Special Educational Needs Support Assistant (SENSA) - Grade 3 or 4
The Minster School, Southwell, Nottinghamshire, NG25 0LGThis job expired on 26 March 2025 – see similar jobs
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
26 March 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
4 March 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
- HLTA (higher level teaching assistant)
- Learning support or cover supervisor
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Working pattern
- Full time, part time: Hours: Term Time Only – 31.75 hours per week - Less hours will be considered for the right candidate, please specify.
Contract type
- Fixed term - Fixed Term – till 25th July 2025
Pay scale
- NJC Salary Scale – Grade 3 – Scale Point 5 – 7 OR NJC Salary Scale – Grade 4 – Scale Point 8 - 14 - dependent on experience
What skills and experience we're looking for
The Minster School is seeking to appoint a dedicated and enthusiastic Special Educational Needs Support Assistant (SENSA), to join our highly skilled team. The successful candidate will provide specialist support to individual students and groups of students by assisting with personal care and supporting learning under the supervision, direction and guidance of the SEN team.
Significant previous experience of working with children/young people and excellent numeracy and literacy skills will be most beneficial. If you are keen to make a difference to the progress and aspirations of our students, then we would very much welcome your application.
We are open to recruit a SENSA at either Grade 3 or Grade 4, depending on experience of the candidate - both job descriptions and personal specifications are included.Please indicate on your application which role you wish to be considered for.
What the school offers its staff
THE MINSTER SCHOOL, SOUTHWELL
A Church of England Academy
Member of the Minster Trust for Education
NOR 1650, inc. 400 in the Sixth Form, Age Range 7-18
SENSA
Either –
NJC Salary Scale – Grade 3 – Scale Point 5 – 7
OR
NJC Salary Scale – Grade 4 – Scale Point 8 - 14
To commenceASAP
Hours: Term Time Only – 31.75 hours per week - Less hours will be considered for the right candidate, please specify.
Fixed Term – till 25th July 2025
The Minster School is a highly regarded, oversubscribed school, serving the local community of Southwell and surrounding villages. As a Church of England Academy, we have a strong ethos which is based around our values of Wisdom, Optimism, Resilience, Kindness and Service through which we live and breathe our motto of Succeeding Together. The school currently has 1650 students on roll including 350 students in the sixth form and 40 students in the junior department. We are regularly amongst the top schools in Nottinghamshire for achievement and attainment.
Alongside serving our own students, we are the home of East Midlands East Maths Hub, a strategic partner of the Redhill Teaching Hub and a member of the Minster Learning Alliance. The Minster School is a member of the Minster Trust for Education (MITRE), a multi academy trust
Further information about the job
Candidates should apply through the TES website and follow the guidance notes as provided.CV’s will not be accepted. For further information about how to apply for this role, please read our ‘Guidance notes for applicants’ document which will be posted on the TES website under the job listing.
For more information about the role, please contact our HR Assistant Lizz Caunt –l.caunt@minsterschool.org.uk
Closing date:26th March 2025 12.00pm
Interviews:w/c 31st March 2025
The Minster Trust for Education is committed to safeguarding children and the promotion of equal opportunities for staff and students. The successful applicant will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS check and complete a KCSIE Declaration.
Please note that we reserve the right to close this vacancy sooner if we receive suitable applications for the role.
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.
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About The Minster School
- School type
- Academy, Church of England, ages 7 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1618 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 7 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- The Minster School website
- Email address
- l.caunt@minsterschool.org.uk
The Minster School is a founding member of the Minster Trust for Education, a multi-academy trust supporting the very best education in all its facets for children in Nottinghamshire
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