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SEND Support Assistant

Ditton Church of England Junior School, Aylesford, Kent, ME20 6AE

This job expired on 9 July 2025 – see similar jobs

• Start date details

  September 2025

• Closing date

  9 July 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  25 June 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: AAT C.5– £8,883.61 per annum (FTE £25,252)

SEND Support Assistant job summary

SEND Support Assistant

1-year fixed-term contract from September 2025 to August 2026

15 hours per week (3 hours per day Monday - Friday), term-time plus INSET days (39 weeks per year in total)

Salary: AAT C.5 – £8,883.61 per annum (FTE £25,252)

Required to start: September 2025

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a SEND Support Assistant of exceptional ability to join our team at Ditton Church of England Junior School.

We are looking to appoint a caring and empathetic SEND Support Assistant with energy and enthusiasm, and a love for working with young people. The role is to support specific students with complex needs. Our ideal candidate will have experience of working with children who have complex needs and will have a passion for making learning accessible and fun.

We would love to hear from you if you:

• want to be involved in shaping and developing outstanding learning experiences to enable all children to thrive
• want to work in a supportive and caring environment
• are committed to enabling every child to achieve the very best they can

For more information about the role, please download the Vacancy Pack below and apply online via MyNewTerm.

We would love to hear from you if you:

want to work in a supportive and caring environment

are committed to enabling every student to achieve the very best they can

are an ambitious professional

thrive in a collaborative and supportive work environment

In return, we can offer you:

Trust-wide commitment to your ongoing Continuous Professional Development (CPD) including secondment opportunities.

Unlimited access for you and your family to 24/7 GP telephone consultations.

Access to a wide array of discounts including Motorfinity, Kent Rewards and Blue Light Card.

Enhanced annual leave allowance with term-time offerings.

Access to mental health and wellbeing support including counselling, mindfulness and physiotherapy sessions

Access to Local Government and Teachers’ Pensions Schemes.

Free eye test, examinations and eye care voucher

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should a suitable candidate apply.

Aletheia Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974

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.

This job post has expired.

About Ditton Church of England Junior School

• School type: Academy, Church of England, ages 7 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 217 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 7 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Ditton Church of England Junior School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/ditton-church-of-england-junior-school-aylesford

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