will need tomaintain professional records and appropriate notes in relation to the individual pupil.
Salary: Grade C Points 4 to 6 (£25,185 to £25,989 Full Time Equivalent) subject to pro rata. The minimum actual pro rata salary per annum for this job starts at £18,335.29.
Hours: 32 hours per week / Term Time only (38 weeks)
Please see the job description on our website for the essential criteria and more information.
If you feel you have the necessary skills and experience required for this position, then we would very much like to hear from you.
What the school offers its staff
Montagu is a large 2 form primary school situated in the town of Mexborough. We take great pride in creating a warm and friendly environment and a positive culture for learning so that our children are given the best opportunities to excel, both academically and socially. We feel passionate about providing our young people with the best experiences, the best outcomes and the best opportunities. We place our learners’ individual needs at the heart of what we do and pride ourselves in our adaptability and willingness to engage fully with our pupils, their parents and the communities they live in.
It is an exciting time to be joining Montagu in its journey of development; as an academy who have recently joined Delta Academies Trust you will benefit from working within an organisation with established and successful structures, in addition to being able to play a key role in shaping the future of Montagu. Montagu also work in collaboration with a cluster of primary schools in Doncaster who are also part of Delta Academies Trust. Together we have a culture of professional learning, reflection and collaboration to provide training and development opportunities for staff to bring about sustainable improvements for all our children.
Why join us?
Staff across the trust are talented and enthusiastic, and all contribute to the trust’s success story.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join an outstanding team within a high-performing multi academy trust with exciting career prospects for successful applicants.
CPD
At Delta Academies Trust, we’re committed to your ongoing development and supporting your ambitions, this includes our internal leadership development programmes - Leadership Pathways
Employee Benefits
As a Trust, we have developed an extensive range of employee benefits that focus on your Financial, Physical and Mental Wellbeing. Please see our website for more information.
For more information and to apply for this position please visit our website at https://www.deltatrust.org.uk/careers-with-delta/
In accordance with DfE Keeping Children Safe in Education, an online search will be completed on all shortlisted applicants prior to interview. Any relevant information will be discussed further with the applicant during the recruitment process.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding the welfare of its students and the successful applicant will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service certificate and checks of the relevant barred list / prohibition lists.
Delta Academies Trust undertake to treat all applicants for posts fairly and not to discriminate unfairly against volunteers or paid staff who voluntarily reveal that they have a criminal conviction. Equally, we will not discriminate unfairly against volunteers or paid staff where a Disclosure and Barring Service check reveals a criminal conviction or other information about offences.
Therefore, we will consider job applicants who have a criminal record based on their skills, abilities, experience, knowledge and, where needed, qualifications and training. However, our approach depends on the job, and whether it is covered by, or exempt from, the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and guarantee an interview to anyone disclosing a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post. However, it is important to note that if we receive a high volume of applications, we may limit the numbers of interviews offered to people with and without a disability.
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Further information about the job
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
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on school website (opens in new tab)About Montagu Academy
- School type
- Academies, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- School size
- 366 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Montagu Academy website
- Email address
- recruitment@deltatrust.org.uk
Montagu is a large 2 form primary school situated in the town of Mexborough. We take great pride in creating a warm and friendly environment and a positive culture for learning so that our children are given the best opportunities to excel, both academically and socially. We feel passionate about providing our young people with the best experiences, the best outcomes and the best opportunities. We place our learners’ individual needs at the heart of what we do and pride ourselves in our adaptability and willingness to engage fully with our pupils, their parents and the communities they live in.
It is an exciting time to be joining Montagu in its journey of development; as an academy who have recently joined Delta Academies Trust you will benefit from working within an organisation with established and successful structures, in addition to being able to play a key role in shaping the future of Montagu.
Montagu also work in collaboration with a cluster of primary schools in Doncaster who are also part of Delta Academies Trust. Together we have a culture of professional learning, reflection and collaboration to provide training and development opportunities for staff to bring about sustainable improvements for all our children.
Staff at Montagu Academy are a committed and hardworking team who are relentless in their drive to make a genuine difference to, and lasting impact on, our young people, staff, families and the wider community. We value kindness and seek to create an academy where staff feel supported and pupils feel safe.
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