Pupil Support Assistant - Secondary

The Priory Witham Academy is looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Pupil Support Assistant to join a school that makes a genuine difference to its students and supports its staff to achieve their individual goals.  We passionately believe there is something special about our Academy – a tangible sense of community and an unwavering commitment to fulfil our motto ‘Believe Together Achieve Together’.  

The Priory Witham Academy is an ‘all through’ (EYFS – 18) Academy in Lincoln that is central to the community it serves. Our dedicated team of staff are supportive and aspirant and in return benefit from a high trust, high accountability environment where our ‘open door’ policy values and celebrates the inputs of individuals to create our Academy vision. 

We are currently seeking to appoint a Secondary Pupil Support Assistant to join our team and work with students across the secondary phase. The successful applicant will have the opportunity to work in a high quality environment with an experienced team of teachers and pupil support assistants. Please feel free to comment in your application about the year groups or age ranges where you see your skills being best used. The successful candidate should be computer literate and have worked with MS Word, Outlook and Excel. English and Maths GCSE grade A-C are essential together with previous experience of having worked with children.

The Priory Witham Academy is a member of The Priory Federation of Academies Trust, an established and supportive MAT. Our scale allows both flexibility and creativity in terms of career development, with permanent and secondment opportunities across our academies allowing exciting career pathways.  We are determined in our mission to improve the life chances of our students and we are equally committed to the wellbeing and development of our staff. All our support staff benefit from annual appraisals, access to CPD opportunities, our Trust Employee Benefits Programme and excellent support from our HR team.

Keen to find out more? A visit to the academy would be warmly welcomed.  Please feel free to make an appointment by contacting Ms M Seller on 01522 88 2900 or emailing mseller@prioryacademies.co.uk   

The job description and person specification can be found in the documents located below.

Please complete our online application form under Vacancies at Support Staff Application. Please note CVs are not accepted. 

For expressions of interest, from colleagues within the Trust, please complete the internal application form on the Trust website at The Priory Federation of Academies Trust - Internal Application Form (prioryacademies.co.uk)

Closing date for applications: 12 Noon, Monday 1st November 2021

The Priory Federation of Academies Trust strictly adheres to UK-GDPR regulations. In order to complete your application for this position you will be required to read and agree to the terms of our privacy statement. This will be available for you to read when you commence your application.

The Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. The position is subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure.