Lunchtime Support Assistant Mary Rose Academy

Empowering our community within and beyond Mary Rose

to achieve great things; experience awe and wonder and to have our voices heard now and for the future.

Lunchtime Support Assistant

Band 4 Point 4 SEN Allowance

15 hours a week term time only permanent.

Salary 8965 (FTE 25201 including SEN Allowance)

Mary Rose Academy are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic patient and cheerful individual to join our amazing team. You will support and supervise pupils over the play and lunchtime period from 10.30am 1.30pm.

You need to be flexible energetic and ideally have experience of working with children with profound and complex disabilities and/or autism. However training will be provided for the right candidate.

You will be based at Mary Rose Academy The Lantern Penhale Road Fratton Portsmouth PO1 5EF.

By joining the Mary Rose Academy team we offer you:

• SEN Allowance with an increase after 3 and 5 years of service
• Excellent staff induction with a commitment to high quality professional development
• The opportunity to be part of an innovative and forward-thinking school
• A happy committed and supportive community
• Local Government Pension Scheme with the option of a 50/50 contribution to build over time
• 17.9% employer pension contribution
• Confidential Counselling & Wellbeing Support Service
• Life Insurance - 3 times annual salary (for members of the pension scheme)
• Wellbeing Inset Day to support the wellbeing of our staff
• Financial contribution towards eye test and glasses for visual display users
• Free onsite parking
• Increase of paid weeks after 5 years of service from 45.1 weeks to 45.9 weeks
• CPD opportunities to support Career development

You will work for 39 weeks of the year; however you will be paid for 45.1 weeks. Your salary will be paid over 12 months of the year.

If you want to make a positive difference and enrich the lives of our pupils then this could be the school for you!

For more details please visit our website

If you have any questions at all or wish to submit an application please email

Please note we will only accept applications completed on our Solent Academies Trust form.

Closing date for applications is Wednesday 3^rd December 2025 9am.

Interviews will be held on Thursday 11^th December 2025.

Solent Academies Trust welcome applications regardless of age gender ethnicity or religion. Only applications submitted on the academys application form will be accepted Solent Academies are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service checks along with other relevant employment checks.