Educator Support Assistant

Protocol Education Ltd; West of England; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A reputable educational organization in South Gloucestershire is seeking an Education Support Assistant to join their SEND team. The role involves delivering targeted support to students, promoting wellbeing and safety, and building positive relationships. Candidates should have a good education background, experience with SEND, and strong communication skills. The school offers a supportive culture, professional development opportunities, and benefits like a pension scheme and discounts. This temporary position may become permanent.

Benefits

Professional development opportunities

Local Government Pension Scheme

Employee wellbeing support

Technology and gym membership discounts

Life assurance

Cycle-to-work scheme

Qualifications

• Experience working with young people with SEND.
• An understanding of effective interventions and the use of data to measure impact.
• Additional SEND training or experience with provision mapping tools is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Plan and deliver 1:1 and small-group SEND interventions.
• Support students in lessons and around the school site.
• Contribute to the Assess-Plan-Do-Review process and monitor progress.
• Build positive relationships with students, families, staff, and external professionals.
• Support teachers with planning, resources, and SEND documentation.
• Promote positive behaviour, wellbeing, and safety across the school.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Patience

Empathy

Ability to support secondary-age students

Education

Good standard of education including English and Maths

Job description

Protocol Education is working with a well-regarded secondary school in South Gloucestershire to appoint an Education Support Assistant within their SEND team. This is a varied and rewarding role supporting students from Key Stage 3 to Key Stage 5, with a strong focus on inclusion, aspiration and personal development.

Set in a green, community-focused area, the school is known for combining high academic standards with strong pastoral care. Staff work collaboratively, feel well supported and share a clear commitment to helping every young person succeed.

The role

Working under the guidance of the SENDCo, you will deliver targeted SEND support across the school. Your work will help students build confidence, independence and resilience, both in and beyond the classroom.

Key responsibilities include:

• Planning and delivering 1:1 and small-group SEND interventions
• Supporting students in lessons and around the school site
• Contributing to the Assess–Plan–Do–Review process and monitoring progress
• Building positive relationships with students, families, staff and external professionals
• Supporting teachers with planning, resources and SEND documentation
• Promoting positive behaviour, wellbeing and safety across the school

About you

This role would suit someone who is calm, organised and genuinely committed to supporting young people with additional needs.

You will bring:

• A good standard of education, including English and Maths
• Experience working with young people with SEND
• Confidence supporting secondary-age students
• Strong communication skills, patience and empathy
• An understanding of effective interventions and the use of data to measure impact

Additional SEND training or experience with provision mapping tools is desirable, but not essential.

What the school offers

• A strong commitment to professional development and CPD
• A values-led, inclusive and supportive working culture
• Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contributions
• Employee wellbeing support, including a counselling service
• Technology and gym membership discounts
• Life assurance and a cycle-to-work scheme

If you are not already Thrive trained, Protocol Education can offer free Thrive training, which is highly valued by schools and strengthens SEND practice.

All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see the FAQs on the Protocol Education website for further details. All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date. Protocol Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We undertake safeguarding checks on all workers in accordance with the DfE statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’, this may also include an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted applicants. We offer FREE online safeguarding and Prevent Duty training to all our workers. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and subscribe to the DBS Update Service. Full assistance provided. For details of our privacy policy, please see visit the Protocol Education website.