SEND Support Assistant

Rye Community Primary School, Rye, East Sussex, TN31 7ND

4 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2025

• Closing date

  14 July 2025 at 3pm

• Date listed

  8 July 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time: Monday to Friday 30 hours per week
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: Single Status 6 Points 14-16

What skills and experience we're looking for

Rye Community Primary School is seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, energetic and adaptable SEND Support Assistant to join our highly motivated team. We are driven by a pursuit of high academic standards regardless of background and a desire for all pupils to experience an exceptional education. We want every child to grow and flourish in our care.

Our ideal candidate will:

• Have experience, or interest, in working as a SEND Support Assistant.

• Have experience, or interest, in working with children and families.

• Have experience, or interest, in working across the curriculum.

• Knowledge of supporting children with SEND.

• Have a working knowledge of the SEN Code of Practice and an understanding of the barriers to communication/interaction, cognition, SEMH and physical progress.

• Be inclusive in their practice with high expectations of all.

• Have good communication skills with the ability to work as part of a team.

• Be committed to continual professional learning.

• Have integrity, optimism and be able to display a ‘can do ethos’.

What the school offers its staff

In return, we offer:

• A happy community committed to the professional development of all colleagues.

• A distinctive local context ensuring we place inclusivity at the heart of all we do.

• A skilled and experienced team of teachers and other professionals.

• A motivated leadership team leading rapid improvement to the pupils’ life chances.

• A school in which the pupils are enthusiastic, engaging and thoughtful.

• The support of professionals from within an exciting and outward facing educational trust.

We would be pleased to welcome you for an informal visit to our school prior to application.

Rye Community Primary School is committed to safeguarding the young people in our care and we expect all our staff to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS check.

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

Rye Community Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all colleagues and volunteers to share this commitment. We have a number of policies and procedures in place that contribute to our safeguarding commitment, including our 'Child Protection Policy' which can be viewed in the 'Policies' section of our website.

Applying for the job

This job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Upload additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

SEND_Support_Assistant_July_25.pdf - 428 KB (opens in new tab)

About Rye Community Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 239 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Rye Community Primary School website
• Email address: aquinas.recruitment@aquinastrust.org
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/rye-community-primary-school

Our mission is to make sure all our children can 'Dream, Believe, Achieve'.

Our school is a kind, caring and inclusive space where children feel safe and well-looked after. Every child is known as an individual and their unique talents are recognised and celebrated.

We are part of a family of schools that serve the young people of Rye from two to sixteen years of age, enabling us to offer a consistent nursery, primary and secondary education. We are proud of our place at the centre of the community, serving local children and their families.

Our aim is to unlock the gifts and talents found in every learner regardless of ability, background or need; offer a vibrant curriculum which challenges every child to success; and develop the love of learning and high aspirations that will serve our pupils well as they grow.

Since November 2018, Rye Community Primary School has been part of Aquinas - an educational trust of eleven schools in the south-east; we believe all our children should feel happy and valued. We believe in a strong partnership between home and school - recognising the importance of the child's family in their progress and development.

We look forward to leading Rye Community Primary School into the future and invite you to see for yourselves what we have to offer.

Arranging a visit to Rye Community Primary School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email aquinas.recruitment@aquinastrust.org.

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