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  • Job start date

    1 September 2025

  • Closing date

    16 July 2025 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    2 July 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Learning support or cover supervisor

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Part time: 31.25 hours per week, term time only

Contract type

Permanent

Actual salary

£18,900 - £20,472

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are seeking to appoint a SEN Support Assistant to be part of our highly effective SEN team. The successful candidate will be expected to help our pupils who experience specific difficulties with their studies. In particular, this will involve:

  • Supporting a range of pupils in overcoming difficulties in learning in classroom and small group situations
  • Responding to pupils in a positive way
  • Using initiative and working independently
  • Keeping written records
  • Liaising with staff, parents and other agencies
  • Supervising groups of students as necessary

Experience of supporting pupils with visual/hearing impairment; behavioural, emotional and social difficulties, physical disabilities and/or English as an additional language would be beneficial.

The candidate must, ideally, have experience in delivering intervention programmes in areas such as:

  • Literacy
  • Numeracy
  • Speech language and communication
  • Social, emotional and mental health difficulties

What the school offers its staff

St Margaret Ward is a happy, popular, oversubscribed 11-18 academy with an impressive record of success, acknowledged in our inspection in September 2021 (full report on school/Ofsted website). We are extremely proud of our enthusiastic and ambitious staff who are all committed to helping our students to fulfil their potential.

We are wholeheartedly committed to ensuring all who work and learn in the school can be the very best versions of themselves that they can be; we believe in fostering a community where all are loved and belong. To help us to live out our mission. we are seeking to appoint an excellent SEN Support Assistant who will play an integral role in helping us to achieve our goal.

The Academy are committed to the safeguarding and welfare of children and young people and expects all of its employees to share this commitment. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Amendment Order 1986 and, as such, it will be necessary for a Submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous convictions.

The Newman Catholic Collegiate will be merging with The Painsley Catholic Academy (which will be called St Gabriel the Archangel Catholic Multi Academy Trust (St Gabriel)) on 1st November 2025. This means that as of that date, all The Newman Catholic Collegiate employees will TUPE over to St Gabriel on their existing pay and conditions. This is a very routine process and is being done in full consultation with staff, HR advisors and unions. Should you have any concerns about this, please get in touch


Commitment to safeguarding

The Academy is committed to the safeguarding and welfare
of children and young people and expects all of its employees
to share this commitment. This post is subject to the
Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Amendment
Order 1986 and, as such, it will be necessary for a Submission
for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring
Service to check for any previous convictions

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About St Margaret Ward Catholic Academy

School type
Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
Secondary
School size
1162 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18
Ofsted report
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St Margaret Ward is a happy, popular, oversubscribed 11-18
academy with an impressive record of success, acknowledged in
our inspection in September 2021 (full report on school/Ofsted
website).

We are extremely proud of our enthusiastic and ambitious staff
who are committed to helping our students become the very best
they can be and, as such, the Academy Directors are seeking an ambitious and dedicated individual who can help us in our mission

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