SEN Support Assistant with Lunchtime supervisor duties

Kettering Park Infant Academy, Kettering, Northamptonshire, NN16 9RU

15 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  19 March 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  4 March 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: £24,796.00 - £25,185.00 Annually (FTE) Please note the salary is the Full Time Equivalent, the position is 32.5 hours per week for 38 weeks per year and salary is paid pro rata

SEN Support Assistant with Lunchtime supervisor duties job summary

We are looking to appoint a committed SEN support Assistant. We are seeking someone who has ambition and confidence, as well as wanting to develop their skills within a school. The role will involve working with pupils in our dedicated SEN space that require behavioural, educational or emotional support and supervising the children at lunchtime (30 mins per day).

At KPIA we pride ourselves on our collaborative and caring approach to education. We want our learners to grow. We ensure that we provide our children with high quality education as well as supporting and developing their independence and wellbeing with safeguarding at the heart of all we do. As a school we follow the values of inclusion, integrity, initiative, inspiring and involvement.

If you would like to learn more about us then please visit our website on www.ketteringparkinfantacademy.co.uk. Visits are welcomed, please contact the school office.

The position is 30 hours per week as a SEN Teaching Assistant and 2.5 hours per week as a lunchtime supervisor for 38 weeks per year on a fixed term contract until 31st August 2026. Salary stated is full time equivalent and will be paid pro rata.

Please note we follow Safer recruitment guidelines as set out in KCSIE.

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

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

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 Kettering Park Infant Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 7
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 241 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 7
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Kettering Park Infant Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/kettering-park-infant-academy

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