Pupil Support Assistant - Severndale Academy (Monkmoor Campus)

Wmjobs; Shrewsbury; Hybrid; GBP 13,000 - 15,000; Part time

Job summary

Severndale Academy in Shrewsbury is seeking a Lead Pupil Support Assistant on a permanent, term-time-plus-5 PD days contract. The role is 25 hours per week, 9.30am–2.30pm, with duties across Monkmoor/futures campuses as required.

The successful candidate will support learners with personal care, welfare and feeding, and work closely with a small team under the Lead PSA to promote independence.

Responsibilities

• Support learners' personal care needs with dignity and hygiene.
• Assist learners with play, welfare and feeding during lunchtimes.
• Work as part of a team with the Lead PSA across Monkmoor or Futures campuses.

Job description

Severndale Academy (Monkmoor Campus)
Lead PupilSupport Assistant
Permanent, Term Time Plus 5 PD days
25 hours per week. 9.30am — 2.30pm
LCT scale 2 (SP 3-4) From: £13.45 or £15,014

Our Personal Support Assistants are a key part of the support team at Severndale, enabling our learners' personal care needs to be met in a compassionate, hygienic and dignified way, so that they are clean, comfortable, happy and ready to learn in their classrooms. We want our learners to be as independent as possible, working to toilet train where their needs allow. Our PSAs are part of a team, who work together effectively to provide care across the academy, with each PSA usually allocated to a small number of classes, often working with a partner, managed by our Lead PSA.

The successful candidate will effectively support the personal care needs of learners, with 25 hours worked from 09:30 to 14:30. Although we are currently recruiting aimed at Monkmoor campus, you may be expected to work at either Monkmoor (Shrewsbury) or Futures (Shrewsbury College, London Road) depending on the needs of learners.

As part of the pupil Support Assistant role over lunchtimes you will assist learners with play, welfare and feeding of an individual or small group of learners. This will involve accessing training to support learners with different eating and drinking needs.

Further information can be obtained from the attached documents and the Academy website. Severndale Academy

Closing date: 02/10/2026 at 9.00 am
Enquiries to: [e-mail]

Attached documents

• Pupil Support Assistant - Application pack
• Application Form