SEN Support Assistant

Summercroft Primary School, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, CM23 5BJ

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  1 October 2026 at 1pm

• Date listed

  17 September 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £10,442.00 - £10,604.00 Annually (Actual)

SEN Support Assistant job summary

Summercroft Primary School is looking to appoint a Special Educational Needs Support Assistant (SENSA) to support individuals and groups of children and facilitate SEMH and learning interventions, across the school, for our pupils who are most in need. The SENSA will work closely with the SENCO, pastoral lead and class teachers, ensuring that the support is appropriately planned, resourced, impactful and engaging.

You should have excellent communication and organisational skills, be friendly, flexible and be able to use your initiative. You should have grade C/4 or above in GCSE/ O Level Maths and English, as well as previous experience of working within a classroom or facilitating interventions.

We are looking for a role that is 17 hours across Monday to Friday, term-time only.

Visits to Summercroft prior to application are warmly welcomed and recommended. Please use our Person Specification document to support your written application.

Summercroft is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. All post-holders are subject to a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. The school's Child Protection Policy and Recruitment Policy follow Herts County Council Guidance and are on our website

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

Summercroft are an equal opportunities employer and an anti-racist school. We aim to recruit, retain and promote a diverse mix of colleagues who are representative of the diversity in our local community.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and staff. All staff and volunteers are expected to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to have an Enhanced Certificate of Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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 Summercroft Primary School

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 436 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Summercroft Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/summercroft-primary-school

Nursery and Primary School ages 3 to 11 years.

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