Overview
Bay Primary School has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Achievement Support Assistant to start as soon as possible to supervise and care for pupils across the whole school. The role will involve covering PPA and implementing effective interventions for whole classes. This is a permanent position.
Contract and salary details
* Hours: 30 hours per week, term time only (190 days)
* Grade: 6, Scp 14 – 19
* £20,136 - £21,854 per annum (actual salary)
Responsibilities
* Establish constructive relationships with pupils according to their individual needs.
* Promote good pupil behaviour, deal promptly with conflict and incidents, and encourage pupils to take responsibility for their own behaviour.
* Set challenging and demanding expectations to promote self-esteem and independence.
* Provide effective support via coaching and mentoring and model an enthusiasm for improving personal performance to individuals and groups of pupils.
* Assist in monitoring and marking pupils’ responses to learning activities, using the school’s tracking data, and completing accurate records and reports.
* Provide detailed and regular feedback to teachers on pupils’ attainment, progress, behaviour and attitudes to learning.
* Contribute to the planning and evaluation of learning and assist in recording pupils’ progress.
* Under the direction of senior staff, deliver bespoke intervention and enrichment programmes (e.g., literacy, numeracy, guided reading, phonics, spelling, language development, Early Years, social skills, emotional skills and behavioural skills), recording achievement and progress and feeding back to the teacher.
* Liaise closely with appropriate staff regarding safeguarding, behaviour and wellbeing issues.
* Support safeguarding, behaviour and wellbeing across the school as part of a wider team.
Why choose Bay?
Bay Primary School is part of Horizon Academy Trust - a caring community of children, parents, staff and governors. Together we strive to provide a happy, supportive and safe environment for children to learn and realise their potential. This post presents the right candidate with the chance to make a significant contribution to the future development of the school and to the outcomes of our pupils. If you would like to find out more, please contact the school office to arrange a visit.
We can offer
* The opportunity of working within a supportive, friendly environment in a well-run and respected school
* Positive, well-behaved and happy children who are eager to learn
* A vision underpinned by high expectations and wanting the very best for our pupils
* Pension Scheme
* Term-time hours
* The post holder will primarily be based at Bay Primary School but may be required to work in other schools within the MAT as part of collaborative working.
Apply / Visits
Visits to the school are highly recommended. Please contact the school office if you would like to arrange one.
* Shortlisting: 7 October 2025
* Interviews: 15 October 2025
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