Student Support Assistant

International Schools Today; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 8,000 - 9,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent benefits

Job summary

RGS Newcastle Group in Newcastle upon Tyne is seeking a caring Student Support Assistant to support a Year 9 pupil. The post is part-time, 15 hours per week over Monday and Tuesday during term time, with shifts from 7.45am to around 4.30pm, including personal care and mobility support.

Salary is 26k FTE, pro‑rata’d to about 8.3k gross per annum, with excellent benefits. The role offers the chance to make a meaningful difference within a close-knit staff team while contributing to the student’s

Qualifications

• Experience supporting a student with personal care and mobility tasks is beneficial.
• Ability to engage with a student in a school environment with sensitivity and discretion.
• Willingness to work early mornings and handle routine guidance duties.

Responsibilities

• Support the student during lessons and break times, ensuring their safety and wellbeing.
• Assist with toileting and transfers to and from a standing frame as required.
• Monitor and accompany the student from around 7.45am until 4.30pm, with time allocated for co-curricular activities.

Skills

Caring

Patience

Dedication

Job description

Part Time – 15 hours per week (Term Time Only)

Required as soon as possible

We seek to appoint a caring, thoughtful, and professional Student Support Assistant to support a student at our school in Year 9. Whilst the role is unique, the successful candidate will be joining a very close team of staff here at RGS.

A normal day would include meeting our student at school at around 7.45am and caring for them, within lessons and during some breaktimes, until the end of the school day. This will include toileting, transfers to and from a standing frame and other elements of personal care. There is some flexibility required, and the day will end between 4.00pm and 4.30pm when our student is collected by parents. The exact finish time each day will depend on co-curricular clubs.

This is a part-time position, and the Student Support Assistant will work 2 days (15 hours) per week, every Monday and Tuesday.

This is a truly rewarding opportunity to make a meaningful difference to the daily school experience of a young person, while becoming part of a supportive and welcoming staff community at RGS.

If you are a caring, patient and dedicated individual who is passionate about helping young people thrive, we would love to hear from you.

• Start Date: As soon as possible
• Contract: Permanent
• Hours: 15 hours per week during term time, worked over 2 days (Monday and Tuesday). The normal core working hours for this role will be 7.5 hours per day and shifts could fall between 7.45am and 4.30pm (determined by student activities).
• Salary: 26k gross per annum (FTE). As this role is part-time (i.e., 15 hours per week) and term-time only, the salary will be pro-rata’d to in the region of 8.3k gross per annum.
• Excellent benefits available- please see our job information pack below for full details
• Closing Date: 9.00am Friday 16th October 2026

The RGS Newcastle Group is committed to the safeguarding of children and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, volunteers and those working in school to share this commitment. The school applies the Government’s Keeping Children Safe in Education Safer Recruitment procedures to all candidates including appropriate pre-interview checks on shortlisted candidates and pre-employment checks pending any offer.