SEND Support Assistant

Package Description

Required for:
September 2026

Location:

Chapter House, Westminster Under School

Contract:

Full-time, term-time only. Fixed-term contract until July 2028

Hours of work:
Work hours are appropriate to the designated pupil, usually 8.00until 16:00, Monday to Friday, with a 30-minute lunch break. This is a term-time only role.

Salary: £24,145.03 (actual) equating to a full-time equivalent of £32,240 per annum

• Generous School pension scheme
• Free access to the School's leisure facilities, including a fitness gym (restricted hours).
• Cycle to Work Scheme and season ticket loans following completion of our standard probation period
• Private medical insurance (opt in)

Free school meals are also available when on-site during working hours for the role.

The Final date to receive applications is midday on Monday 17th August. Interviews will take place in-person shortly after the closing date

We are looking for a caring and enthusiastic individual who will relish the opportunity to support a specific pupil with a physical disability, which limits their mobility within the classroom environment, and with movement around the School. The pupil will also need support with their social communication development.

There are normally twenty-two pupils in each class and the staff body is warm and supportive. Both pupils and teachers are exceptionally motivated and the School and classrooms are rewarding, interesting places to be. Pupils work significantly above their chronological age on a variety of interesting tasks across all subject areas.

This role may be of particular interest to (though not exclusively limited to) people who might be exploring a career in education and/or SEND.

• Help a specific pupil who needs physical assistance around the main school buildings and wider school campus, as well as on trips. There is usually one residential trip per year.
• Build and maintain co-operative relationships with the designated pupil, being sensitive to their needs, e.g., needing less direct and more discreet input as they move up through the School, whilst being firm but fair.
• Give direct physical assistance to a specific pupil to the nearest exit in the event of a fire or fire drill.
• Gather work from subject teachers if and when the specific pupil requires time away from school.
• Communicate well with parents of the specific pupil as and when needed, including the writing of short reports where appropriate.
• Liaise with the Head of Learning Development regularly with regard to the specific pupil’s needs, academic attainment and pastoral development as well as any changes to their normal routine.

The SEND Support Assistant, like all members of staff, will be required to:

• Be actively involved in promoting the wellbeing of all pupils;
• Put pupils at the centre of everything you do, taking a pastoral interest in all pupils around the school environment so that they feel valued and cared for.
• Motivate pupils through praise while being firm but fair.
• Support to maintain the high standards of behaviour and uniform of pupils in the classroom and in all school locations and activities.
• Adhere to the Staff Code of Conduct

Work hours are appropriate to the designated pupil, usually 8.00until 16:00, Monday to Friday, with a 30-minute lunch break. This is a term-time only role.

There will be some reasonable adjustments to this, e.g., on a Games day when the session finishes later, however, the latest possible time to finish is envisaged to be 17:00 in the evening on an occasional basis, with additional time worked given in lieu during the normal working week at a mutually agreeable time. Assisting with one residential trip a year is expected, and out of hours work for this will be paid at a pre-agreed rate.

This role is envisaged to start as soon as possible,until the second week of July 2028 (the end of the 2027 - 2028 academic year when the pupil is due to leave the school).

Any questions should be directed in the first instance to the Head of Learning Development, Danielle Jones, by emailing…