Job Description

About Us

Northgate is a vibrant, multi-cultural primary school situated very close to Crawley town centre. We are a large primary school with 660 children on roll currently including a Specialist Support Centre (SSC) for children who are deaf, and a further 40-place maintained Nursery.

Job Details

We are seeking to appoint a Lead Pupil Support Assistant (PSA) who can work alongside our class teachers to offer support for our children to help meet their specific learning needs. Applicants will need to be competent in English and mathematics and will need to share our commitment to ensuring that every child achieves their full potential. The Lead PSAs will be expected to lead a group of Pupil Support Assistants in their year group, meeting with them regularly and supporting them in their role. The Lead PSA will also be expected to liaise with class teachers and phase leaders to monitor, assess and record pupil progress and contribute to the planning of the children's learning. Part of the role may include 1:1 work with children who have complex special educational needs.





Working hours are term time only; the role also includes lunchtime supervision responsibilities. All PSAs are paid 15 minutes extra each week to incorporate an hour's CPD/ training after school each month.

What You Need to Succeed

To be successful in this role you will need to:



Are you able to understand individual needs to nurture our children to success? If so, you have found the right place to work.





We pride ourselves on our caring, child-centred ethos and we would love to hear from you if you:


are an exemplary practitioner, committed to personalising learning to meet every child's needs have high expectations and love making a difference enjoy working with children and colleagues from a wide range of backgrounds and cultures have experience of working as a Pupil Support Assistant/ Teaching Assistant in a school have an understanding of trauma-informed practice (we do provide training on this approach)

Further Information

Northgate Primary School and West Sussex County Council are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to an appropriate Disclosure and Barring Service check along with other relevant employment checks, including satisfactory references.

How to Apply

To apply for this role please download the job description and application form below. Complete the application form and ensure that you outline your motivations for applying and explaining the skills and experience you can bring to the role (please refer to the key skills in the job description). Once complete please return this to sstringer@northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk



Should you have any questions regarding the role or the application please feel free to email us.

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Job Reference: SCHO00295