Student support assistant

Lode Heath School, Solihull, West Midlands, B91 2HW

27 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  12 January 2026 at 8am

• Date listed

  16 December 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £26,824.00 - £29,540.00 Annually (FTE) Actual salary for 37 hours per week, 39 weeks per year: £ 22995 - £ 25324

Student support assistant job summary

Here at Lode Heath School, we’re continuing our mission to further enhance all aspects of our work as we support our students to be and achieve the very best that they can. Within this refreshingly collaborative and team-focused culture, colleagues work together towards our shared goals. Our aim, quite simply, is to make sure that student achievement, in its widest sense, is at the very heart of everything we do. Now’s your opportunity to contribute to this work as part of our Student Support team who are often the first port of call for our students during the school day.

We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and committed Student Support Assistant who will work alongside our experienced team members in a fast-paced and busy environment to provide immediate support in a myriad of ways to our students. We aim for all of our students to thrive in our care, and we welcome fresh thinking and new ideas to help us achieve this.

As our Student Support Assistant, you will contribute to the day-to-day promotion of high standards of behaviour for, and attitudes to, learning and will support students in their academic and personal needs. You will take a rigorous approach towards the commitment to protect and nurture students at Lode Heath School in keeping with agreed child protection, safeguarding, attendance and pastoral care policies.

Lode Heath School is a member of the Arden Multi-Academy Trust where we are committed in working together to help and enrich the experiences of all within the AMAT family; we have a clear vision to generate self-belief, self-worth, esteem and confidence in our young people who can then display the ambition and aspiration in achieving high educational outcomes.

Visits to the school are welcomed; please contact Mrs Jones at office@lodeheath.org.uk to arrange a date.

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.

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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

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Lode Heath School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1155 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Lode Heath School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/lode-heath-school

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