Student Support Leader at The Nicholas Hamond Academy

The Queen Elizabeth Academy; Swaffham; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 24,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

Employee assistance program (EAP)

Recognition and reward scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Discounts on major high street brands

Job summary

The Nicholas Hamond Academy invites applications for a Student Support Leader to support students in the classroom and strengthen pastoral care.

You will help improve behaviour and progress, support readiness to learn, and engage with families to promote a positive academy culture. The role is permanent, 37 hours per week, term-time, with salary range NJC 7-11; start date ASAP.

Qualifications

• Self-motivated with a passion for supporting teaching and learning.
• Experience in a learning or student care setting is preferred.
• GCSE grade 4/C+ across English and Maths required.

Responsibilities

• Manage and improve the behaviour and progress of students within the academy.
• Support students in being ready to learn and to be happy, successful and positive members of the academy community.
• Support the positive engagement between the academy and families.

Skills

Self-motivation

Passion for teaching

Education

GCSEs including English and Maths

Job description

About this Role

STUDENT SUPPORT LEADER

• Contract Type: Permanent
• Hours: 37 hours per week, 39 weeksper year (term time only)
• Salary Scale: NJC Point 7-11
• Actual Salary: £22,709 - £24,204 (pending pay award)
• Start Date: As soon as possible

Are you looking for a fantastic new opportunity? The Nicholas Hammond Academy arelooking to appoint a Student Support Leader to support students in theclassroom within an Academy that strives for excellence.

About you

We are looking for anenthusiastic individual who is self-motivated and has a passion for supportingteaching and learning to become a member of our PastoralTeam. The successful candidatewill manage and improve the behaviour and progress of students within the academy and support studentsin being ready tolearn and to be happy,successful and positive membersof the academy community. This role will also involve supporting the positive engagement betweenthe academy and families.

To succeed, you'll hold GCSEgrade 4/C+ in a range of subjects including English and Maths and haveexperience of working effectively in a learning /student care setting.

You will be joining adynamic team, who enjoy supporting the Academy and its culture of outstandingsuccess amongst our students.

Why choose The Nicholas Hamond Academy?

Rated as 'Good' by Ofsted inJanuary 2022, here at The Nicholas Hamond Academy, we are "determined to be thebest that we can be". As a team, we are dedicated to delivering a high-qualityeducation that enables students to make rapid progress and achievetransformational academic targets. We have high expectations of our pupils andevery student matters to us. We work closely with our local community,including parents and carers, who actively support the work we are doing toachieve and maintain the highest possible standards.

About Academy Transformation Trust

Our ATT2030 Vision means wemeet our young people where they are at and refuse to leave them there. Our pupils will leave us capable, competent and confident and take their placein the community of educated people. Our staff will be cared for,developed and they do will be capable, competent and confident. We wouldlove to hear from those who want to join us in that mission.

What's in it for you?

• Accessto continuous personal development programs.
• A bespoke platform supportingcolleague welfare and benefits, including pension scheme, employee assistanceprogram (EAP), recognition and reward scheme, cycle to work scheme anddiscounts on many major high street brands.

TheNicholas Hamond Academy are part of the Academy Transformation Trust family,whose ambition is that every person who passes through our schools andcolleges becomes an educated person - able to take a rightful place in thecommunity of educated people and to join what Robert Maynard Hutchins called"the Great Conversation." An ATT education stresses history, the scientificmode of thinking, the disciplined use of language, a wide-ranging knowledge ofthe arts and religion, and the continuity of human enterprise. We aspire foreveryone, regardless of their starting point, to leave us capable, competent,and confident.

The Nicholas Hamond Academy arecommitted to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. The successful applicant will undertake an enhanced DBS criminalrecord check, and online searches will be carried out in line with KCSIEupdate 2026. We are committed to Diversity, Equality and Inclusionand welcome all applications. We are open to FlexibleWorking.

Closing date: Friday 09 October 2026 at 09:00

Interview date: To be confirmed