SEND Teaching Assistant & Administrator

Maidstone Grammar School for Girls, Maidstone, Kent, ME16 0SF

11 days remaining to apply

• Earliest start date

  1 July 2026

• Latest start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  15 June 2026 at 8am

• Date listed

  4 June 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
• Working pattern: Part time: 20 hours per week term time plus 20 directed hours, 39 weeks per year.
• Contract type: Permanent
• Actual salary: Kent Range KSC £26,956 pa pro rata equating to £12,758 per annum.

What skills and experience we're looking for

Maidstone Grammar School for Girls is seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, organised, and forward-thinking SEND Teaching Assistant and Administrator to join our dedicated SEND support team. The post holder will offer one-to-one support to a student, helping to support within lessons as well as providing one-to-one intervention as required. The role will also involve SEND administration and will report to the SENCO and be part of the SEND and Pastoral Team.

Main roles and responsibilities:

• SEND support

• To attend lessons for a student with SEND as required and provide 1:1 support in line with their EHCP

• Provide pastoral and emotional support for students with SEND

• Provide administrative support to the SEND team.

What the school offers its staff

The postholder is required to work for 39 weeks per year and will receive a payment in respect of their pro rata entitlement to Annual Leave appropriate to their grade, Bank Holidays and the KCC concessionary day which is included in the salary above.

Maidstone Grammar School for Girls is a very successful selective girls’ school of 1,250 students with a mixed sixth form of approximately 320. Ofsted judged us to be outstanding and our examination results reflect this. We are a happy, thriving community, with a long standing tradition of excellence in all that we do. The post offers the opportunity to work with intellectually able young people in a supportive and friendly environment. Staff benefits include strong support for professional development and Benenden Healthcare Scheme.

“Maidstone Grammar School for Girls is an outstanding school” (Ofsted March 2023)

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 School and all its personnel are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children. This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service. The School will undertake an online check of shortlisted candidates in accordance with the requirements of the current edition of Keeping Children Safe in Education.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Additional documents

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

SEND Teaching Assistant & Administrator Application Pack June 2026.pdf - 803 KB (opens in new tab)

About Maidstone Grammar School for Girls

• School type: Local authority maintained schools, None, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1274 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Maidstone Grammar School for Girls website
• Email address: mstarns@mggs.org
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/maidstone-grammar-school-for-girls

Maidstone Grammar School for Girls is a very successful selective girls’ school of 1,250 students with a mixed sixth form of approximately 320. Ofsted judged us to be outstanding and our examination results reflect this. We are a happy, thriving community, with a long standing tradition of excellence in all that we do. We have been an Advanced Thinking School since 2015. The post offers the opportunity to work with intellectually able young people in a supportive and friendly environment. Staff benefits include strong support for professional development.

“Maidstone Grammar School for Girls is an outstanding school” (Ofsted March 2023)

If you wish to find out more about MGGS please visit our website at https://www.mggs.org/ and to take a virtual tour please visit https://youtu.be/kuqmn-D4AJY

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