Business Support Assistant with responsibility for SEND

Business Support Assistant with responsibility for SEND. Start date: 1 September 2026. Hours: 22 hours a week, term time only. Working pattern: Monday to Thursday 10.45am - 3.45pm and Friday 10.45am - 3.15pm. Full time equivalent salary range: £26,824 - £29,540 per annum. Actual salary range: £13,337 - £14,687 per annum.

Responsibilities

Work with the SENDCO and SEND team to keep key processes running smoothly, supporting a busy diary and email inbox, and ensuring communication, meetings, paperwork and records are well organised, accurate and completed on time. Work alongside a colleague in the same role to provide support from 8.00am to 11.00am, ensuring consistent and effective support throughout the school day.

Support access arrangements, prepare for annual reviews, organise parent meetings, help with SEND events, respond to enquiries and maintain up to date student information. Provide calm, professional, discreet assistance with strong IT skills, excellent attention to detail and confident communication with a wide range of people.

Qualifications

Experience of working in a school or SEND setting is helpful but not essential. Key attributes include organisational, proactive, people focused administration, strong IT skills, attention to detail, and the confidence to communicate sensitively with a wide range of people.

Benefits

• The opportunity to be part of a supportive and inclusive Light Hall family.
• The opportunity to use and further develop your skills within a supportive school environment.
• Induction, ongoing support and a range of staff benefits including local government pension with generous employer contribution and free employee wellbeing services such as physiotherapy and chiropractor sessions, GP consultations for staff and their children 24/7 worldwide and flu jabs.

Additional Information

Light Hall School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and young people and expects its staff to share this commitment.

Advanced safeguarding checks are required, including an enhanced DBS check, for successful candidates.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

This post involves working in regulated activity with children.