SEND Assistant

John Henry Newman Catholic College, Birmingham, West Midlands, B37 5GA

45 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  31 August 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  16 July 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £25,992.00 - £28,624.00 Annually (FTE)

SEND Assistant job summary

Our Lady and All Saints Catholic Multi Academy

SEND Assistant

Salary: Grade C £25,992 - £28,624 (FTE)

Term Time including inset days

John Henry Newman Catholic College

Start Date: September 2025

Our Lady and All Saints Catholic Multi Academy Company was formed in April 2021 and currently comprises 12 Catholic Primary Schools and 2 Catholic Secondary Schools across the Birmingham, Solihull, and Warwickshire areas.

John Henry Newman Catholic College is an oversubscribed and high performing 11-19 College in the heart of Chelmsley Wood, Solihull. John Henry Newman Catholic College is a vibrant school with a welcoming Catholic community. The staff and students have created a wonderful, supportive and nurturing environment in which to work. Visitors to the College remark upon the warmth of the atmosphere and the positivity displayed by everyone. The best way to find out what John Henry Newman Catholic College is about is to see us in action. You are very welcome to come and look around before you submit your application.

Our staff and students benefit from a new state of the art, well equipped College with a theatre, music practice rooms, drama and dance studios, sports block, 3G football pitches, extensive playing fields, multi use games area, learning resource centre, science labs, Sixth Form area, conference facilities, media suites and our innovative specialist centre for SEND.

We offer a supportive and friendly environment, ongoing CPD opportunities, and the chance to make a real impact on students' futures.

SEND Assistant Responsibilities:

• Deliver high quality group and EHCP 1:1 intervention including the DIE (Siegfried Engelmann’s Direct Instruction English) and DIN (Direct Instruction Numeracy) programmes for recovery reading and maths programmes under the direction of the SENDCo.
• Support and challenge specific children and groups of pupils with SpLD and MLD in lessons under the direction of the SENDCo.
• Support pupils with ASC to make excellent progress.  Undertake implementation of standardised tests such as NGRT under the direction of the SENDCo.
• Mark and assess pupils’ work where necessary under the direction of the SENDCo.
• Communicate with parents / carers of pupils with whom you work to ensure effective home-school links .
• Communicate effectively and regularly with the SENDCo and the Inclusion Team.
• Contribute to the schools liaison and work with outside agencies in particular as part of the Annual Review of Statements of Special Educational Need.
• Collect and collate lesson evidence of progress, attainment and behaviour pending SEND diagnoses.
• Support the Inclusion Team in ensuring a smooth transition for pupils moving to the College from our feeder Primary Schools
• Assist the RSL, Strategic Director of SEND and Strategic Director of Safeguarding and Student wellbeing in academic monitoring procedures which identify progress in learning, to ensure students who are subject to a Support Plan, reach their full potential.
• Attend relevant open and consultation evenings as and when required.
• Make an active contribution to the school’s ongoing development of its Inclusion Team.
• Represent the school in a manner consistent with its ethos and values.
• Carry out general duties as and when required in response to the needs and requirements of the SEND department and the school.
• Undertake appropriate training, as and when required, for personal and professional development.

John Henry Newman Catholic College, part of Our Lady and All Saints Multi Academy Company, has a responsibility for and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable groups. All employees and volunteers are expected to share this commitment and to obtain an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check (DBS) and where relevant, a childcare disqualification check. Any offer of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and other satisfactory pre-employment checks. This post is exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.

An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates. We reserve the right to close the online vacancy when we are in receipt of sufficient applications. Therefore, should you wish to apply for this post you are advised to complete and submit your application form as soon as possible.

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.

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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 John Henry Newman Catholic College

• School type: Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1301 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: John Henry Newman Catholic College website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/john-henry-newman-catholic-college

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