Corfe Hills School is looking for a Student Support Assistant to join our fantastic {Team:} team. Could this be you?
Actual Salary £22,355 - £23,444 per annum (Grade 6)
This job is {Full Time/ Part Time/ Part Time - Term Time Only:} for 37 hours per week and 39 weeks per year.
It is offered on a Temporary basis until 31.08.2026
Approximate start date 17/11/2025.
Are you passionate about helping young people overcome challenges and thrive? Do you have the empathy, organisation, and problem-solving skills to make a genuine difference in a busy school environment?
If so, we're looking for an enthusiastic and dedicated Student Support Assistant to join our team in a busy secondary school setting. This is more than just a job; it's a chance to be a key player in shaping the positive choices, well-being, and educational journey of our students.
This role will be reporting and operating on the direction of the student support managers with areas such as, administrative tasks, attending meetings, and providing information, advice and structured intervention to enable students to make positive choices about their behaviour, attendance and social interactions.
The school is looking to fill two positions.
Interview date: week commencing 3rd November (to be confirmed)
Please refer to the attached job description for more details about the role.
Please Note: the actual salary shown is based on the number of hours and weeks worked and paid annual leave entitlement for an employee with under 5 years' service.
If you have any further questions, please contact Vicky Head on 01202 112248 or by emailing
About our School
Corfe Hills is an ambitious and high performing school where every student is known and supported to succeed. The school has been on a significant and ambitious improvement journey over the last four years as can be seen by our excellent outcomes. We are also delighted to share that following our recent Ofsted inspection in September 2021 we have been graded good in all categories.
Living Here
Corfe Hills School is in a fabulous location within easy reach of Bournemouth and its beaches, Poole and its harbour, the Jurassic Coast and the Dorset countryside.
The school serves the catchment area of Broadstone, Corfe Mullen and the wider area and we truly believe that all of our students are exceptional.
Our Vision and Culture
At Corfe Hills School we are passionate about excellence in learning. Our vision is underpinned by the Trust's values of Collaboration, Ambition and Respect.
We believe that this is the foundation which will enable our young people to achieve the highest possible outcomes during their time with us. We have the highest expectations of students – that they will engage fully in their learning, have high aspirations for themselves and embrace the wide range of opportunities available to them both inside and outside the classroom.
Our motto is “High Expectations – Exceptional Individuals” and we truly believe in the potential of every young person who joins the school. We also have an exceptionally committed staff, including talented teachers and a fabulous support staff who provide a range of functions including pastoral and administrative support to students.
Teaching and Learning
Teaching and Learning is at the heart of all that we do and our personalised professional development programme is centred around our Principles of Teaching that have been shaped by research from, among others, Barak Rosenshine, John Hattie and Doug Lemov. We also follow a lesson structure shaped around these principles that liberates and enables students to Learn to the Max every lesson. We are committed to regular developmental lesson visits and coaching conversations as part of our shared commitment to developing as practitioners.