Midday Supervisory Assistant (MSA) - SEN at Watling View School

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Job Reference #: EDV/2026/WVS/16033

Location: Watling View, St Albans, Hertfordshire, AL1 2NU

Contract Type: Permanent/Term Time Only

Contract Term: Part-Time

Salary: £13.28 Hourly

Closing Date

Midday, Wed 30th Sep, 2026

Start Date

October 2026

Positions Available

1

Interview Date(s)

TBA

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About this Role

For ASAP, we require energetic and enthusiastic Midday Supervisory Assistants to work with children who have severe learning difficulties. This role includes working with our children and young people during lunchtime. Duties will involve helping them with eating programmes, personal care routines and supervising lunchtime play activities.

Work hours are 11.30am to 1.30pm, Monday to Friday term-time only. Extra hours will be available, for those who want them, through our bank staff.

Pay spine H2 - From £12.85 per hour

Previous experience with special needs children would be an advantage but not essential.

We will close the advert early if we receive a large response, so please apply asap.

We are proud of our:

Extraordinary pupils
Innovative, dedicated staff
Excellent support and encouragement from Governors and the Senior Leadership Team
Varied and superb quality professional development (CPD)
School community that continually strives to improve
Ethos of focusing on positive learning behaviour and high expectations for all pupils and staff

We will offer you:

A new starter induction programme
Membership to Herts Rewards, our employee benefits scheme including discounts and cashback for high street shops and online shopping
Subscription to our comprehensive Healthcare and Wellbeing package
A varied and ongoing professional development programme (CPD)
Extensive sick pay from the 1st day of absence (after 6 months service)
Generous pension provision
Various staff social events during the academic year
Optional Childcare Vouchers scheme
Opportunity to earn overtime for working at our after school clubs
Annual appraisal programme
Annual Occasional Day
Free on-site car park

Watling View is a Good School (Ofsted, April 2025), catering for the needs of children and young people with severe and profound and multiple learning difficulties (2 to 19 years in age). A significant number of our pupils have autism and one in five has Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties. We aim to develop and enhance the potential of our pupils through an ethos and philosophy which emphasises that we are all of equal value as members of an interdependent supportive community.

Appointment to this post is subject to satisfactory clearance of enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks, including the barred list, as well as all other pre-appointment checks in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education (2026).

Please do not send CV's as only completed application forms will be considered.

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For ASAP, we require energetic and enthusiastic Midday Supervisory Assistants to work with children who have severe learning difficulties. This role includes working with our children and young people during lunchtime. Duties will involve helping them with eating programmes, personal care routines and supervising lunchtime play activities.

Work hours are 11.30am to 1.30pm, Monday to Friday term-time only. Extra hours will be available, for those who want them, through our bank staff. Pay spine H2 - From £12.85 per hour Previous experience with special needs children would be an advantage but not essential. We will close the advert early if we receive a large response, so please apply asap. We are proud of our:

Extraordinary pupils
Innovative, dedicated staff
Excellent support and encouragement from Governors and the Senior Leadership Team
Varied and superb quality professional development (CPD)
School community that continually strives to improve
Ethos of focusing on positive learning behaviour and high expectations for all pupils and staff
A new starter induction programme
Membership to Herts Rewards, our employee benefits scheme including discounts and cashback for high street shops and online shopping
Subscription to our comprehensive Healthcare and Wellbeing package
A varied and ongoing professional development programme (CPD)
Extensive sick pay from the 1st day of absence (after 6 months service)
Generous pension provision
Various staff social events during the academic year
Optional Childcare Vouchers scheme
Opportunity to earn overtime for working at our after school clubs
Annual appraisal programme
Annual Occasional Day
Free on-site car park

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