SEN Support Assistant with Lunchtime supervisor duties at Kettering Park Infant Academy

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Job Reference #

EDV/2026/KPIA/24761

Location

Park Avenue, Kettering, Northamptonshire, NN16 9RU

Contract Type

Fixed Term

Contract Term

Part-Time

Salary

£24,796.00 - £25,185.00 Annually (FTE)
Please note the salary is the Full Time Equivalent, the position is 32.5 hours per week for 38 weeks per year and salary is paid pro rata

Hours Per Week

32.5

Weeks Per Year

Fixed Term End Date

Tue 31st Aug, 2027

Closing Date

Midnight, Sun 28th Jun, 2026

Start Date

1st September 2026

Positions Available

Positions Available 1

Interview Date(s)

to be confirmed

Interview Date(s) to be confirmed

About this Role

We are looking to appoint a committed SEN support Assistant. We are seeking someone who has ambition and confidence, as well as wanting to develop their skills within a school. The role will involve working with pupils in our dedicated SEN space that require behavioural, educational or emotional support and supervising the children at lunchtime (30 mins per day).

At KPIA we pride ourselves on our collaborative and caring approach to education. We want our learners to grow. We ensure that we provide our children with high quality education as well as supporting and developing their independence and wellbeing with safeguarding at the heart of all we do. As a school we follow the values of inclusion, integrity, initiative, inspiring and involvement.

Main purpose of role:

To assist and support pupils with special educational, social, emotional and behaviour difficulties.

To work under the instruction/guidance of senior/teaching staff to support the delivery of quality learning and teaching and to help raise standards of achievement for all pupils.

To work either in or out of the classrooms to support the child as directed by the class teacher, SENCo or member of senior leadership in order to meet the needs of specific children / groups of children.

Please see attached Job description for further information.

If you would like to learn more about us then please visit our website on www.ketteringparkinfantacademy.co.uk. Visits are welcomed, please contact the school office.

The position is 30 hours per week as a SEN Teaching Assistant and 2.5 hours per week as a lunchtime supervisor for 38 weeks per year on a fixed term contract until 31st August 2027. Salary stated is full time equivalent and will be paid pro rata.

Please note we follow Safer recruitment guidelines as set out in KCSIE.