Job Description

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Senior SEND Learning Support Assistant

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Highwoods Academy
07/11/2025


The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required for this job have also been included.


Job details

Salary

Salary Grade 6 Actual: 18,138.33 Pro-Rata
FTE: 26,403.00

Contractual hours

30

Basis

Part time

Region

Doncaster

Job category/type

Education (Support Services)

Date posted

17/10/2025

Job reference

REQ21486

Job description

Highwoods Academy

Working Hours: 30 hours per week Term Time only (Fixed Term)

Start date:

January 2026 or sooner

Finish Date:

31/08/26

Empowering Minds MAT are a family of schools who values and embraces diversity and uniqueness across our trust and in our communities.

We empower our children, staff, and wider communities to be ambitious and be the very best that they can be, in order to have the confidence to achieve their chosen place in society. We will achieve this through strong relationships, resilience, support, challenge, motivation and positivity. We aim to provide strong, ambitious and inspirational leadership in every school so that every pupil and every member of staff is encouraged to achieve more than they thought possible. Our learning evolves and adapts, moving toward our vision of aspiration.

We are looking for:

The Academy Trust is looking to appoint an experienced and enthusiastic Senior Learning Support Assistant with excellent communication skills. With a professional approach to work across all year groups, supporting vulnerable SEND pupils in an engagement hub setting and within classes.

We are looking for a Senior SEND Learning Support Assistant who:

Is committed to high standards of attainment and behaviour for all children Has a passion for supporting teaching and learning, particularly with SEND pupils Is able to engage well with pupils Is able to work under own initiative and plan and prepare and assess own lessons Has the appropriate qualifications

We will offer:

Working in a school which is part of the Empowering Minds Academy Trust. A school that is committed to school-based initial teacher training. Wonderful pupils and parents who support the school in all its aspirations. A welcoming, friendly and caring environment centred around our children. A commitment to excellence. An attractive and well-resourced working environment. A very supportive group of forward-thinking Governors, hardworking staff, parents/carers and community who are committed to children's success A clear vision and ethos A supportive leadership team. A commitment to Continuing Professional Development.

As a school, we are passionate about meeting the needs of all our learners, ensuring their happiness and making the most of their individual talents. The focus on developing a lifelong love of learning is underpinned by rigorous attention to the development of essential basic skills. We aim to balance high academic standards through our learning challenge approach and an emphasis on the creative curriculum.

Visits to the school are encouraged and warmly welcomed. Please telephone: 01709 583273 to arrange.

Application forms are available online or via the school office, please return completed applications for the attention of the Head Teacher Mr Rust:

Highwoods Academy, Highwoods Rd, Mexborough, S64 9ES

admin-highwoods@empoweringmindsmat.uk

Application Process

Closing Date:

Friday 7th November 2025

Shortlisting:

Monday 14th November 2025

Interview Date:

W/C Monday 17th November 2025

Empowering Minds Mat is an inclusive, diverse, supportive organisation. We care deeply about inclusive working practice and diverse teams. We aim at all times to recruit the person who is most suitable to the job and welcome applications regardless of sex, gender, race, age, sexuality, belief and disability. The Trustees and Academy Committee Members of Empowering Minds Mat are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and applicants will undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers. The role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS certificate, the role is engaged in regulated activity and will therefore require a Children's Barred List Check. Shortlisted Applicants will be required to complete a self-disclosure

If you have not heard from us within three days of the shortlisting date, then unfortunately on this occasion your application has been unsuccessful.