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  • 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

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.

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
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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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