SEN Support Assistant
East Garforth Primary Academy, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS25 2HF13 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2026
Closing date
30 August 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
17 August 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full time equivalent salary
- £25,185.00 - £25,989.00 Annually (FTE) Grade C Points 4 to 6 (£25,185 - £25,989 Full Time Equivalent) subject to pro rata. The minimum actual pro rata salary per annum for this job starts at £18,621.78
SEN Support Assistant job summary
East Garforth Primary Academy are looking to appoint a SEN Support Assistant to join our academy in September 2026 on a temporary, part time basis.
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.
Your new role
As an SEN Support Assistant, you will provide one to one personal support for pupils with additional needs who are in receipt of an Education Health Care Plan. You will provide special educational and/or medical support to ensure their successful engagement with and access to learning. You will need to maintain professional records and appropriate notes in relation to the individual pupil.
Hours: 32.5 hours per week / Term Time only (38 weeks)
Please see the job description on our website for the essential criteria.
If you feel you have the necessary skills and experience required for this position, then we would very much like to hear from you.
Your new school
You will be joining an ambitious, committed and hardworking team of staff who offer amazing support, both in an academic and pastoral sense and are relentless in their drive to make a genuine difference to and lasting impact on our young people, families and the wider community.
We value kindness and seek to create an academy where staff feel supported and students feel safe. We ensure that the curriculum is well rounded and that pupils have opportunities and experiences to last a lifetime! We are passionate that all pupils get the best experience in primary education. We know the value of effective relationships with parents and enjoy brilliant parental support.
At East Garforth we value the continuous professional development of all our employees and recognise that our staff and students are most successful when they feel happy, valued, challenged and supported to achieve their very best.
Why join us?
We are an exceptional academy who strive to constantly improve our practice and ensure that the quality of education; behaviour and attitudes; children’s personal development; and leadership and management; are shining examples of best practice. Our results at the end of KS2 are some of the highest achieved in Leeds over the recent years and we are looking for an outstanding teacher to join our established KS2 team, and support subject leadership with the academy. We balance academic achievement with the support for pupils and are proud to be a 'Thrive' approach academy.
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.
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Holiday Entitlement: minimum 35 days (subject to pro rata if working part-time and dependent upon salary and continuous service) including statutory Bank Holidays.
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.
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Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
In accordance with DfE Keeping Children Safe in Education 2022, 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.
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About East Garforth Primary Academy
- Organisation type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- Size
- 208 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
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East Garforth Primary Academy is located in the outer east side of Leeds in the community of Garforth. The academy is a slightly larger than average sized academy, catering for pupils from the Early Years Foundation Stage, through Key Stage 1 into Key Stage 2. There are currently 257 pupils on roll, including 25 part time Nursery pupils. At East Garforth Academy, we strongly believe in giving individual attention to the needs of the children in our care. We encourage our children to be lifelong learners through the development of life skills, including responsibility, resilience, readiness for learning, resourcefulness and reflectiveness. Learning behaviours are excellent and it is our mission to offer every child a high quality education in a supportive, safe and challenging environment. Through this, children feel valued and respected and aim to be ‘the best they can be’.
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