Pupil Support Worker
Silcoates School
Wakefield
- New
- Job type:
- Full Time, Fixed Term
- Start date:
- 13/05/2026
- Apply by:
- 30 May 2026
Job overview
Pupil Support Worker
Fixed term contract September 2026 to July 2027
Silcoates is a successful independent co-educational day school with a long and proud history. We achieve excellent academic results and offer a broad and stimulating variety of co-curricular activities. Silcoates is set in 52 acres of grounds in Wrenthorpe, near Wakefield, within easy reach of the M1 and M62, offering an all-through, fully co-educational day school experience for children from 2 to 18.
We are looking for an experienced and caring member of staff to join our team as a Pupil Support Worker for a Year 7 child with an Education Health and Care Plan (EHCP), with Communication and Interaction difficulties.
Working closely with the Head of Learning Support and class teachers, you will assist the school in making sure that the child’s needs are met. You will provide 1:1 support in class as appropriate but promote independence and resilience, encouraging interaction and cooperation with others and engagement in activities.
The successful candidate will have experience of working with children of a relevant age within a learning environment and experience of supporting pupils with SEND. You should have excellent numeracy/literacy skills – preferably to GCSE/NVQ equivalent Maths and English. A Level 3 or above qualification in supporting education or similar is desirable, but not essential.
The role is a one year fixed term contract from September 2026, working 30 hours per week, during term time only (35 weeks per year).
For full details of this post and to apply please complete an application form, which is available on our website: https://www.silcoates.org.uk/join-our-team/individual-vacancies/ . Please note that CVs will not be accepted.
Silcoates School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All appointments are made in accordance with safer recruitment practices and the statutory guidance in Keeping Children Safe in Education. Online and reference checks will be carried out on all shortlisted candidates, and all appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS check, satisfactory references and checks regarding suitability to work with children.
Closing date: 31st May, 9am
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About Silcoates School
Silcoates is a 3 to 18 school which seeks to bring out the very best in every pupil through instilling in them a love of learning and a willingness to seize every opportunity they are given. Whilst many of our pupils begin their life at Silcoates in the Junior School, others join aged 11 and 16 (and at many points in-between!). This continuity serves to embed the skills and qualities that make our pupils enthusiastic and effective learners. It also ensures that they develop strong and life-long friendships with their peers. New pupils to the School are given an especially warm welcome and they soon feel valued members of our community.
Whilst we are academically selective, the pupils have a broad range of abilities and needs and thus we have a curriculum that becomes increasingly flexible as pupils develop their own strengths and aptitudes. However, the most academic will succeed at Silcoates, with recent leavers obtaining places at Cambridge and Durham universities and medical school. The breadth and variety of our curriculum is matched by the range of activities on offer outside the classroom. Having all the School on one site enables the pupils in the Junior School to benefit from the vast array of facilities on offer, from the all-weather playing surfaces to the indoor swimming pool to the fully-equipped Drama Studio.
Sport and exercise are important features of life at Silcoates. Boys are introduced to our core sports of rugby, hockey and cricket in the Junior School and, due to our size, most have the opportunity to play for the School throughout their career; girls are equally as competitive in hockey and netball.
All pupils are given every encouragement to express themselves in the full range of artistic activities and push themselves way beyond their comfort zones through going on trips and expeditions abroad. The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme is very well established and several pupils achieve Gold every year. ‘Grit’ and determination are also evident on our biennial expedition to Tanzania.
The principal accolade that many parents and former parents afford the School is that it is a warm and welcoming community and that their children make friendships here that last them a lifetime.
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