Send Support Assistant

Sapientia Education Trust

Old Buckenham High School
Abbey Road
Old Buckenham
Norfolk
NR17 1RL

Tel: 01953 860233
Website: www.se-trust.org   

• Salary – Point 3 to 4 – £22,737 to £23,114 FTE 
• Permanent
• Hours to be discussed at interview
• Term time only 

Old Buckenham High School is a small/medium-sized high school set in the heart of the beautiful Norfolk countryside. We currently have around 560 students aged between 11 and 16 years and are committed to ensuring that we provide all our students with an inspiring and challenging learning experience based around excellent teaching, high quality pastoral care, guidance and support. Our school is firmly built upon a strong and positive community ethos of mutual respect and high standards for all. The school will use the curriculum, pastoral support programme, wider life of the school and local and wider community to comprehensively and positively promote the key fundamental British values. It is our intent to have high success rates in terms of academic achievement, we are efficient in delivery and cost effective providing diverse and rich experiences that develop students academically, socially and culturally to ensure they are fit for the 21st Century, responding to the local, regional, national and global challenges. Our strong leadership team and continuous improvement approach was recognised by Ofsted in our last inspection where we were rated as ‘Good’ in all aspects.

THE ROLE

We are looking for a hard-working and enthusiastic person with high standards and the ability to communicate and interact effectively with others as part of our school as a SEND Support Assistant.

Our SEND Support Assistants are mainly classroom based supporting students in all curriculum areas and across all year groups – levels of need vary between year groups. Applicants will need a good basic education, good communication skills and an interest in working with young people.

How to apply

A job description is available from ‘Attachments’

For this vacancy, if you select the orange ‘Apply for job’ button and enter your details, you will be redirected to our careers website to complete an online application form.

Closing date:             Applications considered on receipt. 
Interview date:             TBC

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, therefore all applicants must be prepared to undergo a number of checks to confirm their suitability to work with children and young people. The Trust welcomes applications from all sectors of the community. In accordance with the Department of Education’s “Keeping Children Safe in Education”, references will be sought on all short-listed candidates before interview.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and you will be required to undergo an Enhanced DBS check or Enhanced DBS check with barred list. If you have information to declare it may be protected under the Exceptions Orders and you may not be required to declare it. You will be asked to make a criminal conviction declaration if you are shortlisted for the post. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website.