SEN Support Assistant

Montagu Academy, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, S64 9PH

26 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  3 November 2025 at 8am

• Date listed

  8 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time: 32 hours per week, Monday to Friday
• Contract type: Fixed term - while child attends the school
• Full-time equivalent salary: 25,185.00-25,989.00
• Actual salary: This job starts at £18,335.29
• Pay scale: Grade C points 4 to 6

What skills and experience we're looking for

Essential:

• A good standard of written and numeracy skills (A/I/C)

• Experience of supporting a child with additional needs (A/I/R)

• Ability to support the medical and personal care needs of a child (A/I/R)

• Understanding of relevant policies/codes of practice (A/I)

• Understanding classroom roles and responsibilities and your own position within these (A/I)

• Good communication skills both oral and written (A/I/R)

• Ability to build trust with a pupil and their parents/carers (A/I/R)

• Experience of supporting and facilitating pupils learning and progress (A/I/R)

• Ability to use basic technology to support the role (A/I)

• Ability to build positive relationships with all stakeholders (A/I)

• Ability to work constructively as part of a team (A/I/R)

Desirable:

• Completion of DfES Teacher Assistant Induction Programme or equivalent (A/C)

• NVQ Level 2 or appropriate level of experience of operating in the classroom (A/I/C)

• Training in the relevant health care competencies (A/I/C)

• Training to support SEN pupils (A/I/C)

• Ability to use a hoist (A/I/R)

• Working with or caring for children of relevant age (A/I)

• Emergency First Aid or First aid at work qualification (C)

What the school offers its staff

Financial Wellbeing:

• Membership to either theTeachers’ Pension Schemeorthe Local Government Pension Scheme
• Technology scheme and Vehicle Leasing Scheme*
• Access to anextensivediscounts platform

Physical Wellbeing:

• 24/7 access to an online GPor Advanced Nurse Practitioner for you & your household
• Gym & fitness discounts
• Cycle to Workscheme*
• Free annual flu jab

Mental Wellbeing:

• Access to an industry leadingEmployee Assistance Programme
• Menopause Support Service
• TrainedMental Health First Aidersin all our settings

*Subject to ensuring NMW is maintained

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.

Montagu Academy are looking to appoint a SEN Support Assistant to join our academy as soon as possible on a part time, temporary 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, youwill 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.

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.

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.

Upload additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

Job Description - Support - SEN Support (funded) (1).pdf - 114 KB (opens in new tab)

About Montagu Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 366 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Montagu Academy website
• Email address: broughtonc2@montaguacademy.org.uk
• Phone number: 01709 302246
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/montagu-academy-mexborough

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.

Arranging a visit to Montagu Academy

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email broughtonc2@montaguacademy.org.uk.

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