Student Support Assistant
The Priory Ruskin Academy, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG31 8ED14 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
8 October 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
24 September 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
- Full time: 30 hours per week, 39 working weeks per year, term time only; part time considered
Contract type
- Fixed term - Temporary
Pay scale
- PPS4, £26,016 per annum (pro rata to £18,112 per annum)
What skills and experience we're looking for
The Priory Ruskin Academy is looking for passionate and enthusiastic individuals to join our team and contribute towards the opportunities and experience of our students.
The Student Support Assistant plays a vital role in ensuring all of our students can effectively access the curriculum both in and outside the classroom. This vacancy would suit an enthusiastic individual who is passionate about working with students with special needs, supporting them to develop from both an academic and social perspective.
Applicants should be computer literate and have worked with Microsoft Word, Outlook and Excel. GCSE English and Maths grade A-C, or equivalent, are essential. Previous experience of having worked with students with special needs would be desirable. This is a temporary contract in line with SEN funding, however there is no end date to the contract whilst funding is in place.
What the school offers its staff
The Priory Ruskin Academy is a member of The Priory Federation of Academies Trust, an established and supportive MAT. Our scale allows both flexibility and creativity in terms of career development, with permanent and secondment opportunities across our academies allowing exciting career pathways. We are determined in our mission to improve the life chances of our students, and we are equally committed to the wellbeing and development of our staff. All our support staff benefit from annual appraisals, access to CPD opportunities, our Trust Employee Benefits Programme and excellent support from our HR team.
There is a unique energy at The Priory Ruskin Academy; we are forward thinking, aspirational and dynamic but with a genuine warmth and supportive culture.
Further information about the job
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.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
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About The Priory Ruskin Academy
- Organisation type
- Academy, ages 11 to 19
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- Size
- 1347 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Email address
- prioryrecruitment@prioryacademies.co.uk
Our Academy offers a vibrant and stimulating learning environment where every young person is challenged to reach their full potential. Our students are proud of their Academy, where outstanding teachers and dedicated pastoral teams ensure high standards of academic success and a sense of personal responsibility.
Our curriculum is varied and inspiring, reflecting our traditional core values coupled with a modern outlook that celebrates the creativity of our specialisms in the Arts and Sport. Our extensive extra-curricular provision further nurtures students’ talents, providing a variety of educational, sporting and cultural opportunities. Such wide ranging academic and personal experiences are extended to our successful Sixth Form, from where the majority of our students will continue to university.
A Priory Ruskin student has high expectations for their future success and “Aims High and Shows Respect” in all aspects of school life. We respect our learning. We respect and foster our talents. We respect our school and wider community. It is our mission to ensure that each student appreciates the excitement of learning, the rewards of personal challenge and the importance of helping others in order to become a true citizen of the world.
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