SEN Educational and Pastoral Assistant

Kinsale Junior School; Norwich; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 21,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

Job summary

Kinsale Junior School, part of The Wensum Trust, invites applications for the Roots to Rise provision. This nurture-based, highly structured role supports up to eight pupils needing emotional regulation, social communication, and readiness to learn.

Based in the Kinsale building, the post emphasizes inclusion and collaboration with families and the wider school community. The role is 32.5 hours per week, term time plus one week, on a fixed-term basis until 31 August 2027, with salary scales D

Qualifications

• Roots to Rise is a nurture-based, highly structured specialist provision supporting up to eight pupils who require additional help with emotional regulation, social communication, and readiness to learn.
• The provision offers a calm, inclusive, and adaptable environment in which children can develop confidence, coping strategies, and independence, enabling them to access the curriculum in line with their year-group expectations.
• Being based within the Kinsale building ensures that Roots to Rise remains fully inclusive, maintaining strong links with the wider school community while providing a bespoke environment tailored to individual needs.

Job description

Part of the Wensum Trust

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Website: https://mynewterm.com/jobs/146880/EDV-2026-KJS-69430

• Salary – Scale D, 5/6, £19,944 - £20,260 actual pa
• Fixed Term until 31 August 2027
• Part Time
• 32.5 hours per week
• Term Time plus 1 week

As part of The Wensum Trust, we believe that our shared duty is to help every child to develop into high achieving, confident, healthy, caring and resilient members of their family and community. We want our schools to be healthy environments where both children and staff can develop and where strong, positive relationships are key. Our school, therefore, practices a relational approach with children, our families and our communities. We are particularly interested in working with people who share Our Qualities; who will work effectively and flexibly as part of a team.

Roots to Rise is a nurture-based, highly structured specialist provision supporting up to eight pupils who require additional help with emotional regulation, social communication, and readiness to learn. The provision offers a calm, inclusive, and adaptable environment in which children can develop confidence, coping strategies, and independence, enabling them to access the curriculum in line with their year-group expectations.

Being based within the Kinsale building ensures that Roots to Rise remains fully inclusive, maintaining strong links with the wider school community while providing a bespoke environment tailored to individual needs.

Roots to Rise is designed to support pupils who:

• Struggle to stay regulated throughout the school day
• Find the mainstream classroom environment overwhelming
• Require targeted emotional, social, and communication support
• Benefit from smaller, sensory-friendly learning spaces

What the provision offers

Roots to Rise will provide:

• A dedicated classroom, sensory room, breakout/soft play area, craft and messy play room, office, meeting room, and accessible toilet
• A safe, enclosed outdoor space designed for regulation, movement, and therapeutic play
• Support from a qualified specialist teacher, alongside skilled Education & Pastoral Assistants
• A curriculum aligned with mainstream expectations, with a strong focus on emotional literacy, communication, independence, and resilience
• Daily structured opportunities for pupils to practice self-regulation strategies, recognise emotions, and learn how to seek support appropriately

Being a part of The Wensum Trust’s family of schools offers employees unique experiences to work alongside our strategic partners and to collaborate with a wider network of staff. We believe in investing in employees as individuals, by providing training opportunities that help to develop both existing and new skill sets, to encourage career progression at all levels.

We value our staff and are committed to supporting their wellbeing. We have an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) which all staff can access 24 hours a day. The EAP provides counselling services, legal information and guidance, musculoskeletal services and online resources such as nutrition diaries, healthy eating plans, personal coaching questionnaires and tools and fitness programmes.

We care about bringing together the most able people, to help us achieve our vision of providing a rounded education for children, quality support for their families and opportunities to enrich our communities.

For further information on this vacancy and our school, please contact Kelsey Wright on - [e-mail]

Closing date:19 October 2026, 12 noon

Interview date:TBC

The Wensum Trust is committed to safeguarding children and promoting the welfare of children and young people, we expect all trustees, staff and volunteers to share this commitment. TheWensum Trust is exempt from the Rehabilitations of Offenders Act 1974 and all convictions, cautions and bind-overs, including those regarded as 'spent' must be declared. All successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced Criminal Record Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service, along with other relevant employment checks, including overseas criminal background checks.