Lunchtime Support Assistant - Mary Rose Academy

Lunchtime Support Assistant

Band 4, Point 4 + SEN Allowance

15 hours a week, term time only, permanent

Actual Salary £9,153

FTE Salary £26,034

Mary Rose Academy are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, patient and cheerful individual to join our amazing team. You will support and supervise pupils within the classroom and over the play and lunchtime period from 10.30am – 1.30pm, Monday - Friday. This role will be based at our Lantern site, Penhale Road, Fratton, PO1 5EF.

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.

At Solent Academies Trust, we are proud to be a community built on connection, respect, and belonging.  

Our Relational Culture Charter guides us to work together and support each other through:  

• Valuing Difference  


• Effective Communication  


• High Challenge & High Support to Empower  


• Respect for All  


• Solution-Focused Approaches  

We believe that when relationships thrive, people thrive – and so do the children and young people we serve.

By joining the Mary Rose Academy team, we offer you:

• Excellent staff induction with a commitment to high quality professional development aligned in relational leadership and HR excellence


• A culture rooted in relational practice, belonging, and wellbeing


• A workplace where your values, voice, and contribution truly matter


• Local Government Pension Scheme with the option of a 50/50 contribution to build over time


• Employer pension contribution 


• Confidential Counselling & Wellbeing Support Service


• Life Insurance - 3 times annual salary (for members of the pension scheme)


• Free onsite parking 


• Increase of paid weeks after 5 years of service from 45.1 weeks to 45.9 weeks


• SEN Allowance with an increase after 3 and 5 years of service


• CPD opportunities to support Career development


• Employee Referral Scheme


• Employee Benefits Platform

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 jobs board Mary Rose Academy | SAMpeople Recruit

If you have any questions at all, please email [email protected]

Closing date for applications is Wednesday 9^th September 2026, 9am

Interviews will be held on Thursday 17^th September 2026. 

Solent Academies Trust welcome applications regardless of age, gender, ethnicity or religion. Only applications submitted on the academy’s 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.