Student Support Assistant
Trinity Catholic High School, Woodford Green, Essex, IG8 0TP7 days remaining to apply
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
26 June 2026 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
19 June 2026
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
- £25,791.00 - £26,918.00 Annually (Actual)
Student Support Assistant job summary
The Student Support Assistant plays a key role in supporting the pastoral, attendance, welfare and medical needs of students within their allocated year group. Working closely with the Head of Year, safeguarding team, school nurse and families, the postholder will help ensure that students are safe, supported and able to engage fully in school life. The role involves monitoring attendance and punctuality, coordinating welfare and medical support, managing student referrals, liaising with parents and external agencies, and providing practical administrative support to the wider pastoral team. Through proactive intervention and a caring approach, the Student Support Assistant will contribute significantly to promoting student wellbeing, removing barriers to learning and helping every student achieve their full potential.
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 Questionnaire
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Trinity Catholic High School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1598 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Trinity Catholic High School website
Trinity Catholic High School is large Catholic comprehensive school situated in the London Borough of Redbridge and within the Diocese of Brentwood. Ofsted have ranked us as ‘outstanding’ on 5 consecutive occasions and we have a reputation for excellence in all aspects of our service to the children in our school and the wider community. Our school’s inspection reports can be viewed on this link: www.tchs.org.uk/about-us/inspections. The highest standards relating to Teaching and Learning are a feature of daily life at Trinity and these significantly and positively impact student progress and attainment. Trinity’s Section 48 report (January 2020) states that “Trinity Catholic High School is an outstanding school and a beacon of high-quality Catholic education. It has an excellent reputation in the local community and beyond and it is rightly seen as a flagship school for the Diocese of Brentwood”. The report also emphasises that “Catholic life at Trinity Catholic High School is outstanding and is of the highest quality” and “Every aspect of Collective Worship at the school is outstanding".
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